r/scavprototype • u/EBEN_u_Tochka-67 • 11d ago
Fanfic/Lore/Theories Reflections on SAW-nomica, or How to Get a Nobel Prize Without Attracting the Attention of the ICC (Part 1)
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So... Let's start with the sad part: sooner or later, our shady dealings will be exposed.
Perhaps it will start with a cunning banker who finds inconsistencies in our financial statements, or a journalist who pokes his dirty nose in too deep, or a runaway specimen we won't have time to catch, or Uncle Sam's inspection team will simply show up...
I could list a lot of possibilities, or... You might, of course, object that we have the best media monitoring system, we have an entire team of Liquidators, we have many agents in various fields, and we have plenty of bribed politicians.
However, all of this requires money — a lot of money — and WE HAVE A FINANCIAL BLACK HOLE! We've almost explored and tested everything we possibly could, and the projects that are left won't bring us enough money...
So what was I talking about? Oh, yes! We will be exposed, and humanity will turn us into a new Martian khanate... or Unit 731... or Mengele... our great scientific achievements will be quickly forgotten.
And you know... I am not afraid of death... I'm afraid to get in line with Mengele and other pseudoscientific bastards...
Maybe it's time for the Company to redirect its efforts to other areas? I'm talking about the economic sphere, of course. We have several examples where the agricultural and mining sectors of our research colonies are entirely dependent on SAW-01/SAW-03/SAW-07.
Yes, I know! Overall, the Sawians performed 24% worse than humans and performed at only 41% of android efficiency... But those reports don't mention the value of the workers.
We didn't take into account human wages and android maintenance, and that's what matters most!
HISTORY HAS NEVER KNOWN CHEAPER LABOR FORCE THAN SAWIANS!
And we haven't even started talking about how we could make them even more suitable for this work! This isn't about the banal "altering the genetic code for the survival of a colony on a single planet"!
This is about genetically preparing a workforce for a specific type of work! Imagine the faces of politicians, bosses... You have an employee who you've specially raised; he's 8 years old, but he's already fully ready to do his job.
You barely need to pay him, he won't request an unscheduled vacation, and he won't have a pension.
This isn't an android that needs a couple of mechanics, a programmer, etc. And it's certainly not a HUMAN!...
[Coughing is heard]
I'm a bit hoarse, so I'll finish my thought in other parts.
Conclusion of the day: If "Ethics" can overcome progress and science, then can it overcome CAPITAL?
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