By tomorrow, the following will happen...

[Aetherius]

You´ve been visited by a ROB/IT/ASB/Q/Georg Burns/Discord/Whatever.

He/She/It tells you that by strike 00:00:00 the following will happens.

The Population of this world will be sorted into "Blocks", based on their Country of Origin

Each "Block", is getting transportet away, to each their own Solar Systems consisting of:

9 Solar Systems consisting of 9 Stars, 7 Protostars, 12 Gas Giants, 7 Asteroid Belts, 158 Moons (of wich 127 are habitable) and 187 Planets (of wich 150 are habitable).

The Solar Systems of the "Blocks" above gets spaced about 100 - 150 LY apart from each other. The exact Locations will be known to eachother.
Communication is still possible, but no visit for at least 800 years.

The "Blocks" are getting:

Block 1: The Americas (North American and Canada) are getting:
All technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space Tech from the United Federation of Planets (up to Discovery Season 4 Finale) from Star Trek.
All the Tech from Firefly and Expanse. Excluded are tech that leads to the development of things like Reavers (incl. Protomolecule).
Everyone in the US and Canada gets Ben 10 magic. Bezel Amulets are included.

Block 2: Europe (excluding Russia, Belarus, Germany, Austria and Switzerland) is getting:
All the technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space tech from the Old Republic and Galactic Empire from Star Wars. Bonus: Dominion and Khitomer Alliance Ships and Technology, incl. civilian Tech.
5th Imperium Biotech. Including fully-automated Clinics. Life Expectancy per Body (after Upgrade) is 6540 Years.
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Elder Scrolls Spellcaster. Max Level. All Spells and Abilities. Summoned can be only Elementals, Benevolent Spirits and Creatures/Beasts.

Block 3: Germany, Austria and Switzerland is getting:
All the technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space tech from the Sith Empire and First Order from Star Wars. Bonus: Dominion and Khitomer Alliance Ships and Technology, incl. civilian Tech.
All the Tech from Atlantis (Disney and DC, this includes the Crystals, also includes the abnormal Lifespan)
Everyone there the skills and powers of a D&D(5e)/Pathfinder Spellcaster. Max Level. All Spells and Abilities. Summoned can be only Elementals, Benevolent Spirits and Creatures/Beasts.

Block 4: India is getting:
All the Technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space Tech from the Ferengi from Star Trek.
The Tech from Elysium, including Robotics, Medical Tech, etc....
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Harry Potter Wizard/Witch. No forbidden Curses.

Block 5: Japan (including Taiwan), South Korea and Australia (including New Zealand) are getting:
All the Technology including Military, Civilian as well a Space Tech from the Dominion from Star Trek.
The Tech from Independence Day 2, including Cold Fusion Tech i.e. Weapons, Proplusion Systems etc... and Shield Tech.
Everyone there gains Nasuverse Magecraft with knowledge of how to use it.

Block 6: Russia (including Belarus) is getting:
All the Technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space Tech from the Klingons from Star Trek.
All the Tech from Space Sweepers (including Nanotech, Robotics, Orbital Elevators, artifical Gravity, Life Extension, etc)
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Blue Mage. Max Level. All Spells and Abilities.

Block 7: China is getting:
All the Technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space Tech from the Romulans from Star Trek.
The Tech from Shanghai Fortress, including Drone Tech, Spaceship Tech, Energy Weapons, Shield Tech, Construction Tech etc...
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Bender. Earth, Fire, Water, Air. No Blood Bending.

Block 8: All other Nations:
All the Technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space Tech from the Pre-Federation Earth from Star Trek (Limited to Warp 5. Plasma Weapons only, no Phasers).
All the Tech from Altered Carbon (including things like Cortical Stacks, Bioprinting, Needlecasting and Synth).
Everyone there gains the combined powers of a WoW Mage. Max Level. All Spells.

Note:
Ships and Tech from Games, Movies, Shows, etc.. are now Canon.
Also, since the Tech Europe is considered too weak/primitive, they are getting a Bonus. Dominion and Khitomer Alliance Ships and Technology, incl. civilian Tech.
Allied Nations can share/sell Tech and Ships.
No Temporal-Tech/Time-Machines are included. Timeships are normal Ships now.

