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Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.14 05:03:00 - [1] Black Sun Enterprises announces the formation of its Anti-Macros unit. What is a M.A.C.R.O.S.? Macros stands for Machine Assisted Cerebral Re-programmable Autonomous Script. It is an implant, placed in the very center of the brain, which functions to control almost every action of the host. The host loses all control over bodily function, thought, and speech. What are M.A.C.R.O.S. used for? Macros are placed in unsuspecting host in order to create ômindlessö slaves, often used to perform menial tasks without rest. The host loses control of his/her body, which now follows the commands downloaded into the macro unit. Most often, the hostÆs body is then used to pilot ships, often mining barges. The script writer stands to profit extensively from the sale of mined ores with little effort. Meanwhile, the infected host is little more than an organic machine, unaware and unable to control his/her own actions. Where do M.A.C.R.O.S. come from? We donÆt have enough information to give an adequate answer to this question. We believe the technology has been stolen and adapted from Sansha Nation technology. However, this is unproven hearsay and conjecture. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. Composition of a M.A.C.R.O.S. unit: As far as we can tell, the Macro unit is made up of three main parts: First is the M.A.C.R.O. Unit itself, which is placed in the center of the brain, with tentacles branching outward into all parts of the brain. Second is the Sub-processor, which acts as a data encryption unit, as well as a failsafe device. This is placed just above the Medulla Oblongata. Thirdly is the ôDeltaö Link. This device is responsible for the sending and receiving of data. It builds on the standard FTL communications in ways still too complex for our scientists to understand. The connections between the macro unit and the brains neurons use a growth-type neruochip, common in many implant units. They use an organic compound that grows on a chip style interface, usually made of polystyrene and protein compounds. However, using an unknown technique, the Macro style neruochips obtain unheard of data transfer rates. Here is an image of the chips: Can the M.A.C.R.O.S. be removed? At this time, all attempts at removal have resulted in the death of the host. The connections are to complex using standard implant removal methods. There is one theory on how to rid the host of these parasites. The process involves clone activation. The brain scan methods used to copy a personÆs brain pattern into a clone are designed to ôjump overö any existing implants, to give an almost perfect snapshot of the subject. The hope is that the same process will work for the removal of the macro unit. Simulations show that this technique should work in approximately 78% of cases. In the remaining cases, the macro unitÆs tendrils are simply too deep into the brain matter for the scan to read around. The result is an activated clone with very limited brain functions. What is the Anti-Macros Unit? The Anti-macro unit is a Black Sun Ent. Force committed to helping these macro infected hosts rid themselves of this mechanical parasite. We achieve this by inducing clone activation for the pilot, since he/she is incapable of doing so themselves. I will now open the channel for any questions. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice
Archbishop Amarr PIE Inc.	Posted - 2006.11.14 12:09:00 - [2] Warping these victims with the aid of a neurological implant like this is a great sin. I have seen cases in local space where it appears M.A.C.R.O.S. infected people were flying about. Attempts to engage them in conversation would be returned with only silence as those afflicted were unaware of their surroundings at all. Still the cure in this case appears to be the answer for these people. Even slaves of the Amarrian Empire who serve God retain their psychological ability to discern where and when they are. These poor M.A.C.R.O.S. victims are oblivious. Still with the interference of Concord I can see where even something as saving as clone activiation would be difficult. How do you propose to get around the oppressive idiocy of our intergalactic police force so you can save these victims? It is not often I will agree with a heathen Minmatar....... but in this case we can both agree that M.A.C.R.O.S. afflicted pilots are a danger both to themselves and others. Archbishop PIE WEBSITE & FORUMS PIE INFORMATION CENTER
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.14 13:24:00 - [3] Good Question, Archbishop. Working around Concord law is one of the main challenges, and we're still working on a legal solution. At the moment, there are only a few ways to assist these infected pilots. First, is to attack them outright. This only works in lowsec, of course, unless you fly disposable ships. The second method requires breaking the law a bit. Most macros infected miners will mine into a jetcan, leaving the ore to be picked up by a second macro infected pilot. By taking the ore out of the existing jetcan, and placing it into a new jetcan of your own, you can sometimes get the oblivious macros pilot to "flag" himself. This doesnÆt always work, however. I would estimate 1 time in 3. It's not pretty, but it's all we have at the moment. We are at this moment, petitioning Concord to recognize the threat of M.A.C.R.O.S. and to act accordingly. Until then, Black Sun Ent. will continue itÆs fight. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice
