Solution 9 - Unfounded Speculation!

[Cleretic]

Wild Speculation #3421:

So, an Ascian is a spirit that can inhabit any body they choose as a vessel, yeah?

So, what if it chooses an inanimate object as a vessel. Or an interconnected city?

“Zeus” == Master Control Program from Tron, and is running the city, possibly going HAL.

Arena battles to the death because hey, death releases aether and a city’s gotta eat!

I don't think this is plausible, but I would say this is the most interesting pitch I've heard for an Ascian related to Arcadion/Solution Nine, by far. (Also I would pitch Deudalaphon as the one doing this, because there'd be a fun echo with their historical role being the head of architecture.)

I still think a lot of Solution Nine theories are struggling with both overcomplexifying their angle by taking other people's theories as fact, and with the actual position of Solution Nine in the game. Like, we need to build into every single theory about Solution Nine that it's the secondary city of the expansion; it's the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han. That means that not only won't it dominate the story (because Tulliyolal still needs its half of it), but it also needs to still exist afterwards. In fact, it needs to exist in an even more functional state than it first appears in, because the vendor NPCs become available after the MSQ ends, not before.

[Iscah]

Like, we need to build into every single theory about Solution Nine that it's the secondary city of the expansion; it's the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han.

This is why I'm really hoping it's not just "the antagonist that we have to convert to our side" because we already did that plot in Eulmore.

[kaynide]

I don't think this is plausible, but I would say this is the most interesting pitch I've heard for an Ascian related to Arcadion/Solution Nine, by far. (Also I would pitch Deudalaphon as the one doing this, because there'd be a fun echo with their historical role being the head of architecture.)

I still think a lot of Solution Nine theories are struggling with both overcomplexifying their angle by taking other people's theories as fact, and with the actual position of Solution Nine in the game. Like, we need to build into every single theory about Solution Nine that it's the secondary city of the expansion; it's the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han. That means that not only won't it dominate the story (because Tulliyolal still needs its half of it), but it also needs to still exist afterwards. In fact, it needs to exist in an even more functional state than it first appears in, because the vendor NPCs become available after the MSQ ends, not before.

If we consider that an Ascian (pseudo Ascian?) could exist within the Crystal tower without a proper body, it is very do-able. In the same way Tron’s world continued post MCP, I feel there is possibilities for this; someone might sacrifice themselves to become the new “will of the city” for example (rival group leader aka the brother). Or Cid magics up some kinda AI. Or (boring option) the evil AI or whatever becomes good/re-discovers their purpose.

Alternatively the city could just continue to operate without a control, leaving control in the hands of the people. Democracy! In #definitelynotNYC.

I hope to god it doesn’t involve Nier in any way though…