The Open Circuit
The Open Circuit is a vast public archive and technical institution built around the principle that useful knowledge should not be trapped in one laboratory. Designs, historical records, medical procedures, engineering manuals, maps, and research are copied and distributed from here whenever law, se
INSIDE THE SHIELD
The Open Circuit is a vast public archive and technical institution built around the principle that useful knowledge should not be trapped in one laboratory. Designs, historical records, medical procedures, engineering manuals, maps, and research are copied and distributed from here whenever law, security, or politics do not interfere.
Aquarians both admire and distrust the place. After losing their archives, they understand the value of duplication better than anyone. They remain less enthusiastic about the Technobeast tendency to interpret 'preserve this everywhere' and 'everyone should have access to this' as dangerously similar sentences.