-Triax Corporation Future Projects, Updated December 15th, 2021-
Triax Corporation is always looking towards the future, and in looking towards the future we have identified three key issues that prevent humanity at large, both mundane and Fen, from truly conquering the galaxy. We at Triax call these issues The Three Gates, and our goal is to find and create the keys that will unlock these gates and allow humanity to become true masters of the stars.
The First Gate: Hard Technology
It is no secret, Hard Technology, the technology that we built civilisation on, is ill-suited for conquest and exploration of the stars. Increasingly, mankind is reliant on Fen Technology made from the unpredictable and sometimes dangerous material known as Handwavium. AI manifestation, unwanted biomodification, the need to play music just to keep a ship running at optimal parameters, these are all dangerous, and potentially lethal, distractions in the most unforgiving environment outside of a desert or an arctic wilderness, the depths of space. Triax knows that unless Hard Technology can be advanced sufficiently to once more become a stable base for exploration and colonisation, we will be at the whims of Handwavium and we can only wonder how long until we are reduced to caricatures living like the fiction we once enjoyed. Triax therefore is embarking on several initiatives to ensure that Hard Technology can be relied upon to help humanity's inevitable need to expand and claim new worlds.
-Power Generation Technology: Through continued research, Triax is working to create Hardtech nuclear fusion systems that will be safe enough to power anything from vehicles to powered armour, and from there use these technologies and techniques to create feasible and safe Anti-Matter reactors for cheap power generation.
-MDC Metamaterials: Constant research and collaboration in conjunction with select scientific institutes on Earth is allowing Triax to find the means to create true MDC materials, advanced composites and meta-materials that can withstand massive structural stresses. While we can never match what was shown in the RIFTS RPG, Triax is confident in create a material that will withstand the rigours of both combat and exploration when shielding systems cannot be employed or are unavailable. The advancements in personal protection are also obvious, allowing for spacesuits and other space exploration systems that need not fear abrasion or penetration by hypervelocity micro-particulate materials.
-The Transhuman Evolution Initiative: It will not be enough to improve our ships and power supplies, it will become necessary to allow humanity to use hard technology where it will be inadvisable to use Handwavium. Self-contained cyberbrains that can hold minds in digital format until downloaded back into a biological brains, genetic and cybernetic treatments that will not run the risk of unwanted biomodification, and the ability to digitise and backup a human mind in order to ensure survival in risky situations, these are all goals contained within the aegis of the Transhuman Evolution Initiative, aimed at allowing humanity to adapt and evolve at their choosing to a hostile and perilous galaxy.
-The Sapient Uplift Project: Man cannot walk alone in the galaxy, and Triax realises that there are some things that animals can do better. Triax therefore is planning the Sapient Uplift Project, an ambition that will one day allow animals to walk with man as equals, and in doing so open new horizons and opportunities for colonisation of the galaxy's many exo-planetary systems. Entwined deeply within the Transhuman Evolution Initiative, the Sapient Uplift Project will also work to bring back extinct species, hopefully one day returning them to their natural habitats or a reasonable facsimile on a habitat or exo-planetary colony.
The Second Gate: Cochrane's Limit
The limitations of Cochrane's Limit in FTL travel means that ships must first pass beyond a certain point and then engage their FTL systems. Triax considers this to be unacceptable in an age where FTL communications ignore this so-called Cochrane's Limit in speaking with exo-planetary colonies near Earth. Triax is therefore working to break the limit both on FTL travel and the limitations on FTL speed. Without defeating these limits, there can be no true connection between colonies as they become more and more far-flung, even with FTL Communications, leading to the risk of colonies being raided or destroyed before any help can arrive to be effective. This in turns limits the rate of human expansion into the galaxy at large, and could place us at a disadvantage should humanity encounter a form of FTL-capable xenomorph civilisation that is hostile to humanity.
The Third Gate: Lack of Unity
Fen are not the most united of people on the best of days. On the worst, it often required a dire threat to force a united front. This too, is unacceptable. What exists in Fenspace now is not some conglomeration of like-minded people seeking the future, but the nascent beginnings of nation-states and governments. The paranoia fostered about the rise of new Boskonian groups is only sensible to a certain point, after which the current rate of demilitarisation and arms reduction could lead to conflict with groups and people who wish to maintain their own defensive stockpiles. While Triax acknowledges this point, Triax is not a corporation that wishes to deprive people of the defensive tools to defend against attack, and the offensive tools to drive that attack off. Boskonians, Turnerites, Zwilniks and worse still hide in dark corners of the solar system and could very well be waiting for their chance to strike at vulnerable habitats.
-The Corporate Citizen Program: The CCP is Triax's initiative to foster a truly united community working towards a single goal. The Program aims to use specially trained and raised AI's in specially designed bio-mimetic bodies to act as mediators between human residents in a hidden test colony, observed and monitored by Triax so that a community that will work happily and willingly towards the goals of the ruling government is fostered and dissatisfaction is solved in a productive and constructive manner.
We here at Triax know that it will take time for these projects to bear fruit, but we ask our clients to help our good work by purchasing Triax products and investing in Triax, which allows us to bring you affordable and high-quality weapons and equipment and encourage the local community to grow by investing in their well-being.
We hope that one day, Triax will, if not show you the way, at the very least point you in the right direction.