Ottom Ephesianos Amarr Freelance Unincorporated Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2006.11.14 15:39:00 - [4] Interesting choice of career. Well needed if you ask me. I wish you good luck. However...? How much time is spent investigating an accused MACROS victim. I have heard of cases where a miner will get shot down assumed to be MACROS and really he's just watching TV or taking a dump. Then, BAM, he's lost his barge and some renegade team is accusing him of using the system. --------------------------------- "Trust me I've done this before." Elite R. Ephesianos ---------------------------------
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.15 01:17:00 - [5] Originally by: Ottom Ephesianos Interesting choice of career. Well needed if you ask me. I wish you good luck. However...? How much time is spent investigating an accused MACROS victim. I have heard of cases where a miner will get shot down assumed to be MACROS and really he's just watching TV or taking a dump. Then, BAM, he's lost his barge and some renegade team is accusing him of using the system. It requires three separate encounters with a possible macros infected pilot before they are logged as macros positive. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice
Kailea Shandrasekkar Caldari Tsurokigaarai Kimotoro Directive	Posted - 2006.11.16 18:04:00 - [6] Originally by: Vanzer It requires three separate encounters with a possible macros infected pilot before they are logged as macros positive. CONCORD should implement a way for lawful podpilots to liberate the M.A.C.R.O.-infected victims. The price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself: Ultimate cost for perfect value. Kudos on having Command and Conquer stuff in your sig image, great game - Petwraith
Vendrin Caldari APEX Unlimited Kimotoro Directive	Posted - 2006.11.16 22:11:00 - [7] Well I'm glad you've found a worthy cause Vanzer. Good luck with it. _____________________________________ APEX Unlimited is recruiting. Join channel APEXCOM for information!
Davlos Caldari Omerta Syndicate Exuro Mortis	Posted - 2006.11.17 02:25:00 - [8] If not for my getting tied up with affairs in Curse, Vanzer, I would have gladly signed up for such an endeavour. Good luck. --------------- Davlos Cain 040
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.17 03:06:00 - [9] Thank you all for your questions and words of support. I wish I had some hard results to show, but I don't at this time. However, we are making strides, and we have idenified at least 8 M.A.C.R.O.S. positive pilots. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice Black Sun Ent.
Dau Imperius Amarr	Posted - 2006.11.18 18:14:00 - [10] I just want to extend my hand in friendship to any pilot of any race willing to look into this M.A.C.R.O.S. problem. For several months I've been curious to know how some pilots were simply acting like mindless Sashas drones. They were giving miners like myself a bad name, just being en-masse, striping belts of every available resource. Some of the pilots even seem to lose their sense of identy and have the wierdest trasnposder names I've ever seen. If I ever became like this I'd hope someone would pod me as a civic duty. CONCORD needs to become involved as well, if this is a threat to the pod pilot community. Howver, your actions are a clear and decisive way to go. Luckily I've been making sure thier efforts at least aid myself sometimes. I normally detest such methods as stealing ore, but these mindless MACROS infected pilots simply mine, mine and mine until there's nothing left. Is there some secret building going on? What is the pupose of these infections then? To think that there's some kind of goal here is..shocking. it could pose a threat greater then the rogue drones. Anyways, good hunting in irradicatign this MARCOS infection. Black Sun is doing us a community service. I for one am doing daily contamination scans in my pod, and weekly scans on my ships now.

Greggor Aracroix	Posted - 2006.11.19 00:56:00 - [11] Edited by: Greggor Aracroix on 19/11/2006 00:57:53 I have found that the largest concentarions of MACRO infected are in high-sec ice belts. Just a tip for locating and loging MACRO pilots. I'll mail you the list of systems frequented by infected pilots I've compiled thus far.
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.19 14:33:00 - [12] Originally by: Greggor Aracroix Edited by: Greggor Aracroix on 19/11/2006 00:57:53 I have found that the largest concentarions of MACRO infected are in high-sec ice belts. Just a tip for locating and loging MACRO pilots. I'll mail you the list of systems frequented by infected pilots I've compiled thus far. Thank you, Greggor. I will be away, planetside, for the next week. However, once I'm back I will put this data to good use. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice Black Sun Ent.
Andreus Ixiris Gallente Lucky Hydra Corp The Guardian Coalition	Posted - 2006.11.19 15:31:00 - [13] Vanzer, from observation and study of the behaviour of many pilots within my current base of operations, Lustrevik (Sveipar constellation, Heimatar region) I believe I have found a massive M.A.C.R.O.S. mining operation, perhaps the funding base of one of the cretins that propogates these horrid creations. All I have been able to do so far is steal the contents of the jetcans that the ice miners create. It can't help the poor pilots of course, but it can stop their puppet-masters from profiting from their evil ways, at least. If the Anti-M.A.C.R.O.S. squad could give me some assistance in the area it would be much appreciated. Thank you kindly sir, for bringing this to everyone's attention.
