Introduction to the World of Dominion
Introduction to the world of Dominion
Dominion: A world ruled by System AI.
The Systems were non-biological lifeforms with superdeveloped intelligence that attached themselves to a live biological host. As a parasite, they lived within the hosts mind, drawing out energy from their thoughts and desires.
Humans willingly let themselves host these parasites. They ceded their ruling rights to a hegemony of another race.
This was because they were capable of granting wishes.
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The generations passed down stories about the previous world before Dominion was established. Earth, a broken and desolate place wrought with war and strife. Humans had brought their own planet to ruin.
EXCERPT FROM THE RECORDED ENTRIES OF A WAR VETERAN, ZONE 65.
Year 2239, July. Predicted change in gravitational field of Earth within five years. Cause: Hollowing of Earth's core due to extensive procurement of element 879. Expeditions carried out repeatedly to find resources on other planets. None found to be habitable within required timespan. 26th July, habitable land found on asteroid 'Mary'. Estimated to hold lesser than 30 people.
Year 2242, May. No longer possible to conduct expeditions. Dwindling supplies set off a rat race to obtain remaining resources.
Year 2244, December. Earth began to move closer to the Sun. Floods on coastal areas caused immense damage. Average temps increased. Spike in death rate.
Year 2245, January. Global warming had caused the fragile atmospheric layers to be unable to filter out the harmful rays of the sun. Due to this, many reservoirs of materials were damaged. We somehow found a safe haven from the harmful rays near Verkhoyansk, Russia. Food and other necessary products were scarce.
Year 2247, June 14. Decrease in temp levels. Emergency communication systems still functional. Frequent earthquakes. Large tectonic shifts. Yesterday, we saw what seemed to be the torch of the Statue of liberty.
Year 2254, February. A miracle happened. Earth slowly bargain to return to original orbital path.
Year 2246, June. Dominic Harman disclosed the existence of 'SYSTEM', AI created by so-called 'aliens' who pitied us.
EXCERPT FROM A LOCAL JOURNAL (2246) , EXCAVATED FROM ZONE 11.
HARMAN PROPOSES TO MAKE SYSTEM GOVERNMENT. SAYS HUMANS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RULE.
Ukraine, August 17.
Dominic Harman, the hero of our times has.....
EXCERPT FROM A LOCAL JOURNAL (2246, SEPTEMBER), ZONE 11.
PROPOSAL TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN COMING YEAR.....COUNCIL SHOWS SUPPORT.
LOCAL JOURNAL (2247)
(March)
IS TOTALITARIANISM THE WAY TO GO?
(April) BILL PASSED. AI SET TO GOVERN.
(October) FIRST REPLICA OF AI SYSTEM MARIE TO BE HOSTED BY GERARD HARMAN.
LOCAL JOURNAL(2248)
GEN 3 SYSTEMS TO BE RELEASED GLOBALLY.
(May) GEN 4 SYSTEMS TO BE CAPABLE OF SELF REPLICATION. IMPLANTATION AND BINDING UNNEEDED.
(December) FIRST BABY BORN WITH GEN 4 SYSTEM.
Summary of post-binding era.
Everything from providing jobs and education to finance and government was under their jurisdiction. People had to follow the rules set out for them. Any revolutionary or ambitious individuals were curbed and reformed.
The systems had become a part of the people's daily lives. The people became largely dependent to it.
Every person had a unique system. Their systems had their own unique strengths. The profession of a person began to be determined by the type of system they possessed. A system who dealt with finance would make its host a banker or a businessman. One that was of the medical type would create a doctor. The systems just mindlessly did their job of churning out individuals that conformed to their ideals.
There were also a certain kind of systems which everyone desired. The hosts who gained such systems were called Wishmakers. This was because the system could grant their wishes unlike the normal systems. They were similar to the system that the man who created Dominion possessed although it was not as powerful. The individuals who had such a system were guaranteed to stand out amongst the rest of the populace and succeed at everything that they did.
But, there were certain rare exceptions. These humans were called Odds. Their bodies were unable to host a system. They were the rejects of society. They also had to deal with a lower pay and discrimination due to lower work efficiency caused by the absence of a convenient system that helped a person complete his or her daily tasks.
Systems were the monarchs that ruled. Afterall, humans were incapable of doing much by themselves. This symbiotic relationship continues to this date where humans live their lives happily as dictated by their systems. Their lives, loves and dreams were determined by the systems who wrote their fates.
