We've finished the Sift of the Fractals. I want to thank everyone who helped us. What we uncovered was not unexpected. It's probably worse than many of us were hoping for.

[Thace sounds tired as he relays those thoughts.]

I will just put it on the network for anyone to investigate at their leisure. I didn't find any potentially infectious information in what we uncovered so it should be safe. Casper? I think now might be the time to use that Arcana skill. If anyone else has Arcana skills that help with coming up with or implementing plans, we welcome your advice.

Given what we've uncovered, I think Thetan's plan to write a new version of the dreaming software from scratch has become much more important. If anyone can help with that in any way, please meet with us in Hushabye meadow.


[Thace finishes by putting up the results onto the network.]

1) Every tessellation contains two fractals, calculated to interlock precisely. One of these fractals is unique to each tesselation, whereas the others are a repeated set of seven.

2) Each of the seven corresponds with one of the seven primary tenets of Orthopraxy.

3) Each of the unique ones has a unique association in each mind, within certain parameters.

4) Each unique fractal becomes associated with an audio stimulus,

5) Each audio stimulus is a complex recurring pattern which requires both memory and pattern recognition to decode;

6) Each complex recurring pattern then produces a pattern unique to it in the Synthetic system's heat management system

7) Those reactions are subtle but audible, visible, or tangible via vibration, air movement, or olfactory stimulus to the creatures around the Synthetic

8) Because the association of these patterns is strengthened by recurrence... they're not recurring dreams (or rather, they produce recurring dreams like a racial subconscious, but...), they're recurring memes.

9) And the fact that Synthetics and ships give off unique sensory stimuli detectable by organic beings when they're exposed to these memes means that the subliminal program is capable of transmission across the Synthetic-organic boundary. Every ship and synthetic plugged in can expose everyone they speak with, or who speaks around them, to the same subtle programming.