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Originally Posted by ericthered
Question 28: How much is left of the original arc, and what state is it in? is it in one piece? is it gutted for resources? Is any AI still around?
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The remains of the Arc were scattered across the system after its destruction. The bulk of the fragments either fell into jupiter or were gathered by the various alien races. The research the alien factions have performed on these fragments have produced results, while no single faction has fully reverse engineered the Arc technologies many are independently of each other quite advanced in a diverse range of areas. This is a reason for the Alien's technological superiority over humanity. Mankind managed to salvage a large piece of the superstructure and prevent it from impacting earth, this fragment designed to hold and link 314 habitats is now the largest single station in the system.
A great many fragments impacted Earth itself and were lost in the apocalyptic events that followed their crash. This isn't to say that no Arc Exotec was aquired by humans. While reverse engineering has yet to be successful thousands of power cells have been gathered, many of which are in private hands.
The Arc-mind is thought to still be in existence, analysis of Arc-bots has yielded strong evidence, "unable to connect to Arc-mind, [untranslatable] confirms Arc-mind function, seeking connection. ...."
A faction of humanity known disparagingly as the Noahs seek the Arc-mind. The Noahs also practice exogenetic splicing and are rumored to have aquired psi abilities.
Question 29
What purpose does the human Arc fragment station serve? What else can you tell us about it?