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| ====== The Innovations Department ====== | ====== The Science & Technology Department ====== |
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| (Or, before the Great Innovation, //Science & Technology.)// | <del>(Or, before the Great Innovation, //Science & Technology.//)</del> (Formerly 'Innovations') |
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| \\ //- Hydro Ivory-Starr, Innovator-in-Chief // \\ | \\ //- Hydro Ivory-Starr, **Ex-**Innovator-in-Chief // \\ |
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| Headquartered in New Glabe is //Sygyzy Incorporated,// a Seldonan spaceflight technology company. Its ambitious, multi-stage programme to establish a semi-permanent lunar research base --- the "Reach toward the horizon (And establish a colonY)" project (or "RAY") --- has been the subject of much public and academic interest. //RAY// received international coverage for its remarkably successful first stage --- the launch of an orbital probe, the "INTEGRAL". A decade later, encompassing mass recruitment from academia's best and brightest (both Seldonan and otherwise), and no shortage of public acclaim, //RAY's// much-awaited second stage is underway: the "VECTOR" launch, or more accurately the twin //launches,// of an information-gathering rover ("DIRECTION") and a excavator machine ("MAGNITUDE"). A successful //VECTOR// mission would make history for launching two spacecraft within the shortest-ever elapsed time.\\ | Headquartered in New Glabe is //Sygyzy Incorporated,// a Seldonan spaceflight technology company. Having completely rebranded itself alongside an expansion out of its limiting, humble beginnings as an aircraft manufacturer more than a decade ago, its ambitious, multi-stage programme to establish a semi-permanent lunar research base --- the "Reach toward the horizon (And establish a colonY)" project (or "RAY") --- has been the subject of much public and academic interest. //RAY// received international coverage for its remarkably successful first stage --- the launch of an orbital probe, the "INTEGRAL". A decade later, encompassing mass recruitment from academia's best and brightest (both Seldonan and otherwise), and no shortage of public acclaim, //RAY's// much-awaited second stage is underway: the "VECTOR" launch, or more accurately the twin //launches,// of an information-gathering rover ("DIRECTION") and an excavator machine ("MAGNITUDE"). A successful //VECTOR// mission would make history for launching two spacecraft within the shortest-ever elapsed time.\\ |
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| Concerns about the use of generative artificial intelligence in education and the workplace have been on the rise for a number of years. A short handful of months ago, Seldona Royal University issued a public statement about its use by students across subject departments. The University has emphasized that its "meticulous and systemic revisions" of thesis submissions and famously intensive //viva voces// are held to be effective preventative measures against academic malpractice. The University has heretofore declined to comment as to whether rules for limiting AI use, or a potential ban, are on the horizon. \\ \\ | Concerns about the use of generative artificial intelligence in education and the workplace have been on the rise for a number of years. A short handful of months ago, Seldona Royal University issued a public statement about its use by students across subject departments. The University has emphasized that its "meticulous and systemic revisions" of thesis submissions and famously intensive //viva voces// are held to be effective preventative measures against academic malpractice. The University has heretofore declined to comment as to whether rules for limiting AI use, or a potential ban, are on the horizon. \\ \\ |
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| ===== Relevant NPCs ===== | ===== Relevant NPCs (at the Gazette) ===== |
| ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Description ^ | ^Name ^Pronouns ^ Description ^ |
| |"Hydro" Ivory-Starr|any|The recently-appointed Head of Innovations. Has been described as "electrifying" and "like a thunderbolt" and occasionally as "allergenic". | | |"Hydro" Ivory-Starr|any|<del>The recently-appointed Head of [[the innovations department|Innovations]]. Has been described as "electrifying" and "like a thunderbolt" and occasionally as "allergenic".</del> Ex-Head of <del>Innovations</del> [[the innovations department|Science and Tech]]. Has been described as "a fiction writer" and "generally incompetent".| |
| |Mortimer "Beetle" Beetle|they/he|Long-suffering member of the <del>Science & Tech</del> '//Innovations//' Department who frequently butts heads with Hydro over frivolous concepts such as 'accuracy' and 'proof'.| | |Mortimer "Beetle" Beetle|they/he|<del>Long-suffering member</del> Head of the <del>Science & Tech</del> <del>//'Innovations'//</del> [[the_innovations_department|Science & Tech]] Department who frequently <del>butts</del> used to butt heads with Hydro over frivolous concepts such as 'accuracy' and 'proof'.| |
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| | ===== Relevant NPCs (in the Wider World) ===== |
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| | |Michael Bills|he/they|The young Chief Executive Officer of //Sygyzy Incorporated// as of a handful of months ago. His serene pragmatism and decisive intelligence are the stuff of urban legend, or more aptly, popular discourse -- though they have become a household name, Michael is not a frequent public speaker himself, and most of what is known of them is due to //Sygyzy's// omnipresence in the news.| |
| | |Evelyn Clark|she/her|A professor of Chemistry at Seldona Royal University. Has been the recipient of public accreditation as a consulted chemical engineer during the launch of the //INTEGRAL// probe, but has since withdrawn from both public life and her long-term association with //Sygyzy.//| |
| | |O. Fortune|they/them|???|???| |