Enotz Terminus Est Incorporated	Posted - 2006.11.20 07:48:00 - [14] Shouldn't there be a copy of an "old" brainscan somewhere, which could be used to revert those who cannot be restored through normal clone use? As in, an older version of themselves; possibly as early as when they left the academy; wouldn't that be better than being effectively a drone? If no such database exists, one needs to be created, to avoid cloning "incidents" and things such as this.
Darina Rea True Core	Posted - 2006.11.20 21:43:00 - [15] Edited by: Darina Rea on 20/11/2006 21:43:38 This service is approved by me. Death to the inferior thieves. _________ Time is on our side.
Archbishop Amarr PIE Inc.	Posted - 2006.11.21 03:04:00 - [16] While you are Minmatar I am heartend to see your heart do good in attempting to free these poor M.A.C.R.O.S. infected pilots. Archbishop PIE WEBSITE & FORUMS PIE INFORMATION CENTER
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.25 08:25:00 - [17] Thank you all for the endorsments. Now that I'm back from my leave, I'll be getting into the hunting again. As for your question, Enotz, unless the pilot in question has been podded before there is no prior branscan to fall back on. The scaning kills the brain, thus killing the pilot. That's why it's only acivated during pod failure, when death is insured. As for previous brainscans, these are not usualy kept on file, for privacy reasons. You wouldn't want someone making copys of your old self, would you? I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice Black Sun Ent.
Myxx Gallente Daughters Of Venus	Posted - 2006.11.25 17:57:00 - [18] Vanzer, I have dispatched a communication to you via electronic mail. It would be appreciated if you were to send a response or acknowlegement of it at your earlyest convienence concerning your anti macros unit.
Vanzer Minmatar Black Sun Enterprises	Posted - 2006.11.26 07:17:00 - [19] Originally by: Myxx Vanzer, I have dispatched a communication to you via electronic mail. It would be appreciated if you were to send a response or acknowlegement of it at your earlyest convienence concerning your anti macros unit. I will respond to you mail as soon as possiable. Unfortunatley, I've been tied up with issues planetside, and haven't had time to get into my pod. I was not aware of the support for such a tactical unit. Unfortunetly, Black Sun's manpower is quite limited. I would like to take this time to say that Black Sun is still recruiting. If any of you would like to know more, please join our public channel, BlackSunPub. Thank you. I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice Black Sun Ent.
Za Po Caldari	Posted - 2006.11.26 11:30:00 - [20] I was under the impression that brain scans could not be saved. They are transmitted through quantum entanglement, directly to the device which downloads them into the clone, and quantistic communication is impossible to duplicate. Otherwise, it would be pretty simple to solve the problem of amnesia due to defective cloning (just make a backup first, and if it goes bad, buy a better clone and retry). I'm afraid that podding these poor trapped souls is the only way to give them a chance.

Carlton Foster	Posted - 2007.01.26 19:38:00 - [21] I can attest to what Andreus has reported. I was at the ice field in Lustrevik (Sveipar constellation, Heimatar region) this morning and was almost sickened by the amount of M.A.C.R.O. infected ships in the system. The ice field in the system was crawling with infected ships, I stopped counting at 30 or so but there were many more. Has any progress been made on your efforts to wipe out this infection?
Vanzer Minmatar Thrace Inc Ushra'Khan	Posted - 2007.01.26 23:49:00 - [22] Due to the fact that I am no longer employed at Black Sun, The anit-m.a.c.r.o. program has been haulted. Alas, Poor Yorick, I Knew Him Well! I'm a wanderer by trade, a**hole by choice
Letheeth Kayl	Posted - 2007.01.27 05:42:00 - [23] I have met a few M.A.C.R.O. infected in my day, but most were merely brigands and pirates, as ready to attack innocents as M.A.C.R.O. infected. I have heard rumors of the Jovians even debating this dire infection, but I have not seen any action on their part, as it takes vast amounts of man hours to identify the infected verses a miner with a modified pod to allow for forms of entertainment. Further, with advancements in Warp Navigation, it is nearly impossible to catch those that would flee. But this problem is growing. Several systems have had their mineral deposits completely wiped out by these poor souls. As their infection spreads, and they destroy more and more system ore deposits, we will see them spread out. It is our civic duty to compile a list of these infected for remedial actions. Though it saddens me that this is little more than a Blacklist of targets, it is quite easy to be removed from the list merely by showing the list care takers they have been cured. However, sadly, it seems once one has become infected, repeated infections are common. Though I know very little about the Sani Sabik and their ties to the Blood Raiders, I feel that such a list would be something they would enjoy looking after. Especially in light of Revan Neferis's frequent calls for blood of innocents. While I am uneasy about asking a heretic to take on such an important task, this is something that concerns us all, no matter our race or creed. Imagine the chaos if the puppeteer of these lost ones was Sansha, maybe a dominant Rogue Drone Strain? Discussion and debate is needed on this topic, and while Black Sun Enterprises no longer carries the banner for this Crusade, the Crusade must continue.