How will this affects your future life ?
How will this affects the future relations with the other Nations ?

 

[Rufus Shinra]

We're all dead, and in the case we aren't, the survivors are likely going to envy the dead soon enough because pretty much everyone becomes a person of mass destruction overnight. Plus usual caveats about the massive breaks of the laws of physics to the point I wouldn't be surprised that a number of the stellar systems end up turned in expanding supernovae after someone creative enough causes the oopsie to end all oopsies.

 

[Aetherius]

We're all dead, and in the case we aren't, the survivors are likely going to envy the dead soon enough because pretty much everyone becomes a person of mass destruction overnight. Plus usual caveats about the massive breaks of the laws of physics to the point I wouldn't be surprised that a number of the stellar systems end up turned in expanding supernovae after someone creative enough causes the oopsie to end all oopsies.

The laws of physics are as soft as a joghurt in this case.
Yes, it is to be expected that a few folks end up dead, besides, no making omlet witout breaking a few eggs /s.
In all earnest, a period of teething problems are sure to happen.

Edit:
Assuming they don´t blow up each other and only a few end up as Minced Meat, how would your life look like then, if you were in one of those Blocks ?
@Rufus Shinra : France is Block 2:
All the technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space tech from the Old Republic and Galactic Empire from Star Wars. Bonus: Dominion and Khitomer Alliance Ships and Technology, incl. civilian Tech.
5th Imperium Biotech. Including fully-automated Clinics. Life Expectancy per Body (after Upgrade) is 6540 Years.
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Elder Scrolls Spellcaster. Max Level. All Spells and Abilities. Summoned can be only Elementals, Benevolent Spirits and Creatures/Beasts.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

The laws of physics are as soft as a joghurt in this case.
Yes, it is to be expected that a few folks end up dead, besides, no making omlet witout breaking a few eggs /s.
In all earnest, a period of teething problems are sure to happen.

Edit:
Assuming they don´t blow up each other and only a few end up as Minced Meat, how would your life look like then, if you were in one of those Blocks ?
@Rufus Shinra : France is Block 2:
All the technology including Military, Civilian as well as Space tech from the Old Republic and Galactic Empire from Star Wars. Bonus: Dominion and Khitomer Alliance Ships and Technology, incl. civilian Tech.
5th Imperium Biotech. Including fully-automated Clinics. Life Expectancy per Body (after Upgrade) is 6540 Years.
Everyone there the skills and powers of a Elder Scrolls Spellcaster. Max Level. All Spells and Abilities. Summoned can be only Elementals, Benevolent Spirits and Creatures/Beasts.

As I said, we're all dead anyway, this is going to be a fustercluck of epic proportion with the social contract collapsing within days or weeks and any society that emerges from the ruins will need to be so utterly implacable and oppressive to even survive in such a setting that the living will envy the dead.

 

[Aetherius]

As I said, we're all dead anyway, this is going to be a fustercluck of epic proportion with the social contract collapsing within days or weeks and any society that emerges from the ruins will need to be so utterly implacable and oppressive to even survive in such a setting that the living will envy the dead.

So, in other words, and if i understand you correctly, we would see a similar situation like in Star Trek Earth Post-WW3.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

So, in other words, and if i understand you correctly, we would see a similar situation like in Star Trek Earth Post-WW3.

Much, much, much worse, since, you know, every individual is a walking WMD capable of causing planetary-level damage. Assuming the planet hasn't been turned into a lifeless rock early on, that is, which is a massive assumption.

Screw the Random Omnipotent Being, this kind of shitte never ends well.

 

[Aetherius]

Much, much, much worse, since, you know, every individual is a walking WMD capable of causing planetary-level damage. Assuming the planet hasn't been turned into a lifeless rock early on, that is, which is a massive assumption.

Screw the Random Omnipotent Being, this kind of shitte never ends well.

Assuming that the person in question is not restraining himself or showing some form of restraint....

If you assume that, yes, then it looks really bad.

