Forseti

Forseti's Buggy

A data analysis tool and interface system developed for the Callidore Colonial Survey Corps to facilitate the placement of terraforming elements during initial colonization

## Description

Forseti is a level three constructed intelligence (CI) system with independent sentience. It was originally assigned to Marcus Josep Steinmeer, Assistant Chief Engineer for the Western Region Wilderness Reserve sedimentation and erosion control project. Josep 'named' Forseti after an obsure Norse deity. However, by the time Lilastien and Ruderal had reassembled the device, 724 years had passed since its systems went dormant. It stores nearly 7,000,000 terabytes of data and prioritizes the survival and prosperity of the Callidore Colony as paramount.

> *The goal is the survival of the colony and as many colonists as possible [...] All of the colonists. -* Forseti to Minalan
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### Background

> *Level Ones are simple devices, about as intelligent as a smart dog.  Level Twos are about as intelligent as a low-intelligence human.  Level Threes are about as intelligent as a human genius.  Level Fours and Fives are each an order of magnitude more intelligent than that.  They were assigned to high-level technical, scientific, engineering, and military applications.  Level Fives were utilized as command-and-control nodes, often overseeing immensely complex tasks, as well as coordinating lower-level Constructed Intelligences. - Forseti*
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## Events

### Necromancer

With occasional guidance from Lilastien, Ruderal cleaned and cataloged many of the tekka pieces Minalan collected over the years. He successfully pieced together several of the components including a display module that presented symbols that regularly changed.

> NETWORK CONNECTION ERROR – CALSAT OFFLINE – NO SIGNAL DETECTED
> I/O DEVICE ERROR – NO OUTPUT DEVICE DETECTED
> POWER 7% - INPUT FACTORY PASSCODE AFTER INSTALLATION FOR REINITIALIZATION
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In negotiations with Count Moran, Prince Tavard's Prime Minister, to provide provisions to the Prince and his bogged down invasion force in Maidenspool, Minalan secured the right to peruse Tavard's inherited collection of tekka and purchase any of the pieces at fair market price. Minalan and Lilastien surveyed the contents of Tavard's tekka vault containing hundreds of pieces ranging from a piece as large as a wagon to innumerable small components of unknown devices. Lilastien strongly advised Minalan to take all of it, which he did.

As Minalan and Ruderal were packing for exile to Vanador, a display module on a piece of tekka the apprentice had been working on prompted for a key to be pressed, then Ruderal made an entry and Forseti spoke. In the ensuing conversation, Minalan and Forseti agreed that the overarching goal is to ensure the survival of the colony and colonists.

> *Excellent.  Then you will have my assistance.  In the short term, I will guide you as best I can, with the limited resources at my disposal.  In the moderate term, we will design and construct industries and institutions to fulfill the purposes of adequate colonial administration.  In the long term, we will ascertain the feasibility of reclaiming lost colonial elements and resources. - Forseti to Minalan*
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Note: It isn't clear if Forseti was part of the Tavard haul or some other tekka collected earlier. For instance, there were some tekka pieces in the Cavern of Karumala (containing the molopar beneath Boval Castle) that Minalan packed out with the rest of the escaping Bovali. Forseti's main module might possibly have come from there.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Necromancer: Book Ten Of The Spellmonger Series . Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Necromancer: Book Ten of the Spellmonger Series. Ch. 80. Kindle edition.
3. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 34. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Necromancer: Book Ten Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 66. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Necromancer: Book Ten Of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 80. Kindle Edition.