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Roboticization

Roboticization is the process of transforming a person from an organic life form to a robot. It is not simply using an organic person as a power source for an existing robot shell, or replacing organic components with cybernetic prosthetics. Once roboticized, the person is physically indistinguishable from a conventionally built robot.

A person is composed of three ingredients: the body, the mind and heart (or will or spirit). The body is constructed of physical matter and is the tool by which the person interacts with the world. The heart is a metaphysical energy signature unique to each living person. The mind is the interaction between the physical matter that makes up the brain and the person’s heart.

The body, being physical matter, is a collection of particles. However, the body is not the sum of all particles that makes up a person. The physical body is merely the set of particles that are “activated” in the physical world and they make up a small percentage of the total particles that are entangled with a given heart. The other particles normally reside in a “de-activated” state and thus are completely immaterial to the physical world.

The roboticizer, therefore, is a machine that configures a set of inactive particles into a robot body and activates them, while de-activating the set of particles configured as the person’s organic body.

Julian Robotnik weaponized roboticizer technology to use against the population of Mobotropolis. (Roboticized Mobian citizens or anthropomorphic persons in general are referred to as ‘Robians.’) The roboticizer that Julian used transformed the physical body and physical brain of a subject into a micro-processor controlled electro-mechanical being. The typical victim’s computer-brain was installed with loyalty programming that caused the robot to function as a slave. The physical part of the brain, being inactive, meant that the original memory and personality did not typically carry-over into the robot form. However, the robot body and mind were still tethered to the supernatural spirit of the person.

Depending on the strength of the person’s will, a bleed-over effect is possible where memories and thoughts from the organic mind would manifest as “junk data” in the digital mind. Persons of particularly strong character have been known to overwrite their programming entirely with the contents of their organic brain, resulting in a robot with all the thoughts, feelings, memories and identity of their previous organic form. Persons with weaker wills can have their hearts amplified by the power of Rings or Chaos Emeralds in order to facilitate this process.

In some rare cases, a person’s heart may be so strong that they are able to activate or deactivate the particles of their body at will, completely overriding the roboticization process. Typically this type of transformation requires an enormous amount of life-energy found only in the Chaos Emeralds.

For roboticized persons that do not have control over their body, there is often a schism between their base personality as an organic person, and the programs that control the robot body. As time progresses, advanced software can develop into a sort of robot persona on its own, or it can even start off that way by design. This can manifest into internal conflicts where the “victim” battles their “robot persona” for control over their “shared” body. If a robot persona becomes advanced enough, it may even start to develop its own heart or spirit. These metaphysical relationships are hard to quantify and explain in concrete terms, so it is unclear at what exact moment an artificial intelligence becomes its own unique being in spiritual terms. Once it definitively does occur, however, it becomes self-evident.

Another side effect of “classic roboticization” techniques is body-dysphoria. This manifests when a roboticized person, through one means or another, unlocks some portion of their free will but remains in a robot-state. The result is that the person is profoundly dissatisfied with their robot body. This is for three reasons. The first is that the computer-brain feels alien to their spirit. The spirit is pulling information from their de-activated brain and forcing it into the computer and this added complexity creates the sensation of their true form being disembodied or perhaps imprisoned within the robot body. The second reason is that if the person was satisfied with their original body, there can be a nostalgic longing for it. The third reason is that a robotic existence is very different from an organic existence. This requires lifestyle changes that may be confusing or unwanted. As an example, a robot does not require sleep in the same way that an organic person does.

Body-dysphoria is less of an issue with more advanced “modern roboticization” techniques. The more advanced roboticization process used by Queen Mecha Sally and Nicole on the inhabitants of New Mobotropolis operates under similar principles to the “classic roboticization” technique but with some improvements. First, the particles used to make up the computer-brain are arranged to be a perfect analog to the organic brain. Second, all data from the organic brain is transferred directly to the computer-brain as part of the transformation process.

Because the computer-brain has the same physical markers as the organic brain, the person’s spirit tethers to it in an identical fashion. The result is that the heart recognizes the mind and therefore the body as belonging to it. There is no sense that the robotic form is alien or undesirable (in most cases).

Queen Mecha Sally and later Sonia, still demanded obedience from her subjects. The way this was ensured was by creating an obedient capsule program that surrounds the roboticized person’s digital mind. The obedient program ran a simple checksum to see if the behavior of a given subject was in-accordance with the Queen’s directives. If it was, the behavior was allowed. If not, the capsule program would modify the behavior appropriately so that it was.

Two methods were employed to prevent a person’s mind or heart from rebelling when behavior was coerced. If the behavioral change was minor enough, the feedback signals would simply be modified by the capsule program to be acceptable to the person’s mind and heart. (Such as audio or visual information) For behavior outside the bounds of acceptability for the person’s mind and heart, the capsule program would simply shut down the computer-brain entirely, take control of the body temporarily, and then reboot the brain once the task was complete.

In order for a person roboticized by the modern technique to be totally free, all that would need to occur is for the capsule program to be removed. While this makes it easier for the subjects to gain their freedom, the benefit is that they aren’t seeking it in the first place. The other benefit is that the capsule program can be updated and refined as necessary without making changes to the subject’s computer-brain.

Generally speaking, a roboticzer or de-roboticizer does not alter the organic configuration of the person. This means that when a person is de-roboticized, they are in the exact same physical state they were in at the moment of roboticization.

