Several years passed, and synthetic ascension had already begun to bear fruit.
Large numbers of flesh-and-blood humans had been converted into Synths, greatly increasing production efficiency.
An entirely new social system had largely taken shape, along with a moral code exclusive to Synths. Corresponding policies continued to be issued, and society as a whole was progressing.
Once a citizen of the Interstellar Human Military Junta underwent synthetic conversion and transferred his consciousness into a mechanical body, everything about him ceased to have any connection to his former self.
He could be said to have become an entirely new life-form.
His citizen rights were equal to those of native robots assembled in Robot Assembly Plants.
Years earlier, the Empire's robotic workers had lacked fully developed consciousness and therefore could not receive full citizenship.
Now, however, with synthetic ascension complete, humans could transfer their consciousness into mechanical bodies, and robotics had advanced to a higher level along with them.
The two technologies, [Synth Personality Matrix] and [Positronic AI], allowed robots to acquire fully developed consciousness, and robots had thus gained full citizen rights as well.
Synth citizens would not have the families biological humans did. They existed as independent individuals and were adults from birth.
Their electronic brains came preloaded with knowledge and basic values-and brimmed with loyalty.
To guard against the Contingency's Ghost Signal, a substantial portion of every Synth's electronic brain consisted of defensive systems designed to prevent malicious outside interference.
Within the Empire's territory, Synth minds remained connected to the network at all times. The Ashes Organization constantly monitored their thought matrices, eliminating security risks while protecting every citizen's mind from intrusion.
Naturally, the Empire's pure human citizens were the first to undergo conversion, with the process later expanding to alien populations.
Once the biological population had been fully