OK, I'm back in action for awhile.
For some of you, that's good news. For others, bad news.
.-)
Anyway, on with the show!
DIGITIZATION AND V-SPACE
Digitization: To copy a sentient being mental engrams to a computer and add sentience coding to it.
With the invention of densely packed kilo-layered microchips capable of using tachyon information transfer, and octobit information transfer, computers have become capable of storing the entirety of a persons personality and memories. However, the datapackage will not gain sentience without the sentience coding added so that it becomes self-aware. This coding is the same as is used in AI constructs.
The DBS (Digital Biological Sentien) has an innate advantage over an AI. An AI is often "Cultured" or "Grown" for a specific purpose, and because of this, they seem to think in fairly linear lines, with difficulty learning things outside of thier basic codings. This advantage led to the V-Space Treaty of 3562, where the DASS codified the "physics" of the various virtual realities, and DBS constructs were religated to following those laws.
In addition, a DBS must work at one of the various "jobs" involved with the various V-Spaces, either as a data-miner, an advisor, a consultant, a machine operator, etc; or living off of thier biological expense account.
V-Space follows several "realities". One is no different from the Nova Wars universe, and there are several fantasy realities, one set on Earth, early 21st Century, and another set during the WW-II period of Old Earth.
V-Space habitation costs approximately 1 KCr a year.
V-Space provides nearly instantaneous access for information, but the sheer volume of it can be overwhelming. Many DBS's provide "consulting" services by finding the data or areas needed by a customer. This usually runs in the area of several hundred or several thousands credits an hour.
(Purchase DC: 10+1 per rank in knowledge/hour)
Ships and sentients in any type of FTL-Space cannot access V-Space.
