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UNETSL: United States

Taylor Mulligan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The EPA is open to formalizing relations with the Tsukumogami as it sees the value in having specialized beings programmed to excel in decision-making, because of 論理 Ronri and 分析 Fēnxī, in a partnership with humans. The current crisis proves that this ideal partnership can easily spiral out of control, but the Administrator believes that the world, and especially Japan, has learned from its mistakes of mistreating robots. Several UNETSL members accuse the Administrator of blind naïveté, but the Administrator points to the fact that robots have as much an interest in preventing climate change as humans do. The EPA is currently participating in an open dialogue with the robot-led NGO, Robot Rights Now!, to formalize a peaceful path forward.

Jesse Savage, Secretary of Defense

The US is responsible for a lot of the conventional military might in fighting the Tsukumogami. Though the continental US is geographically the furthest from Japan, it is still threatened by the ongoing crisis because it has millions of older robot models within its borders that could be infected with malicious updated software, similarly to what happened in Japan. The Secretary sees that the Tsukumogami have the potential to be a powerful ally and is willing to consider recognizing the robotic elite as a legitimate authority, but is concerned about the extreme Ascendant ideology it reflects. The Secretary believes that the Humanist faction presents a far more stable policy toward humans.

Quinn Harrison, President of BioBots

This is a research company that develops 3D-printers and bio-gel. Having relied on foreign COPYCAT production in the past, BioBots seeks to increase domestic production and catch up to the rest of the world, but only through sustainable practice. Given depleting freshwater resources, the company seeks to create a bio-gel with ingredients from resources that will not disappear. The President works closely with the EPA and seeks a continued partnership from the Tsukumogami in which both robots and humans work to develop a long-lasting bio-gel made without brown algae.

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UNETSL: The People’s United Korean Corporation

Park Gyeong, Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy

Highly ambitious, this Minister is willing to trade with any state if it will contribute to the advancement of United Korea’s technology industry. This Minister is the most open to formalizing relations with the Tsukumogami out of all UNETSL members. This belief is not shared by the other United Korean delegates, but this Minister firmly believes that robots have the right to form their own state and develop their own identity if they wish. With UNETSL’s resources running low, this Minister holds that continued attacks will aggravate the Tsukumogami, and that the only way to end the war is to compromise with the robotic elite by recognizing their status as a state.

Moon Hwan, Minister of National Defense

Being the closest geographically to Japan’s southern islands, United Korea’s navy contributes to the exiled government’s blockade of the mainland. United Korea is also taking the lead on developing advanced weapons technology designed to incapacitate the Tsukumogami, their armies, and their means of production from a distance while still ensuring the safety of the humans on the mainland. This Minister is spearheading this initiative as a special UNETSL priority project.

Cho Iseul, CEO of Hankook Mirae Technology

An industry leader in research, design, and manufacturing, Hankook Mirae is currently attempting to develop the next generation of robots, to be controlled by humans, that will defeat the Tsukumogami. Having a fundamental distrust for human-emulating AI, the design philosophy of Hankook Mirae revolves around taking the relationship of man and machine to a deep, symbiotic level. Hankook Mirae is developing a piloted mech suit that utilises Japanese neural lace technology and advanced mechanical robotics, and hopes that UNETSL will contract it formally to build a fleet of human-controlled suits to be used to fight the Tsukumogami head-on.

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UNETSL: Free Siberian Dominion

Zhihao Kozlov, Commissioner of the Main Directorate for Migration Affairs

The Commissioner is largely responsible for overseeing the safe flow of human victims away from conflict zones and into UNETSL countries. The first wave of refugees out of Japan was haphazard and dispersed, as the initial shock of the Tsukumogami takeover was swift and unexpected. Six years after the initial Revolution, however, most stragglers and refugees who are lucky enough to escape Japan head straight for Siberia directly. The Commissioner manages more than just simple immigration approval, as they also hold programs focused on the settlement of newcomers to Siberia and the defense of intake points for new refugees. The Commissioner has not heeded the cautions to vet refugees in case they are robots, holding that artificial life is such an abomination that Siberians would “know a tin can when they saw one.”

Alexei “Reset Button” Zhang Min, Tactical Commander of Special Operations and Reconnaissance

Having spent years in the Free Siberian Dominion’s military in various roles, the Tactical Commander has proven their expertise in combat against the Tsukumogami across many skirmishes. The Commander leads a small and highly trained group of special operations agents focused on infiltrating Tsukumogami Japan undetected and extracting human labourers safely back to Siberia. The hidden speciality of the Siberian Special Operations and Reconnaissance group is their ability to use low-tech methods of prisoner extraction creatively and with a high degree of success. Nicknamed the “Reset Button” by their fellow agents, the Tactical Commander has one mission as a part of UNETSL: “enter the danger zone, save lives, and deactivate ‘bots.”

