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966 - Creating and Choosing Avatars
🕑 Added 2025-08-19 23:12:20 +0000 UTC“What?” Gululi asked in surprise, giving the same reaction as everyone else who was hearing the answer from their instance of GAIA.
It was no surprise they reacted that way, as the empire was literally giving them an infinite money glitch in return for joining a war that held no risk to them at all. Plus, there was no need for everyone to fight, as there were many tasks requiring human participation, such as local logistics, security missions on captured planets, medical assistance in conquered star systems, and many more. Even pacifists could join with the ease of mind that they wouldn’t be forced to kill people for Merit Points.
Though humans can fight for an ideology, belief, or protection, for the majority of them, the belief they are fighting for can only sustain their morale for so long before some begin to think that surrendering is the best option if it means continuing to live in peace. But with MP now on the table, the majority of humans would be praying that the war lasts as long as possible so they could farm as much MP as possible. It also added another level of commitment from participants, as they knew the Merit Points would only be valuable if the empire won the war. This meant they would do their best to either win it or not be the reason it was lost.
“How much MP is needed for a planet?” Gululi asked reflexively when he realized that even planets were on the table.
{One million for a planet, ten million for a star system. However, the more MP you have above the entry amount of the object you want, the better the quality of the object you will receive,} GAIA answered as a screen appeared, showing what could be earned based on the number of Merit Points.
Upon seeing the list, Gululi immediately searched for an option to keep or buy the avatar they would be using in the war, but found nothing hinting at it. So, he asked, “Can we keep our avatars?”
{Yes, you can, and there is no need for you to spend your MP to redeem them. However, since they are dangerous weapons, they will have geofence capability limits if they are within imperial and populated territory. You will also be liable for anything your avatar does, as if you were the one who did it,} GAIA answered, revealing another incentive that would make people think carefully about the creation of their avatars. Since they would have the opportunity to own them forever, it meant they would be using them beyond the war, should the empire win it.
Satisfied with the answers he received, Gululi said, “Sorry for interrupting you. Please continue where we left off,” gesturing for her to resume her presentation.
{No problem,} GAIA said, pausing for a moment before continuing. {Though you will have complete control over the avatars and their abilities, everything about them will be monitored to ensure you are acting under the imperial government's Code of War. This is mandatory for all participants in the campaign.
Anyone breaking the rules, depending on the severity and the circumstances, will face punishments ranging from a warning to the immediate relinquishment of control, deletion of all the MP they earned, and possibly even a military court trial. So, make sure you keep the rules in mind at all times.
Considering that the majority of humans haven’t killed anyone, a task many will be required to do in this situation, we will provide the ability to filter certain things. For example, you can remove blood or make things look like a cartoon. Additionally, we will implement trauma filtration to ensure that anything seen or done by the avatar doesn’t easily become a source of trauma or psychological problems.
Fighting isn’t the only way to earn MP. They can be earned through many avenues. Proposing a new strategy will earn you MP equivalent to its usefulness. Discovering enemy weaknesses will do the same. Avoiding the needless destruction of your avatar will also earn you MP. There are bonuses for exceptional actions and many other ways to earn points.
You can also stream your POV, just like you would in a game, and people can donate their MP to you.
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From there onwards, GAIA continued on and on about everything, while actively inducing maximum concentration to ensure there was no need to repeat what she was saying through their VR devices.
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While GAIA’s instances were debriefing the humans who applied, Mnemosyne, the AI responsible for cataloging the entirety of humanity’s memories, was already sending the applicants' condensed profiles to Athena. Athena then used these profiles to filter and assign the applicants into their respective groups, which they would operate in should they proceed with their applications and join the war.
Those who were deemed to have a pacifist mindset or expertise in a specific field were assigned to rear duties respective to their expertise or to tasks that didn’t require specific expertise, placing them far away from the war. Only those who were deemed adrenaline junkies, gamers, and similar profiles were placed in the main group that would face the enemies directly. However, these placements were preliminary, not permanent, as anyone could change their station and group using MP.
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Thankfully, these rooms were further time-accelerated, as the debriefing and presentation alone took more than five hours. This was followed by another five hours of everyone going through the Imperial Code of War, which was also silently assimilated into all of them to the point it became second nature, all in the span of ten real-world minutes.
{Now you can go ahead and create your avatar or choose one from the Universal IPs,} GAIA said to Gululi, whose pale face instantly brightened when he heard he could finally create his avatar.
“How much is Darth Vader at full strength?” Gululi asked almost instantly.
{Darth Vader is one hundred thousand MP at full strength. At ten thousand MP, you will have one with ten percent of his canon full strength,} GAIA answered as she materialized an image-splitting avatar of Darth Vader with a screen showing his abilities and how the Empire managed to replicate them.
Telekinesis: Tractor beam, flight rune, gravity plating, …………
Precognition: Replicated by accelerating the time perception of the user and an action-predictive algorithm. Access to all nearby sensors to create a virtual map of the environment and alert the controller of everything interesting happening within it………….
Mind Control: (Limited) Using Zelvora technology to affect the mind of the enemy…………
Lightsaber: A non-restrictive, invisible but always-active shield that allows for anything to enter and exit it while focusing only on blocking the plasma and its side effects from exiting the containment shield. It looks no different and functions no differently from an actual lightsaber, but the fundamental technologies between the two are completely different.
The list went on and on and contained all his abilities, even obscure ones, along with how the empire could create similar results to the actual abilities while also covering them in cosmetics to match the look of the original abilities.
{Would you like to modify his appearance?}
“No need. He is the embodiment of perfection,” Gululi said as he looked at Vader’s avatar with affection before proceeding with the purchase.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, someone was purchasing an Anakin Skywalker avatar. This version was set as the theoretical ceiling Anakin would have reached had he not turned to the dark side and suffered great injuries. The price of Anakin at full strength was twenty thousand MP more than Darth Vader.
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