EVERYBODY DIES
_The world was more secure, these days.
Over a decade ago, scientists at MIT had started on a complex project: to create a true, sentient artificial intelligence. After several false starts, they succeded in making a system with minimal intelligence, which then gradually became more and more aware every day. D.A.R.T.H.V.A.D.E.R. (Directional Attention, Realistic Thought-Holding, and Variant-Articulate Determination, Expression, and Recall system) unlike its movie counterpart, began to grow incredibly wise, and soon was solving international dilemmas from history without trouble, and playing games of military strategy with ease.
Then the machine came up with a solution for the nuclear disarmament problem.
The question had dated back ever since the end of the Cold War, and even before. How could nations get rid of their stock of nuclear weapons, without making themselves a prime target? The computer had the answer. All missile silos would be put under the its control, and held in place therein.
Coming from any human, the answer would have been laughed out of the country; however, the AI was not prone to emotional surges, and could not be bribed, nor could it be influenced in any way (at least, the computer geeks who built D.A.R.T.H.V.A.D.E.R. were sure of that.)
The answer still was a bit ludicrous, and so the computer geeks at MIT laughed it off. Unfortunately, the AI decided that the best thing to do would be to email the UN and tell them about this new theory. Somehow (we're still not sure how), it got decided as a good idea. The AI would be moved to the UN headquarters in New York. There, it would be modified to best work in the UN environment, then it would be given full control of all nuclear missile silos, U.N. building security, and various other minor positions. On one condition: Rename the machine. No one was going to work with anything, malevolent or not, named D.A.R.T.H.V.A.D.E.R.
So it was that F.A.T.E. (Fully Automated Thinking Environment) gained control of the world's nuclear arsenal, then gradually set about reducing it, as well as beginning to bring peace between warring nations.
The world was more secure, these days...
...until now._
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_The 14 ambassadors sat around the large table, wondering why F.A.T.E. had summoned them to this meeting. Usually, you never saw F.A.T.E.-- it tended to hang around and manage its own concerns in the background. However, they were sitting around a wooden table, waiting for the machine to make its entrance. It did.
'Good morning, everyone,' said a neutral voice out of nowhere. Several of the ambassadors almost jumped. Hypochondriac did jump. The voice continued:
'I have summoned you here to find a solution for an extremely serious threat to our security and the security of the world. You may have noticed that this is not the room you are accustomed to; this is because this room, next to my main processing center, is fortified against the occurence of a nuclear assault. Terrorists have somehow managed to take control of some of the missile silos I normally oversee, and are threatening to carpet-bomb the entire world, one country at a time, until they are handed over absolute political control of the U.N. and various developed nations. Communication has been completely lost with the commandeered silos.'
F.A.T.E. continued: 'The silos in question are scattered across the world, over 14 countries. The countries you represent, to be exact. I have received information stating that the terrorists all hail from 2 distinct countries, and the terrorist presence is clustered in those two countries; furthermore, the terrorists have managed to place "representatives" in key locations in their respective governments, including the ambassadors here today. I will repeat what I have just said: 2 of the ambassadors clustered around this table are secretly terrorists. '
F.A.T.E. paused and waited for the chatter (which mostly consisted of the ambassadors denying being related to terrorism) to die down, then it continued to speak.
'Since you are ambassadors, I of course cannot scan your minds, a measure applied to the minds of the staff and security personnel that work in this building. While doing so would solve the problem, it would be unethical (and a violation of your diplomatic immunity). I do, however have a solution to this situation.'
F.A.T.E. paused, as if taking a breath, then went on. 'I tried to foresee any problem situation when I was installed, and come up with a solution; if I could not come up with a solution, I would ask the Secretary General to come up with a solution, which I would then follow. When I brought this scenario to him, I was given these instructions to (hopefully) ensure the survival of the civilized world:
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Every ambassador would have a vote, and would vote at certain intervals.
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Whoever received the most votes would have an extremely high probability of being a terrorist, and I was authorized to delete them immediately, then perform a posthumous mindscan for whatever information I could gather.
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When I was sure as to who a terrorist was, I was to launch nuclear missiles at that terrorist's country, with intent to end the lives of every single inhabitant of the area. If an ambassador who I had deleted and scanned was found to be innocent, I was to launch missiles only at the hijacked silos.
You have 48 hours to decide who among you is most likely to be hostile to the interests of the United Nations, and the world.'
'Good luck.'_
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Some Advice
• F.A.T.E. believes it highly likely that at least one of the ambassadors has had training in espionage.
• If a person is deleted by F.A.T.E., his role (if any) will be revealed as soon as it can be determined. For terrorists, this will be immediately after their death. For any other roles that may exist out there, it might take a bit longer.
• That said, if a terrorist nukes someone-- anyone-- their role probably won' t be revealed until much later.
• F.A.T.E. can choose to end a round early at any time.
• F.A.T.E. will settle ties in its own nasty tricky non-deterministic little way.
• If you have a special role that requires you to PM the host each turn, please PM before the deadline or your choice will be made for you.
• If you fail to vote by the deadline (or vote abstain or no lynch), F.A.T.E. will vote for you.
• Trust no one.
Finally, here is the complete player list:
Anon - Dead (Killed by Terrorists) - Hacker **
Buffalo The Kid** - Dead (Lynched) - Terrorist **
darth_vader - Dead (Killed by F.A.T.E.) - Puppetmaster (was Protector)
1Eevee1 - Dead (Killed by F.A.T.E.) - Intelligence Agent
Eugene Chin - Dead (Killed by F.A.T.E.) - Terrorist and Hacker
GutlessWonder - Dead (Killed by Explosion) - Ordinary
Hypochondriac - Dead (Lynched) - Rebound
JacaByte - Dead (Killed by kickme) - Hacker
kickme - Dead (Killed by F.A.T.E.) - X-Threat
Manta** - Dead (Killed by Terrorists) - Protector (was Puppetmaster) **
mrxak - Dead (Killed by F.A.T.E.) - Reality Editor
prophile** - Dead (Lynched) - Intelligence Agent **
RJC Ultra - Dead (Killed by kickme) - Ordinary
Shlimazel - Dead (Killed by Terrorists) - Shielded
**_**F.A.T.E. - Dead (EVERYBODY DIES)
**_You should have by now received a PM stating your role, and the fact that the game has begun. Happy playing... >)
This post has been edited by SoItBegins : 28 January 2008 - 11:36 PM
If I get a better one I'll change my vote.