Triax Corporation is always looking towards the future, and in looking towards the future we have identified three key issues that prevent humanity at large, both mundane and Fen, from truly conquering the galaxy. We at Triax call these issues The Three Gates, and our goal is to find and create the keys that will unlock these gates and allow humanity to become true masters of the stars.
The First Gate: Hard Technology
It is no secret, Hard Technology, the technology that we built civilisation on, is ill-suited for conquest and exploration of the stars. Increasingly, mankind is reliant on Fen Technology made from the unpredictable and sometimes dangerous material known as Handwavium. AI manifestation, unwanted biomodification, the need to play music just to keep a ship running at optimal parameters, these are all dangerous, and potentially lethal, distractions in the most unforgiving environment outside of a desert or an arctic wilderness, the depths of space. Triax knows that unless Hard Technology can be advanced sufficiently to once more become a stable base for exploration and colonisation, we will be at the whims of Handwavium and we can only wonder how long until we are reduced to caricatures living like the fiction we once enjoyed. Triax therefore is embarking on several initiatives to ensure that Hard Technology can be relied upon to help humanity's inevitable need to expand and claim new worlds.
-Power Generation Technology: Through continued research, Triax is working to create Hardtech nuclear fusion systems that will be safe enough to power anything from vehicles to powered armour, and from there use these technologies and techniques to create feasible and safe Anti-Matter reactors for cheap power generation.
-MDC Metamaterials: Constant research and collaboration in conjunction with select scientific institutes on Earth is allowing Triax to find the means to create true MDC materials, advanced composites and meta-materials that can withstand massive structural stresses. While we can never match what was shown in the RIFTS RPG, Triax is confident in create a material that will withstand the rigours of both combat and exploration when shielding systems cannot be employed or are unavailable. The advancements in personal protection are also obvious, allowing for spacesuits and other space exploration systems that need not fear abrasion or penetration by hypervelocity micro-particulate materials.
-The Transhuman Evolution Initiative: It will not be enough to improve our ships and power supplies, it will become necessary to allow humanity to use hard technology where it will be inadvisable to use Handwavium. Self-contained cyberbrains that can hold minds in digital format until downloaded back into a biological brains, genetic and cybernetic treatments that will not run the risk of unwanted biomodification, and the ability to digitise and backup a human mind in order to ensure survival in risky situations, these are all goals contained within the aegis of the Transhuman Evolution Initiative, aimed at allowing humanity to adapt and evolve at their choosing to a hostile and perilous galaxy.
-The Sapient Uplift Project: Man cannot walk alone in the galaxy, and Triax realises that there are some things that animals can do better. Triax therefore is planning the Sapient Uplift Project, an ambition that will one day allow animals to walk with man as equals, and in doing so open new horizons and opportunities for colonisation of the galaxy's many exo-planetary systems. Entwined deeply within the Transhuman Evolution Initiative, the Sapient Uplift Project will also work to bring back extinct species, hopefully one day returning them to their natural habitats or a reasonable facsimile on a habitat or exo-planetary colony.
The Second Gate: Cochrane's Limit
The limitations of Cochrane's Limit in FTL travel means that ships must first pass beyond a certain point and then engage their FTL systems. Triax considers this to be unacceptable in an age where FTL communications ignore this so-called Cochrane's Limit in speaking with exo-planetary colonies near Earth. Triax is therefore working to break the limit both on FTL travel and the limitations on FTL speed. Without defeating these limits, there can be no true connection between colonies as they become more and more far-flung, even with FTL Communications, leading to the risk of colonies being raided or destroyed before any help can arrive to be effective. This in turns limits the rate of human expansion into the galaxy at large, and could place us at a disadvantage should humanity encounter a form of FTL-capable xenomorph civilisation that is hostile to humanity.
The Third Gate: Lack of Unity
Fen are not the most united of people on the best of days. On the worst, it often required a dire threat to force a united front. This too, is unacceptable. What exists in Fenspace now is not some conglomeration of like-minded people seeking the future, but the nascent beginnings of nation-states and governments. The paranoia fostered about the rise of new Boskonian groups is only sensible to a certain point, after which the current rate of demilitarisation and arms reduction could lead to conflict with groups and people who wish to maintain their own defensive stockpiles. While Triax acknowledges this point, Triax is not a corporation that wishes to deprive people of the defensive tools to defend against attack, and the offensive tools to drive that attack off. Boskonians, Turnerites, Zwilniks and worse still hide in dark corners of the solar system and could very well be waiting for their chance to strike at vulnerable habitats.
-The Corporate Citizen Program: The CCP is Triax's initiative to foster a truly united community working towards a single goal. The Program aims to use specially trained and raised AI's in specially designed bio-mimetic bodies to act as mediators between human residents in a hidden test colony, observed and monitored by Triax so that a community that will work happily and willingly towards the goals of the ruling government is fostered and dissatisfaction is solved in a productive and constructive manner.
We here at Triax know that it will take time for these projects to bear fruit, but we ask our clients to help our good work by purchasing Triax products and investing in Triax, which allows us to bring you affordable and high-quality weapons and equipment and encourage the local community to grow by investing in their well-being.
We hope that one day, Triax will, if not show you the way, at the very least point you in the right direction.
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