I would guess that the True Ending involves the Confessor stunning Akon. The aliens used every trick in the book to influence the humans. They communicated using real-time video instead of text transmissions. They gave speeches perfectly suited to tug on people’s emotional levers. Since the Superhappies run at an accelerated rate, this also forced Akon to respond before he could fully process information.
I would almost say Akon’s mind has been hacked. Akon had very little time to think before accepting the Superhappy terms and he currently seems resigned to the destruction of humanity. He uses “negotiations” to describe the Superhappy ultimatum. Anyway, he’s probably not fit to lead the ship. The Pilot hasn’t had a mental breakdown, he’s just (understandably) outraged at what’s going on. If the stunner is only used in the case of mental breakdown, the Pilot will have to be stopped by other means. Once a new leader is elected/promoted/whatever, the Confessor should require all real-time communication from the Superhappies to be text-only.
The Superhappies may be technologically superior, but their weakness is the fact that they don’t separate genes from memories. They also don’t withhold information from each other. This could allow a specially-crafted memory to disrupt or destroy the entire race. Even the kiritsugu are shocked by the slightest display of suffering, so it’s not much of a stretch to say some images exist that would permanently traumatize all Superhappies.
Of course, destruction isn’t the goal, modifying is. Before the Superhappies leave, the humans should ask to stay in contact with one Superhappy ship during Operation Babyeater. By studying them more, the humans could find a way to insert a memory that changes Superhappies to be less of a threat. If the humans have the upper hand, they can actually decide whether or not to adopt superhappiness instead of having the choice forced on them.
If it doesn’t work, at least the humans will know how big the Superhappy armada is. They could wait for the Superhappies to return from Babyeater territory and blow up the system. The babies would be saved and humanity would be safe until the next nova.
Full cooperation is not one of the scenarios I outlined, since most humans would not want to become Superhappy. As the Confessor said, “You have judged. What else is there?”
I would guess that the True Ending involves the Confessor stunning Akon. The aliens used every trick in the book to influence the humans. They communicated using real-time video instead of text transmissions. They gave speeches perfectly suited to tug on people’s emotional levers. Since the Superhappies run at an accelerated rate, this also forced Akon to respond before he could fully process information.
I would almost say Akon’s mind has been hacked. Akon had very little time to think before accepting the Superhappy terms and he currently seems resigned to the destruction of humanity. He uses “negotiations” to describe the Superhappy ultimatum. Anyway, he’s probably not fit to lead the ship. The Pilot hasn’t had a mental breakdown, he’s just (understandably) outraged at what’s going on. If the stunner is only used in the case of mental breakdown, the Pilot will have to be stopped by other means. Once a new leader is elected/promoted/whatever, the Confessor should require all real-time communication from the Superhappies to be text-only.
The Superhappies may be technologically superior, but their weakness is the fact that they don’t separate genes from memories. They also don’t withhold information from each other. This could allow a specially-crafted memory to disrupt or destroy the entire race. Even the kiritsugu are shocked by the slightest display of suffering, so it’s not much of a stretch to say some images exist that would permanently traumatize all Superhappies.
Of course, destruction isn’t the goal, modifying is. Before the Superhappies leave, the humans should ask to stay in contact with one Superhappy ship during Operation Babyeater. By studying them more, the humans could find a way to insert a memory that changes Superhappies to be less of a threat. If the humans have the upper hand, they can actually decide whether or not to adopt superhappiness instead of having the choice forced on them.
If it doesn’t work, at least the humans will know how big the Superhappy armada is. They could wait for the Superhappies to return from Babyeater territory and blow up the system. The babies would be saved and humanity would be safe until the next nova.
Full cooperation is not one of the scenarios I outlined, since most humans would not want to become Superhappy. As the Confessor said, “You have judged. What else is there?”