about a week before CotI moved into it's new home, I was thinking about robots while reading up on Hivers in my G2D. all of a sudden, Hivers Manipulating Positrnic Robots popped into my head. on the day of the move, I actually read up on the Hivers in the Traveller Wiki.
in the Golden Age of Traveller, Hivers have a robust Robotics infrastructure. their Robotics are TL-G, and I remember it mentioned somewhere that Hivers have a Naval Fleet (maybe more than one?) wholly manned by Robots. maybe a Naval Base (or two) wholly run by Robots to serve the Fleet. maybe the Robots chose their own Home Planet or were given one by the Hivers?
having had some time to think it over, especially after reading the Wiki on Hivers, I personally think that some Hiver scientists probably just used programming to keep these advanced robots in check, and maybe others who Manipulated Robots to be productive members of the Hiver Federation without the need for restrictive programming.
when you consider their ability to Manipulate the many races within the Hiver Federation, and the K'kree and possibly some others outside of their borders, how hard would it be for them to Manipulate Robots, the Positronic Sophonts?
considering many Sophonts concerns of an Artificial Intelligence running amok, I thought it was interesting that one Hiver solution might be Manipulation.
in the Golden Age of Traveller, Hivers have a robust Robotics infrastructure. their Robotics are TL-G, and I remember it mentioned somewhere that Hivers have a Naval Fleet (maybe more than one?) wholly manned by Robots. maybe a Naval Base (or two) wholly run by Robots to serve the Fleet. maybe the Robots chose their own Home Planet or were given one by the Hivers?
having had some time to think it over, especially after reading the Wiki on Hivers, I personally think that some Hiver scientists probably just used programming to keep these advanced robots in check, and maybe others who Manipulated Robots to be productive members of the Hiver Federation without the need for restrictive programming.
when you consider their ability to Manipulate the many races within the Hiver Federation, and the K'kree and possibly some others outside of their borders, how hard would it be for them to Manipulate Robots, the Positronic Sophonts?
considering many Sophonts concerns of an Artificial Intelligence running amok, I thought it was interesting that one Hiver solution might be Manipulation.