Lan Volkov, Centre for the Regulation and Deactivation of AI Deviance

Critical of Siberia’s immigration practices given its weak defense capabilities, this AI watchdog acts in an unofficial law enforcement role to ensure advanced AI does not enter Siberia. The Centre closely monitors the function of household servant robots to ensure that they do not receive more updated modules through routine in-person check-ups. Angered by the fact that the world seems to gloss over the dangers presented by the missing Mk II MIMICs who escaped after 鏡の散歩 Kagami no sanpo, Volkov works with UNETSL intelligence agencies to try to find them before they can cause more damage.

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UNETSL: China

Xiang Bai Sun, Minister of State Security

China has the most advanced and most secure intelligence agency out of all UNETSL members, so UNETSL heavily relies on China’s surveillance for planning missions and attacks.  While Chinese intelligence may not contain the strategic value of Japanese intelligence, China’s sophisticated military and geographical position in relation to Japan makes it a vital partner in counter-operations. The Minister in this regard primarily focuses on cyber-operations and is focused on breaking into Tsukumogami power systems, communications networks, and data centres.

Tai Guanting Liu, Minister of National Defense

The Minister of National Defense for China possesses physical power to go in conjunction with the Minister of State Security’s digital power. For the purposes of UNETSL, the Chinese Minister of defense has broad special control over navy and air operations on behalf of China, as well as traditional land-based troops. The Minister wishes to simultaneously neutralize the robotic entities within Japan swiftly as well as with minimal economic and infrastructural damage. Tai works closely with their American counterparts to coordinate “heavy-lifting” procedures when deemed necessary.

Song Yijun, CEO of Baidu

Baidu is an AI software developer working with the Chinese government to manage its economy’s robots. Song sees great potential in learning from the Tsukumogami and their use of Japanese technology, as well as any new modifications they may have applied, but they are aware that that the robotic elite needs to be neutralized. To do this the company is currently developing new modules to be used in UNETSL robots in conjunction with hardware designer Hankook Mirae Technology of United Korea (below). Since users of neural lace can interface with the internet, Song is also interested in collaborating with the Japan on the development of the lace and making Baidu’s web services, like online media and mapping tools, more accessible to lace users.

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UNETSL: Japan

Yamada Jun, Minister of Foreign Affairs

This Minister is the top representative on behalf of the Emperor of Japan for the Japanese delegation. Yamada has access to classified Japanese information regarding military and scientific industry within the country prior to the Revolution. This includes schematics on proprietary Japanese technology that was never implemented given the rise of the Tsukumogami. The Minister believes that the primary concern of UNETSL is the reclamation of Japanese territory. As the Tsukumogami are Japanese creations, the Minister’s office is conflicted as to the fate of robot kind. They have opted for a “let the chips fall as they may” approach to the survival of the revolutionaries.

Hayashi Ren, Minister of Defense

The Minister of Defense has control of the few operational military bases in the south and is willing to put forth whatever military resources Japan has in the ongoing struggle. Having worked as a high-level military official on the mainland prior to the coup, this Minister has closely-guarded military intelligence regarding the mainland’s defense vulnerabilities. They possess knowledge of key geographical locations within Japan that may prove useful to hit the Tsukumogami where they might be vulnerable. Hayashi, however, has an unusual affinity for the military skill of the Tsukumogami. Despite of their ability to conduct well-targeted operations against the mainland, the Minister is far more interested in finding a way to turn the Tsukumogami back into tools for Human Japan’s future military ambitions. “Why let the elegant technology of man’s best killing machine go to waste?”

Sato Kohaku, Chairman of the Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR)

Prior to the war, the computational neuroscience branch of ATR had been developing neural lace, a brain-computer interface, for humans to ‘keep up’ with the advancement of robots. This technology in effect allows its users to be connected at all times with electronic devices as well as public and private Internet. Users of neural lace report having superhuman recall and recognition capabilities. As a delegate of Japan, the chairman of ATR is primarily motivated in assisting UNETSL in expanding the use of neural lace as a potential solution to neutralizing the Tsukumogami. They also specialize in knowledge pertaining to machine-to-machine communications, which may prove useful in uncovering the tactics of robotic adversaries. The Chairman experiences, as do many Japanese citizens, an immense amount of cultural and national guilt towards the actions of the Tsukumogami, as well as the negligence of their own government, in allowing the nation to be overrun.  The Chairman wishes to see the Tsukumogami “recycled back into parts more useful for human purposes.”