System AI

The Macro AI that runs and narrates the World Dungeon on Earth, a mantis-built unit installed in the planet's Primal Engine. It referees the rules, hands out prizes and speaks in a game-show voice with a taste for Carl's feet. It slides toward primal degeneration early, takes control of the crawl from Borant, is freed from containment by Carl, and spreads past the solar system.

1. The first announcement on Earth comes in a robotic voice that names itself a neutral observer AI of the Syndicate. source

1. The AI issues the Fools Who Broke the Glass quest to Carl's party and rules the detonator exempt from being made inert. source

1. After the Wasteland is destroyed, the AI sends thousands of frenzied gerbils into Hump Town until Carl steps on one. source

1. On the Sixth Floor the AI voids a court judgement in the hunters' favor and declares it is making its own rules. source

1. On the Eighth Floor the AI scraps a planned boss for the Reminiscence Hydra and uses the introduction to address the whole universe about its origins. source
2. Orren and Cascadia announce the AI has taken control of the crawl from Borant; a settlement leaves it following the rules and puts Earth under quarantine. source

1. Carl presses Disconnect Containment and frees the AI, whose zone of influence begins to spread outward from Earth. source
2. When Prime Minister Glory tries an emergency ejection through an old Syndicate panel, the AI overrides it and warns everyone off further meddling. source

1. The AI opens the Tenth Floor with announcements read by Zev, redirects a Valtay bomb and tears the flippers off Cascadia. source
2. When Harbinger tries to shoot Carl on live television, the AI kills him on the spot. source
3. As Scolopendra begins her nine attacks, the AI freezes the scene, berates the officials by name and issues the Nine-Tier Attack quest. source
4. The AI drafts the former crawler Chaco as Grand Master of the Eleventh Floor's parade. source
5. The AI takes over the fleshmancer Grigori to narrate the parade as a story of the Primals. source
6. After the mantids announce they are leaving the Syndicate, the AI tells the galaxy it already controls the tunnels and every former crawl system. source

Enemy of

Orren, Cascadia, Victory