Nihil Ultra Protocol

*Nihil Ultra Protocol*

Chain of Command
and Confederate law dictate and enforce the forbidden nature of ‘maltech’. Possession,
use, control, or any other unregulated interaction with ‘maltech’ is considered
an offence ‘against humanity’. Such offenders are met with the severity the
confederation and its member worlds can offer. Depending on the level of
offending interaction, punishments can range from life imprisonment to
execution.

The foundation of
this law is based on the Terran Mandate Perimeter Agency: Nihil Ultra (‘nothing
beyond’) Protocol following an Artificial Intelligence staging a sector-wide
revolt in the Core Worlds before the Calamity. The seriousness of this event sparked
a human-wide revulsion on all technologies that are regarded as ‘inhumane’,
‘repugnant’, ‘unnatural’, and otherwise ‘unacceptable to life’. *Nihil Ultra* has three simple mandates:

·
Thou
shalt not make tools of humankind – transhuman technologies designed to cripple human minds or
transform them into living implements are strictly forbidden

·
Thou
shalt not create unbreaked minds.
– artificial intelligences created without integral cognitive ‘brakes’ are
strictly forbidden

·
Thou shalt
not create devices of planetary destruction – devises capable of annihilating a
planet either of its inhabitants or the planet itself are strictly forbidden

However, the
serious danger ‘maltech’ offers humanity, there are some uses for it. This is
by nature heavily regulated and audited to maintain the focus on the betterment
of humanity. Institutions with the seals from both the Confederate Department
of Xenon, Calamity and Maltech Artefacts, Technologies and Developments and the
Insights of Terra. Institutions without these seals are illegal and at risk of
endangering all humankind.

Current legal
institutions include:

·
Insights
of Terra School of Maltech Research – unlimited research fields

·
Cosmoses
of the Mind Psitech Development – limited research fields with a focus on
psitech

·
Registered
Research and Development Organisations, Departments and Corporations –
restricted research fields with a clear focus approved by governing bodies

The following are
the limitations and foci on ‘maltech’ research

Mandate 1

·
The
betterment of humanity through its biology, marriage with machine, gene therapy
and DNA must not interfere, influence or alter the individual’s free will

·
Researchers
found ignoring this protocol will be charged with offenses against humanity.

Mandate 2

·
Artificial
intelligence (AI) must meet the strict criteria present by the Department of
Xenon, Calamity and Maltech Artefacts, Technologies and Developments and the
Insights of Terra. Failure to do so will result in immediate termination of all
projects and a system-wide wipe of all research conducted by the organisation.
Criterial include

§  True AI is forbidden

§  ‘Breaks’ must be included

§  Limitations to local servers is mandatory

§  Any glitch must be recorded and sent for
analysis

§  Any sign of abnormal behaviour will result
in AI termination

·
Researchers
found ignoring these protocols will be charged with offences against humanity.

Mandate 3

·
Weapon
development must strictly adhere to the ‘Right to Live’ policy of established
at the Anchorage Summit. Weapons exceeding the set lethality or has the
capacity for planetary annihilation will be confiscated

·
All
researchers found breeching these protocols will be charged with offenses
against humanity.