But, assuming that the people know how powerful they are and how much damage they can do, not only to their loved ones and also to the planet they live on, you would have to assume that they would restrain themselves.

Even in Star Trek, post WW3 Earth to be precise, the situation was really bad and it took a long time for it to stabilise.

There were over 600 million victims there. However, since the big players are elsewhere now, I think, IMHO, that we see less chaos in smaller nations.

Edit: Please correct me if i´m wrong, but none of the various Magical Spells would be Planetary Ending Spell. Besides, others would know how to block/cancel-out the spell i.e. Counterspell.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

Assuming that the person in question is not restraining himself or showing some form of restraint....

If you assume that, yes, then it looks really bad.

But, assuming that the people know how powerful they are and how much damage they can do, not only to their loved ones and also to the planet they live on, you would have to assume that they would restrain themselves.

Even in Star Trek, post WW3 Earth to be precise, the situation was really bad and it took a long time for it to stabilise.

There were over 600 million victims there. However, since the big players are elsewhere now, I think, IMHO, that we see less chaos in smaller nations.

We're talking about hundreds of millions if not billions of people. Each being walking WMDs capable of doing up to and including planetary-level damage on an individual level.

Look what crazed people do already IRL. Now give your average school shooter or terrorist the equivalent of a nuclear arsenal or more.

 

[Aetherius]

We're talking about hundreds of millions if not billions of people. Each being walking WMDs capable of doing up to and including planetary-level damage on an individual level.

Look what crazed people do already IRL. Now give your average school shooter or terrorist the equivalent of a nuclear arsenal or more.

Soooo.....
What would you suggest in order to adress and solve that problem ?

 

[Rufus Shinra]

Soooo.....
What would you suggest in order to adress and solve that problem ?

Nothing. The social contract is dead, and the rest of us soon after.

 

[Aetherius]

Nothing. The social contract is dead, and the rest of us soon after.

So, no idea ?
How about creating / using Anti-Magic Spells / Zone ? Elder Scrolls for Block 2 i.e. can do this. You can create Zones wich has many miles in diameter.
This would result in just "normal" chaos. /s
Chaos, yes, but with far less consequences. In the meantime, how about creating Schools so people will have to learn how to use is properly aka. Lincenses ? How about creating a Magical Law Enforcement with special trained P.O. ?
How about tools to restrain / limit the powers ?

 

[Rufus Shinra]

So, no idea ?
How about creating / using Anti-Magic Spells / Zone ? Elder Scrolls for Block 2 i.e. can do this. You can create Zones wich has many miles in diameter.
This would result in just "normal" chaos. /s
Chaos, yes, but with far less consequences. In the meantime, how about creating Schools so people will have to learn how to use is properly aka. Lincenses ? How about creating a Magical Law Enforcement with special trained P.O. ?
How about tools to restrain / limit the powers ?

All of this is about rebuilding a society from scratch, which requires legitimacy, establishing rules, mechanisms of enforcement, of decision, etc., things that take decades at best and which usually fail utterly (nation-building doesn't work well IRL, remember). Meanwhile, any and all individuals will have the means and sometimes the motivation to cause utterly apocalyptic damage at any moment. The utter disruption and destruction of societal relations, enforcement of rules and commonly accepted/enforced principles means that you cannot have reliable contract law and reliable commercial activity beyond barter, so you get an utterly fucked configuration from which there is no rebuilding outside regime styles making 1984 look like an anarchist commune.

 

[Aetherius]

All of this is about rebuilding a society from scratch, which requires legitimacy, establishing rules, mechanisms of enforcement, of decision, etc., things that take decades at best and which usually fail utterly (nation-building doesn't work well IRL, remember). Meanwhile, any and all individuals will have the means and sometimes the motivation to cause utterly apocalyptic damage at any moment. The utter disruption and destruction of societal relations, enforcement of rules and commonly accepted/enforced principles means that you cannot have reliable contract law and reliable commercial activity beyond barter, so you get an utterly fucked configuration from which there is no rebuilding outside regime styles making 1984 look like an anarchist commune.