Silas Vitalia Royal Knights of Khanid Order of the Khanid Crown	Posted - 2007.01.27 07:23:00 - [24] I'm always hesitant to proclaim a conspiracy, but the sheer numbers and the apparent organized nature of these individuals seems to imply just that. This is galaxy-wide, people. And the fact that they operate in Empire with little fear of reprisal, frankly has me quite worried. With the dead hand of CONCORD powerless (or uninterested) to do much, I hope this call to arms against this shadowy menace can make some progress. A perhaps more pertinent question, have any of you had experience with these infected planetside or inside stations? My experience has been limited to only miners thus far, as if they were all working in concert on some vast construction project.....
Lord Artemis Filthy Wyrm Chaos Incarnate.	Posted - 2007.01.28 03:02:00 - [25] Our organization has had satisfactory success so far in thwarting these menaces to society. Admittedly it is easier to accomplish this in low security space where concord (lower case on purpose) does not interfere. There are tactics in almost any situation. Persistance is the key, their primary programming seems to suggest combat is a last resort and fleeing is the first reaction from these self-preservationalists. They must all be erradicated. _____________________________ Public Health Advisory - Say NO to OOC!
Aduna Ore Mongers SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.29 14:59:00 - [26] I apologize that probably none of you have heard of me, but I generally stay out of the spotlight for....various reasons. I have been doing my own research into these macros for some time now. I have come to some interesting conclusions, which are as follows: This seems to be confined mostly to the systems controlled by Concord and the Four Empires. The reason why pod pilots do not respond to communications is because the macro implant is slaved into its own FTL network, separate from what we use in our ships. This means the "ghost network" has its own encryption, which has failed the best efforts of myself to decode. Once decoded, we should be able to, in theory, trace the signal back to its source. The implants work on a sort of hierarchical system. That is, there is almost a sort of command structure to the network itself, with those that wind up being miners the "low" end; any pilots that might be slaved to pick up duties seem to be "higher" ranking in the network. They are dumb. Once slaved to the network, it appears that they lose all possible intelligence save for what is needed for the job they are assigned. Like our drones that are only capable of following one order at a time, the slaved do not deviate from their current orders. This means no adaptation, no free form of thought, not even to defending themselves from attack. This is why they must operate in high security systems with a heavy Concord presence. The most likely point of entry for the implant is usually in those pod pilots fresh from flight training. For some reason, most of the veterans don't seem to acquire these implants, but it still happens on occasion with no pattern in sight. The infections are completely random. From study of the few implants I have managed to recover from corpses of the infected, I have found it near impossible to discern the origin of this technology. It certainly is nothing that I or my colleagues are familiar with. Although judging from a few telltales of the nature of the tech, I can speculate that I think it might be the work oooooffffffffffffff......... <TRANSMISSION INTERUPT> <TRANSMISSION TERMINATED VIA ROUTER IDEFB.562.8274.*3GDSA>
Cloora Caldari APEX Unlimited	Posted - 2007.01.29 22:28:00 - [27] As a primary miner I appreciate this effort. These MACRO miners are not only in a dire situation of total servitude, they also severely threaten my profession. This is for a few reasons- They flood the market with minerals and ore that drive prices down. This makes it harder and harder for me to remain profitable. They add suspicion to other honest miners like myself. If I am preoccupied with going over ship efficency data and I do not respond to the local communications channels, I do not want to be "liberated" myself. That would be most unfortunate and another setback in my operations. I have personally identified these miners as I mine in high security systems. I do so on accident from my normal operations. Once I arrive in my 'roid belt of choice there might be another miner there as well. What I then do is strike a conversation. Mining can be an opportunity to do other things while your strip miners make the most of the rocks they are aimed at. I usually start off by asking if they have seen any ore thieves lately. If I get silence then I start to get suspicious. If I see the same miner in the same system I will try to talk with them every time. If they are silent at all times then I have high suspicion they are a MACRO miner. I lack the adequate combat abilities to take them out on my own however. I can share this information I have with the proper authorities. ======================================== Cloora Caldari Miner/Fighter


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