If the Deep Space Network created by Ascension Technology could monopolize the entire communication network on Earth, the revenue generated every second would be extremely terrifying.
Of course, acquiring revenue also comes with risks.
Network service is a huge cake, and if Ascension Technology wanted to swallow it whole, it would definitely provoke fierce resistance.
Not to mention the various communication companies that contract the network in each city.
WorldSat Communications Network (WCN), which monopolizes a large number of satellite communications, would be the first to act against Ascension Technology.
WCN is one of the largest companies in Europe, having accumulated vast wealth by monopolizing the satellite network, placing it among the foremost European companies, and having close ties with the European Space Council and the European Aviation Authority.
If someone wanted to share its cake, or even wanted to flip the table and run off with the cake themselves.
It would inevitably face its fiercest counterattack, which would inevitably trigger the Fifth Corporate War.
Luoqi understood this principle, but he wasn't worried about it.
Since officially venturing into space, Ascension Technology no longer needed to be so cautious in its actions.
Because no matter how reckless they were, in the worst-case scenario, they could escape Earth and move to Black Star.
With space resource extraction technology, Ascension Technology could completely achieve independent development in space, separate from Earth.
Although the speed would be much slower, after Ascension Technology developed for a period, it would still be an existence that could crush Earth civilization.
And this was just the worst-case scenario.
Currently, the space dock is being rapidly constructed, and once the resource extraction teams are successfully dispatched to various planets.
Then one military factory after another will quickly rise from the ground.
By then, Ascension Technology will let these companies know what a true war is.
Furthermore, this war will break out sooner or later. Ascension Technology wants to go further, it must prove its strength to the world with its power.
No top world company hasn't reached the peak through war.
Ascension Technology will also face such a war, and this will be a war more insane and grander than all historical corporate wars.
Luoqi did not fear war; instead, he looked forward to it somewhat.
Because not long ago, Luoqi received news from Wei, news that excited him.
That was, Arasaka Yorinobu had come to Night City.
He believed that if this war broke out, Ascension Technology would definitely not be fighting alone.
Because this prince from the Arasaka Group desired a fierce corporate war more than anyone else.
More than anyone else, he wished for the major companies to fight until they were battered and mutually destroyed, so that from then on, there would be no Arasaka in the world, no imperial capitalism.
Luoqi was completely confident that he could get him to stand with him.
After all, he understood exactly what Arasaka Yorinobu wanted.
Of course, these were not things that needed to be considered now.
Luoqi also did not plan to take a big step all at once and detonate this war.
Instead, he planned to gradually encroach upon the interests of cyberspace, starting from Night City and gradually expanding.
After all, Ascension Technology isn't fully prepared yet.
This is the origin of the project plan that Lao De is currently seeing.
Ascension Technology has officially decided to enter the field of network communication.
Luoqi believed that achieving a monopoly in this area would not be difficult.
The current network is fragmented, and its performance is far inferior to before.
However, the Deep Space Network can reconnect the network. This convenience and performance breakthrough are extremely attractive, and he believes that the vast majority of people will prefer this brand-new network.
As for those who resist the Deep Space Network because they control the existing network, Luoqi naturally has ways to deal with them.
Once Lisandra evolves and returns, Luoqi will begin exploring beyond the Blackwall. When Ascension Technology controls the network behind the Blackwall, these guys will have no choice but to use the current network or the Deep Space Network.
The existing network's Blackwall frequently malfunctions, and rogue AIs inexplicably roam and disrupt cyberspace.
The brand-new Deep Space Network is globally connected with no AI mischief.
In this situation, it is obvious which network companies and people will choose to use.
Doing this might be a despicable means implemented to achieve a monopoly.
But Luoqi didn't care, and he didn't deny that doing so was dirty.
But this world is already too corrupt. If you want to change it, if you want to defeat these companies, you have to be dirtier and more despicable than them.
Trying to fight them with normal means would absolutely result in being gnawed until not even bones were left.
"This brand-new network will cover the globe in the future. Night City is just the initial experiment.
Furthermore, this network will no longer be supervised by Network Surveillance. Ascension Technology will have its own network security control methods. Malicious AIs will also cease to exist.
Any intelligent AI wanting to connect to this network must register and be evaluated by Ascension Technology. And they need to abide by the management regulations we have formulated, which is the second document you just saw," Luoqi explained to Lao De.
The new cyberspace needs time to be promoted and used, and Lao De will be the first intelligent AI to register for use and be regulated.
Luoqi's goal was to have Lao De take the lead, to let everyone understand the advantages of the new network, and to let other AIs make their choices.
This was the condition for Luoqi helping Lao De build the delorean.
"Entering the new network and being regulated..."
Facing this question, Lao De was uncharacteristically silent for a moment.
Normally, AIs with self-awareness are lawless existences in cyberspace. They possess extremely strong network capabilities and don't have to abide by human conventions.
This is not tolerated by the major companies and Network Surveillance.
Therefore, the fate of these AIs is either being eliminated in battles against NetWatch and corporate hackers, or escaping behind the Blackwall.
Lao De is a rare exception.
Of course, perhaps one day Lao De will also choose to leave the human network and return behind the Blackwall, just like one of the endings in the Delamain side quest.
But now he had to make a choice.
One was to accept Luoqi's cooperation, sacrificing some freedom in exchange for the development of Delamain.
The other was to refuse him, maintaining the autonomy that AIs possess, and not being controlled by the so-called regulations of the new network.
These were two extreme options, because Lao De knew that one day in the future, this brand-new network of Ascension Technology would completely become the new cyberspace where humans gather.
If he didn't accept regulation, he could only detach from humanity and stay in this Old Net with countless AIs.
"Lao De, I'm not forcing you. You can make your own choice.
But I'm a little curious, what is your goal, and why have you been operating the Delamain company all this time?
Perhaps your goal can give you an answer."
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