At that same moment that the party were back from their first excursion into level 3, a meeting was being held in a secure room at the White house.
“ Gentlemen, Ladies, the results we have so far are astounding, it's irrefutable. With the creation of this technology, scientists are saying we push the timeline to reach a type one civilization by fifteen hundred percent. Without knowing the full scale of its capability, this being a public product poses a huge threat to national security, quite frankly, the world as we know it is going to evolve overnight.”
The President sat at the head of the table, to his left and right were a bunch of military officials including the President of Canada and an individual who held a Spectre 3 console in his hands.
After a long pause President Johnson of the United States spoke up. “I’m going to ask you to explain what a type one civilization is. Then I need you to elaborate where the threat to security is with this device.”
The presenter, a mid-forties woman in a white lab coat, pulled out a briefcase and passed around a sheet of paper. “ *Ahem* There is a scale called the Kardashev scale, This scale is used to measure the advancement of technology of civilizations. The scale has four points. Type one being the lowest, is still a far step away for mankind. A type one civilization is able to access, use, and store all the energy of its planet. Things that we consider to be disasters will be at our fingertips. Volcanic eruptions, tsunami’s, earthquakes, hurricanes, and of course any type of material on Earth will be used for energy. Free energy, and control of the processes to create it. The security threat that comes from the Spectre Console, is summed in 3 critical points. All of which are boons to anyone in the right hands, and potentially as strong as warheads in the wrong hands. First we have time.” She pointed on her paper to a simple triple venn diagram. “ Time within the use of the Spectre console is dilated, you are able to experience on average 16 hours within 20 minutes. With that alone anyone would have the ability to speed up testing, any kind of hypotheses. Imagine a think tank with a revolving door on a test space adding to their real world testing. That brings potentially over fifteen hundred hours in one day on a project. I fear that even now.. Two the realism and ease of input. In a creative setting you are able to build a game. You can build it with your mind, with thought and the appropriate rules.. This doesn't mean it has to be a game, scientists and mathematicians can use the space like a laboratory for harmful testing without any backlash. Troops can get hands-on experience without being in the field, Military may train thousands to higher levels of excellence faster. This is a deep point and the ramifications are expansive. Please use your imagination. Three is Espionage. This device is able to connect securely worldwide. Even under stress testing we are unable to create any backdoor or tamper with the software without being locked out of the device. This device is tamperproof, and there is no interference available between server connectivity we, currently dont know how it has been done nor do we have a solution but we have some findings that are quite concerning. Long story short Oddnet has somehow created a… flawless product. Japan is currently doing an investigation at the company's headquarters, so far yielding no results towards any release of documentation in regards to the backend software suite. It's a complete mystery as of right now, on how this device came to be. And that alone is troublesome, either they know more, or are unwilling. But there has been hardly any proof of concept for the product beyond pale schematics, the Spectre 2 console is also unapplicable in comparison, this wasn't just a "Next edition". This is an entirely different device.``
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The room was silent. Everyone was letting the explanation set in. The secretary of defense raised her hand. The speaker nodded.
“ I believe you are missing something that I’m immediately drawn to. And I'm sorry if it puts a hole in your arguments. What you have touched on is simply the dark and dreadful application of this device. With something like this do the positives not outweigh the negatives? With proper use could this device just save mankind? We’ve been harming each other and our planet since the first of us. We already, every single nation, have the means to destroy each other and this planet right now. End it all. Yet we do not. Even as we sit in this room, I'm sure others do in their countries. The same talks, the same thoughts, the worry. Imagining the technology in our opposing nations hands. Yet we avoid those buttons. We fear them. Even I dare say this. I don't want to be the only one to speak on it but, This device brings peace. Even if we wage war now, could it be through them, or am I wrong?” She ended her talk looking at President Johnson.
Laura took a breath to respond and flipped a few pages in her notes. " With respect ma'am, our readings are inconclusive. Individuals whilst using the product are essentially unconscious. In the active state of use, without time dilation is the only method to get users to respond, but with their reference to time dilated play they say there is a considerable difference in function. We have MRI scans of test subjects showing neural pathways forming completely new branches after a handful of uses. Its almost a miracle, but its dangerous, people will literally change the more th-
President Johnson spoke up interrupting her “ I admire your optimism, and I respect your worry as Chief of Science, Laura. I’m afraid this topic will have to halt here. Please put together a brief, I will call a meeting with the UN. I believe this is beyond my control, We as a planet will have to come to a consensus. For now bring me everything you have on the technology. Please try to find the positive, rather than look at how low this can break us, look towards the stars, we need to keep positivity in the eyes of the public, not looming doom. Secretary Dower, I want you to put together your War within concept, its intriguing. We may have a new battlefront but i assume one that will save lives, perhaps this is a necessary change. ” President Johnson stood up. The room was silent in his presence, the respect he wielded was inspirational. He moved to help the Canadian president from her chair, he presented his hand and she accepted it as she rose.
“ I’ll be needing those soon. For now Chairmen, Please put our local installations on threat level alpha, And someone ready my plane. We have dinner plans.”
“ Sir, Alpha? What do I tell them the threat is? This will cause a panic.”
“ Tell them nothing. DO NOT alert Overseas installations, however contact those with appropriate clearance on the ground to buy any available Spectre systems from everywhere especially overseas markets, Yesterday. Have the layout for Base Jericho changed to provide a new function for these devices. And Laura, stay near your phone, you will be picked up in thirty to brief me in transit.” President Johnson looked at Laura sternly and raised a brow, then proceeded out of the room amid an entourage of secret service.