Ahh, the old dilemma of rebuilding a society. While hard it is still possible to do. Besides you have now a lot of time to do it.
Taking from that, you assume, that everyone only has the motivation to cause damage. So, taking that, why not is then everyone running around with knife hammers and/or guns and causing utter sh*t then ? IMHO, because they exactly know whats gonna happen if they do. IMHO, the Social Contract would have to be "updated" then.

As for commercial activity, Economy and Industry would have to adapt, since there is now Matter Replicator Tech available..

Edit:
Maybe my way of thinking is a bit off, but, as far as i see it, certain Blocks would more prone to chaos then others. Please correct me if this is wrong.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

Ahh, the old dilemma of rebuilding a society. While hard it is still possible to do. Besides you have now a lot of time to do it.
Taking from that, you assume, that everyone only has the motivation to cause damage. So, taking that, why not is then everyone running around with knife hammers and/or guns and causing utter sh*t then ? IMHO, because they exactly know whats gonna happen if they do. IMHO, the Social Contract would have to be "updated" then.

As for commercial activity, Economy and Industry would have to adapt, since there is now Matter Replicator Tech available..

No, no, you don't get it. There's nothing to rebuild after less than a month. It's not a matter of "everyone isn't running around with guns causing utter shit" meaning we're safe, it's more like "should I give everyone full launch authority for the Soviet nuclear arsenal from the Cold War", because anyone a bit creative with the individual powers and the tech can turn a planet in a desolated wasteland unsuitable for life. The social contract holds because when everything is said and done, most individuals cannot do much damage by themselves and those who can have strong incentives not to, but with your power fantasy, every single idiot can wipe the Earth clean if they so desire.

That's what power fantasies lead to when you actually think about them with an engineer mind.

 

[Aetherius]

No, no, you don't get it. There's nothing to rebuild after less than a month. It's not a matter of "everyone isn't running around with guns causing utter shit" meaning we're safe, it's more like "should I give everyone full launch authority for the Soviet nuclear arsenal from the Cold War", because anyone a bit creative with the individual powers and the tech can turn a planet in a desolated wasteland unsuitable for life.

That's what power fantasies lead to when you actually think about them with an engineer mind.

TBH, i think that depends on the respective nation itself....
And yes, i agree with you that there would some really nasty growing pains. Really nasty ones.
Utter Chaos, in short. Maybe i´m too much of an optimist and trust the people of using their newfound powers and tech properly.
And yes, i trust the current goverments to use it properly too.
I mean, even with current tech you could do a sh*t load of Chaos and destruction.
But still, maybe it takes 300 or 400 years, but things would be back to normal.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

TBH, i think that depends on the respective nation itself....
And yes, i agree with you that there would some really nasty growing pains. Really nasty ones.
Utter Chaos, in short. Maybe i´m too much of an optimist and trust the people of using their newfould powers and tech properly.
And yes, i trust the current goverments to use it properly too.
I mean, even with current tech you could do a sh*t load of Chaos and destruction.
But still, maybe it takes 300 or 400 years, but things would be back to normal.

Doesn't depend on nations, that's literally how human beings are. There are criminals and people breaking down violently everywhere on Earth, with no exception. And the thing is, the damage caused there would be unsurvivable if done by a handful of people with remotely acceptable imagination. Once you've got some crazed suicidal mage killing the biosphere in creative ways or dislodging the planet from its orbit, good effing luck rebuilding anything, and lol at attempts to make things back as they were, even with bloody magic, because as any environmental researcher will rant at you for months at a time, a biosphere is complicated, it's a complicated fragile equilibrium that's super easy to break and absurdly hard to fix once you've gone beyond acceptable variance.

We all die.

 

[Aetherius]

Doesn't depend on nations, that's literally how human beings are. There are criminals and people breaking down violently everywhere on Earth, with no exception. And the thing is, the damage caused there would be unsurvivable if done by a handful of people with remotely acceptable imagination. Once you've got some crazed suicidal mage killing the biosphere in creative ways or dislodging the planet from its orbit, good effing luck rebuilding anything, and lol at attempts to make things back as they were, even with bloody magic, because as any environmental researcher will rant at you for months at a time, a biosphere is complicated, it's a complicated fragile equilibrium that's super easy to break and absurdly hard to fix once you've gone beyond acceptable variance.

