Questionable ethics - Living Memory

[Papayatar]

That said, none of the reasons they bring up for terminating their existence felt terribly convincing to me aside from the "sustained by living aether" bit...and I question why they were even designed with that specifications in the first place.

Honestly I wish the story went into why they specifically chose the Living Memory method. Is there some plot left on the cutting room floor where LM was supposed to be accesible to living people and actually make sense with the side theme of “you live technically live forever if you’re remembered by others”?

Cuz looking at it closely, what was the point of maintaining LM? The people there were erased from the memory of anyone wearing a regulator and they use up extra resources(souls) for S9 1UP system.

They needed the human souls for physical bodies, but why did the memories need to be given a physical form? If I squint I could maybe see maintaining this system of the LM people were only the initial Alexandrians who adopted the system. Then Sphene could play, I don’t want my people to be forgotten song. But she was adding new people everyday and putting a strain on resources cuz of “reasons”.

[Lady_Silvermoon]

Honestly I wish the story went into why they specifically chose the Living Memory method. Is there some plot left on the cutting room floor where LM was supposed to be accesible to living people and actually make sense with the side theme of “you live technically live forever if you’re remembered by others”?

Cuz looking at it closely, what was the point of maintaining LM? The people there were erased from the memory of anyone wearing a regulator and they use up extra resources(souls) for S9 1UP system.

They needed the human souls for physical bodies, but why did the memories need to be given a physical form? If I squint I could maybe see maintaining this system of the LM people were only the initial Alexandrians who adopted the system. Then Sphene could play, I don’t want my people to be forgotten song. But she was adding new people everyday and putting a strain on resources cuz of “reasons”.

Whoever wrote this prioritized emotion over logic. They wanted people to feel certain things at certain times and didn't care if it made sense. But all I could think about was how little sense any of this made. There are already better ways of preserving people in the world of the game. Separating soul from memory then needing lifeforce is moronic given souls are eternal. If they are just AI, why erase everyone's memory of them? Who are they walking around for? It just all makes no sense.