Alpha State
This game system, and the setting in which it takes place, are both in active development. Everything on this site is subject to change. Please hard refresh pages when you visit to ensure you're viewing the latest versions.3.5 - Synthetic Intelligence
Though we've never encountered aliens, there are a number of different intelligences outside original humans. There are replicants, of course, but they're still human, albeit manufactured; they're not what we're talking about here. We're also not talking about artificial intelligence, which is the capability of computer systems or algorithms to imitate intelligent human behavior. By contrast, synthetic intelligence is legitimate sentient thought as an emergent property from synthetic components, just as human intelligence is an emergent property from organic components. True synthetic intelligence is uncommon, but it's well known enough that we've had three wars about them.