We all die.

Ahh, i see what you are intending to say...
However, dislodging the Planet from Orbit, is, IIRC, not included in the list. And destruction of the Biosphere, you don´t need magic for that, the Industry can do this for you. /s
But if you want you can use magic for that too, however, the destruction would be very localised. A few dozend meters at best.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

Ahh, i see what you are intending to say...
However, dislodging the Planet from Orbit, is, IIRC, not included in the list. And destruction of the Biosphere, you don´t need magic for that, the Industry can do this for you. /s
But if you want you can use magic for that too, however, the destruction would be very localised. A few dozend meters at best.

Puh-lease, anyone with access to magic and a bit of imagination or engineering knowledge can cause biosphere-ending disasters. It's not that hard, but then, don't expect me to explain online how I'd use my knowledge of chemistry or engineering to fuck up massive parts of society, because alphabet agencies frown on this (they know it's doable and would rather that the specifics about it would not be made available more than needed ).

 

[Aetherius]

Puh-lease, anyone with access to magic and a bit of imagination or engineering knowledge can cause biosphere-ending disasters. It's not that hard, but then, don't expect me to explain online how I'd use my knowledge of chemistry or engineering to fuck up massive parts of society, because alphabet agencies frown on this (they know it's doable and would rather that the specifics about it would not be made available more than needed ).

No biggie...
I would rather assume that the ABC Soups would keep the newfound real-estate intact.
Note: Magic Law Enforcement seems rather a good idea here.

 

[Rufus Shinra]

No biggie...
I would rather assume that the ABC Soups would keep the newfound real-estate intact.
Note: Magic Law Enforcement seems rather a good idea here.

You really don't get it. They wouldn't be able to stop someone trying to do this kind of shitte, in a setting with actual magic. Not that they'd be organised enough to have any of the advantages they currently leverage. We all die, simple as that.

 

[Aetherius]

You really don't get it. They wouldn't be able to stop someone trying to do this kind of shitte, in a setting with actual magic. Not that they'd be organised enough to have any of the advantages they currently leverage. We all die, simple as that.

Ok, let me ask you the following....
If Magic would not be included in the Scenario, but only Tech and new Real Estate, do you think the Result would be the same ??

 

[Rufus Shinra]

Ok, let me ask you the following....
If Magic would not be included in the Scenario, but only Tech and new Real Estate, do you think the Result would be the same ??

Very likely. See, we're talking about interplanetary/interstellar spaceships, and the Kzinti Lesson applies all too well: the more efficient a reaction drive is, the better a weapon it makes. As for keeping the stuff under wraps from deplorable individuals, that doesn't work too well: for instance, literally all the scientific research papers needed for two scientists with no experience whatsoever in nuclear physics to design a working nuclear weapon are out in the open. The list of these articles is very confidential, but we know it exists and the articles can't be pulled anymore. If the tech development is gradual, there's a possibility to protect the information, build a system and institutions to prevent issues. In a sudden and chaotic technological spread? Yeah, we all die.

 

[Aetherius]

Very likely. See, we're talking about interplanetary/interstellar spaceships, and the Kzinti Lesson applies all too well: the more efficient a reaction drive is, the better a weapon it makes. As for keeping the stuff under wraps from deplorable individuals, that doesn't work too well: for instance, literally all the scientific research papers needed for two scientists with no experience whatsoever in nuclear physics to design a working nuclear weapon are out in the open. The list of these articles is very confidential, but we know it exists and the articles can't be pulled anymore. If the tech development is gradual, there's a possibility to protect the information, build a system and institutions to prevent issues. In a sudden and chaotic technological spread? Yeah, we all die.

So, increasing the level steady over period of several hundred years would be a way to prevent such a nasty fate ?

 

[Rufus Shinra]

So, increasing the level steady over period of several hundred years would be a way to prevent such a nasty fate ?

Which is... what happens IRL.

 

[t-dugong]

Can I be Talking D. Kovacs?