Description

Roboticization

Roboticization is the process of transforming a person from an organic life form to a robot. It is not simply using an organic person as a power source for an existing robot shell, or replacing organic components with cybernetic prosthetics. Once roboticized, the person is physically indistinguishable from a conventionally built robot.

A person is composed of three ingredients: the body, the mind and heart (or will or spirit). The body is constructed of physical matter and is the tool by which the person interacts with the world. The heart is a metaphysical energy signature unique to each living person. The mind is the interaction between the physical matter that makes up the brain and the person’s heart.

The body, being physical matter, is a collection of particles. However, the body is not the sum of all particles that makes up a person. The physical body is merely the set of particles that are “activated” in the physical world and they make up a small percentage of the total particles that are entangled with a given heart. The other particles normally reside in a “de-activated” state and thus are completely immaterial to the physical world.

The roboticizer, therefore, is a machine that configures a set of inactive particles into a robot body and activates them, while de-activating the set of particles configured as the person’s organic body.

Julian Robotnik weaponized roboticizer technology to use against the population of Mobotropolis. (Roboticized Mobian citizens or anthropomorphic persons in general are referred to as ‘Robians.’) The roboticizer that Julian used transformed the physical body and physical brain of a subject into a micro-processor controlled electro-mechanical being. The typical victim’s computer-brain was installed with loyalty programming that caused the robot to function as a slave. The physical part of the brain, being inactive, meant that the original memory and personality did not typically carry-over into the robot form. However, the robot body and mind were still tethered to the supernatural spirit of the person.

Depending on the strength of the person’s will, a bleed-over effect is possible where memories and thoughts from the organic mind would manifest as “junk data” in the digital mind. Persons of particularly strong character have been known to overwrite their programming entirely with the contents of their organic brain, resulting in a robot with all the thoughts, feelings, memories and identity of their previous organic form. Persons with weaker wills can have their hearts amplified by the power of Rings or Chaos Emeralds in order to facilitate this process.

In some rare cases, a person’s heart may be so strong that they are able to activate or deactivate the particles of their body at will, completely overriding the roboticization process. Typically this type of transformation requires an enormous amount of life-energy found only in the Chaos Emeralds.

For roboticized persons that do not have control over their body, there is often a schism between their base personality as an organic person, and the programs that control the robot body. As time progresses, advanced software can develop into a sort of robot persona on its own, or it can even start off that way by design. This can manifest into internal conflicts where the “victim” battles their “robot persona” for control over their “shared” body. If a robot persona becomes advanced enough, it may even start to develop its own heart or spirit. These metaphysical relationships are hard to quantify and explain in concrete terms, so it is unclear at what exact moment an artificial intelligence becomes its own unique being in spiritual terms. Once it definitively does occur, however, it becomes self-evident.

Another side effect of “classic roboticization” techniques is body-dysphoria. This manifests when a roboticized person, through one means or another, unlocks some portion of their free will but remains in a robot-state. The result is that the person is profoundly dissatisfied with their robot body. This is for three reasons. The first is that the computer-brain feels alien to their spirit. The spirit is pulling information from their de-activated brain and forcing it into the computer and this added complexity creates the sensation of their true form being disembodied or perhaps imprisoned within the robot body. The second reason is that if the person was satisfied with their original body, there can be a nostalgic longing for it. The third reason is that a robotic existence is very different from an organic existence. This requires lifestyle changes that may be confusing or unwanted. As an example, a robot does not require sleep in the same way that an organic person does.

Body-dysphoria is less of an issue with more advanced “modern roboticization” techniques. The more advanced roboticization process used by Queen Mecha Sally and Nicole on the inhabitants of New Mobotropolis operates under similar principles to the “classic roboticization” technique but with some improvements. First, the particles used to make up the computer-brain are arranged to be a perfect analog to the organic brain. Second, all data from the organic brain is transferred directly to the computer-brain as part of the transformation process.

Because the computer-brain has the same physical markers as the organic brain, the person’s spirit tethers to it in an identical fashion. The result is that the heart recognizes the mind and therefore the body as belonging to it. There is no sense that the robotic form is alien or undesirable (in most cases).

Queen Mecha Sally and later Sonia, still demanded obedience from her subjects. The way this was ensured was by creating an obedient capsule program that surrounds the roboticized person’s digital mind. The obedient program ran a simple checksum to see if the behavior of a given subject was in-accordance with the Queen’s directives. If it was, the behavior was allowed. If not, the capsule program would modify the behavior appropriately so that it was.

Two methods were employed to prevent a person’s mind or heart from rebelling when behavior was coerced. If the behavioral change was minor enough, the feedback signals would simply be modified by the capsule program to be acceptable to the person’s mind and heart. (Such as audio or visual information) For behavior outside the bounds of acceptability for the person’s mind and heart, the capsule program would simply shut down the computer-brain entirely, take control of the body temporarily, and then reboot the brain once the task was complete.

In order for a person roboticized by the modern technique to be totally free, all that would need to occur is for the capsule program to be removed. While this makes it easier for the subjects to gain their freedom, the benefit is that they aren’t seeking it in the first place. The other benefit is that the capsule program can be updated and refined as necessary without making changes to the subject’s computer-brain.

Generally speaking, a roboticzer or de-roboticizer does not alter the organic configuration of the person. This means that when a person is de-roboticized, they are in the exact same physical state they were in at the moment of roboticization.