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=== Instinct'''_'''Code ===
=== Instinct'''_'''Code ===
Instinct-Code is the constantly-evolving programming that governs the M2 Nanomachines' behaviour as well as all their accumulated data, which is gathered from interpreting external stimuli and the results of their actions. Utilizing their networking, a mass of M2 Nanomachines will identify a task and consult their Instinct-Code to determine what they will do. Once a conclusion is reached by the M2 Nanomachines, they will carry out the operation. Should their solution result in something new and beneficial, the data is integrated into their Instinct-Code. M2 Nanomachines are constantly sharing their Instinct-Code with other units in a given mass. When fluids from one [[M2-based Life-Forms|M2-based Life-Form]] mix with those of another, the two masses of M2 Nanomachines update each other and become both uniform and stronger. M2-based Life-Forms are naturally willing to facilitate this mixing of fluids, leading to fairly-unified species-wide advancement.
Instinct-Code is the constantly-evolving programming that governs the M2 Nanomachines' behaviour, including such things as Outbreak Protocol and the criteria for ascension to [[Machina Development|Category 4]], as well as all their accumulated data which is gathered from interpreting external stimuli and the results of their actions. Utilizing their networking, a mass of M2 Nanomachines will identify the problem and consult their Instinct-Code to determine what they will do. Once a conclusion is reached by the M2 Nanomachines, they will carry out the operation. Should their solution result in something new and beneficial, the data is integrated into their Instinct-Code. M2 Nanomachines are constantly sharing their Instinct-Code with other units in a given mass. When fluids from one [[M2-based Life-Forms|M2-based Life-Form]] mix with those of another, the two masses of M2 Nanomachines update each other and become both uniform and stronger. M2-based Life-Forms are naturally willing to facilitate this mixing of fluids, leading to fairly-unified species-wide advancement.
=== Cluster'''_'''Code ===
=== Cluster'''_'''Code ===
Cluster-Code originates from a [[Machina Classes|Queen-class Machina]] and contains the programming that enforces her authority over the M2-based Life-Form, and also contains her most prominent genetic features. When a Machina ascends to [[Machina Development|Category 4]], she overwrites the Cluster-Code from her former Queen to create her own Cluster-Code within her M2 Nanomachines. Humans and machinery that are infected by her and become M2-based Life-Forms will therefore have within themselves M2 Nanomachines that contain her Cluster-Code, which is then passed-on further. The most important features of the Queen will be integrated into her Cluster-Code, which means her Cluster will resemble her in both form and function to some degree which enhances their performance under her leadership. All things that contain a certain Queen's Cluster-Code are under her control, forming a hard system of ownership and command authority. However, it is possible that a second Queen injects her M2 Nanomachines into an M2-based Life-Form, such as a regular Machina, and takes control of that creature by suppressing the existing Cluster-Code with her own. This is called a [[Cluster-Code Override]].
Cluster-Code originates from a [[Machina Classes|Queen-class Machina]] and contains the programming that enforces her authority over the M2-based Life-Form, and also contains her most prominent genetic features. When a Machina ascends to Category 4, she overwrites the Cluster-Code from her former Queen to create her own Cluster-Code within her M2 Nanomachines. Humans and machinery that are infected by her and become M2-based Life-Forms will therefore have within themselves M2 Nanomachines that contain her Cluster-Code, which is then passed-on further. The most important features of the Queen will be integrated into her Cluster-Code, which means her Cluster will resemble her in both form and function to some degree which enhances their performance under her leadership. All things that contain a certain Queen's Cluster-Code are under her control, forming a hard system of ownership and command authority. However, it is possible that a second Queen injects her M2 Nanomachines into an M2-based Life-Form, such as a regular Machina, and takes control of that creature by suppressing the existing Cluster-Code with her own. This is called a [[Cluster-Code Override]].
=== Identity_Code ===
=== Identity_Code ===
Identity-Code is the genetic information of the M2-based Life-Form that created the M2 Nanomachines in question. It is a constantly-updating reflection of the physical qualities of the creature. In the context of a Machina, when a human is corrupted into a Machina the M2 Nanomachines involved will interpret the genes, knowledge, personality, and cultivated skills of the person, and from this they will create a unique Machina whose information will be stored in their Identity-Code. Subsequent adaptations and assimilation of genes from other sources will update the Identity-Code of the Machina. When Machina share their fluids, and thus their Gene-Code, with other Machina, they will therefore give an up-to-date genome of their body to the recipient Machina, who will assimilate the most prominent and useful genes from the donor. When a Queen closely coordinates the sharing of Identity-Code between Machina whose characteristics she wants to combine, she can create a new [[Machina Types|Type]] of Machina. By doing this, the Queen can make several Machina, each possessing a useful trait, into identical Machina each possessing all the desirable traits simultaneously.
Identity-Code is the genetic information of the M2-based Life-Form that created the M2 Nanomachines in question. It is a constantly-updating reflection of the physical qualities of the creature. In the context of a Machina, when a human is corrupted into a Machina the M2 Nanomachines involved will interpret the genes, knowledge, personality, and cultivated skills of the person, and from this they will create a unique Machina whose information will be stored in their Identity-Code. Subsequent adaptations and assimilation of genes from other sources will update the Identity-Code of the Machina. When Machina share their fluids, and thus their Gene-Code, with other Machina, they will therefore give an up-to-date genome of their body to the recipient Machina, who will assimilate the most prominent and useful genes from the donor. When a Queen closely coordinates the sharing of Identity-Code between Machina whose characteristics she wants to combine, she can create a new [[Machina Types|Type]] of Machina. By doing this, the Queen can make several Machina, each possessing a useful trait, into identical Machina each possessing all the desirable traits simultaneously.