Time to drop some more knowledge on ASUA, so hey here I go. Bullet point style, learn more about my funky lady of an iterator.
All’s Seen Under Authority is situated in a region that’s considered highly desirable, and as such is the 6th iterator project built there.
Out of those six, ASUA is the second project created by a group of ancients for a purpose other than their normal function of serving as cities, though finding the solution was still intended to be her top priority.
ASUA is the youngest iterator in her group, and built extremely late.
She was built by a highly religious group of ancients who were unique in their concern for the other creatures of the world. As such, ASUA is built to survive for as long as possible, with the ultimate goal of being able to pass the solution on to the next intelligent species to journey to her can. They put all their effort into constructing her, as it was the group’s last major action before journeying to the void sea and ascending themselves.
To facilitate her superstructure’s intended massive lifespan, another machine, named 6 Cycle Synchronization, who is similar to an iterator was built as an attachment to her superstructure. This results in her superstructure having a very weird shape due to 6CS’ operations sticking out as a building to the left on top of her own.
Here is a sketch of what ASUA’s superstructure looks like: Notable features include 6CS’s operations on top of her own, and bigger plus stronger support beams to support that. Since her function was to pass the solution on to any creatures who could find her once she found it, an access shaft was built to make surface access to her chamber much easier. Lastly, her superstructure was not constructed to be lived on permanently, and so temporary housing is only there for the ancients who were working on 6CS and finishing her building.
6CS has access to a lot of ASUA’s superstructure, and has the capability to operate her inner workings much more than any normal iterator can do to themselves. His puppet can also navigate her structure on a track specifically so he can conduct repairs which require the precision of hands. He was built as a part of her specifically so while ASUA can focus her efforts on finding the solution, he could focus on inventing ways to fix or prevent any damage to her superstructure, even when confronted with problems the ancients could not have anticipated.
6CS is not officially designated an iterator despite resembling one in all but name due to his purpose not being to find the solution, but ASUA calls him an “honorary iterator”. He meanwhile refers to her as his Boss.
ASUA and 6CS share overseers, and there isn’t any way to tell who is accessing the footage overseers gather since they can both do so at any time. Here’s what they look like:
ASUA was built very close to the global ascension of the ancients, and as such lacks a lot of understanding and respect for ancient traditional values that other iterators may have
As expected, this means she stopped searching for the solution very quickly after her construction. Rather, she has taken to observing the creatures around her superstructure and looking after them. Using 6CS’s skills in technology and his ability to modify her superstructure heavily, the area around it has become a bit of her animal sanctuary. She has close companions in several of the wildlife, often modified to improved their survival. 6CS was exasperated by her “slaking” at first, but has grown used to it and rather chill overall.
ASUA is a hoarder. This started with her taking care of a mask one of the ancients gave her before ascending and hanging it on the wall of her chamber. As she observed creatures through her overseers and the world they inhabited, she started to dislike the boring white walls of her chamber. This, combined with her preferences to physically store her knowledge of creatures and the environment rather than rely to her superstructure, has overtime made her quite a collector. Now, her chamber is completely cluttered with pearls, hung up scraps of cloth and more. She always keeps gravity on inside it because of this.
