Intergalactic Summit

Is that Yuni speak for I'm back now and we should meet up?

Curious where it'll all lead to....

Well, hello there. It has been a while since I heard about the Unite Commune, I wondered where you all went.
While I'm interested to see where all this will go, I am, like Mr Novan, doubtful that all these events are unlinked.

Additional simulations have been going for quite some time on Projet Theta. I'll make the time to review the data.

I am delighted to see your return, Dr. Tukoss, though your message admittedly has me quite worried. I stand by to assist you in any way I can. I am also quite heartened to see how many have returned to further Dr. Tukoss's mission.

Hello, Hilen. You will of course have my assistance, if that is really you.

Mr. Pryce; some quick thoughts on identity. In the first place, Tukoss-haan's former employer was known for being on the bleeding edge of consciousness digitization. Their founder was evidently one of the first to undergo the process, even. What's more, we live in a world where memory engrams and skills can be imprinted on a mind by technical means; where consciousness can be scanned, backed up, or transmitted nearly-instantaneously to a fresh body, whose mind is a blank slate onto which a consciousness can be imprinted.

Clearly, 'mind' and 'body' are still linked-- but mostly due to the usual presumption that a biological brain is required for consciousness to exist. Clearly, this is a product of bias, not fact.

Now, a question for purpose of mental exercise. Let us say that a person suffers a blow to the head, and loses a portion of their memory, or their personality changes. While we will frequently say that they've changed, that they're a different person from their old self, we do not say that it is not the same person, excepting metaphorically. Similarly, let us say a mind-state transfer on clone activation goes awry, and the person loses a portion of their memory, etc.; we still consider it the same person, just, well, different. Why not apply this to a digitized consciousness?

What I suppose I'm saying is this: calling whatever is posting as Tukoss not Tukoss is, well, a little bit old-fashioned, provided that we're assuming that the security on the Summit is such that it can verify that the infomorph posting as Hilen Tukoss is indeed Hilen Tukoss, or a close enough simulacrum as to pass the security checks.

And ultimately, what's the harm in handing little pieces of Jove to him? I know this is a trope from terrible horror holos, but what's the worse that could happen? An improperly-digitized consciousness is imprinted onto a Jove body? And...? Biomass is cheap. The DNA isn't a superweapon. At worst case, he shows us how to use weird little facilities on wormhole space that we hadn't figured out before, or-- what?

Of course, this doesn't change that Tukoss abandoned an Ishukone subsidiary, and coerced capsuleers into firing on Ishukone ships during his flight to the Republic. Now, that is another thing entirely.

As I understand it, the current stance from Acquisition is that nothing is going to be handed over until a satisfactory explanation has been given and verified.

Not everyone.

Doubt he's fake. The comms IDs check out. What he's become since the last time around is another question entirely.