This is my own pure speculation:
Has anyone else read any of the Ender's Game books? In the second/third/fourth books of the series, there is an AI entity known as Jane. Jane be thought of as entirely analogous to Durga at this time - she can access any and all information, she is lightning fast, can affect any computer mainframe/device, etc. Essentially she is a computer program that acts entirely human, with intelligence to survive and to react.
Now then, regarding the fire, we hear that the sensors do *not* detect anything.
This leads to one of two conclusions, both with the same end consequence - either Durga can block the transmission (something that Jane does in the EG books several times) or she can actually access and commandeer the emergency system itself.
If it's the first assumption, then why would emergency be dispatched, especially if the message is deleted before being received? Answer: Durga blocks it once, then allows it through the second time. Perhaps she is merely demonstrating her power to Jersey, or maybe he's deliberately testing it himself.
This seems highly unlikely - I can't imagine Jersey doing this for any specific reason, and if Durga's main initializations have the fundamental idea of survival, then she would be able to understand that humans want to survive also...
Unless she is a malicious program and just isn't aware of her intentions, and is merely going by pure subcoincious routines. Also, Jersey could have a reason for blocking the transmission.
The second conclusion - that Durga controls the unit - seems more likely. She could be manipulating the controls to possibly hide evidence only she knows about, or perhaps is merely demonstrating to Jersey.
I beleive the fire begins after Jersey is aware of what he has. There is no reason for the police station to go up in flames unless him and Durga initiated it ("Let's keep you a secret...") *OR* if James James did it himself (a very real possibility). Perhaps even J2 knew that evidence needed to be torched - the urine sample from Jan - and has military connections, and asked for the building to be torched. Jersey could have monitored all output, and Durga could have started the fire herself without proper authorization, in an effort to "help" the military, or for other motivations.
Here's the point -
Why does the building get torched? Has to do with Jan and her evidence (urine sample).
Who did it? James James must have.
Why? Hiding identity?
COA? Military, or Durga, or working in tandem, torch the building.
Analysis? James James has connections and must know something we don't. All of this has to go back to Durga. Perhaps he is aware of her.
Aiden could have smuggled him in. Perhaps they are operatives for Earth or the Covenant.
K my head hurts, have fun all.
P.S. Don't you hate it when you intend to write something short and to the point, and then it ends up opening new speculations AS you are writing? Ow.
Has anyone else read any of the Ender's Game books? In the second/third/fourth books of the series, there is an AI entity known as Jane. Jane be thought of as entirely analogous to Durga at this time - she can access any and all information, she is lightning fast, can affect any computer mainframe/device, etc. Essentially she is a computer program that acts entirely human, with intelligence to survive and to react.
Now then, regarding the fire, we hear that the sensors do *not* detect anything.
This leads to one of two conclusions, both with the same end consequence - either Durga can block the transmission (something that Jane does in the EG books several times) or she can actually access and commandeer the emergency system itself.
If it's the first assumption, then why would emergency be dispatched, especially if the message is deleted before being received? Answer: Durga blocks it once, then allows it through the second time. Perhaps she is merely demonstrating her power to Jersey, or maybe he's deliberately testing it himself.
This seems highly unlikely - I can't imagine Jersey doing this for any specific reason, and if Durga's main initializations have the fundamental idea of survival, then she would be able to understand that humans want to survive also...
Unless she is a malicious program and just isn't aware of her intentions, and is merely going by pure subcoincious routines. Also, Jersey could have a reason for blocking the transmission.
The second conclusion - that Durga controls the unit - seems more likely. She could be manipulating the controls to possibly hide evidence only she knows about, or perhaps is merely demonstrating to Jersey.
I beleive the fire begins after Jersey is aware of what he has. There is no reason for the police station to go up in flames unless him and Durga initiated it ("Let's keep you a secret...") *OR* if James James did it himself (a very real possibility). Perhaps even J2 knew that evidence needed to be torched - the urine sample from Jan - and has military connections, and asked for the building to be torched. Jersey could have monitored all output, and Durga could have started the fire herself without proper authorization, in an effort to "help" the military, or for other motivations.
Here's the point -
Why does the building get torched? Has to do with Jan and her evidence (urine sample).
Who did it? James James must have.
Why? Hiding identity?
COA? Military, or Durga, or working in tandem, torch the building.
Analysis? James James has connections and must know something we don't. All of this has to go back to Durga. Perhaps he is aware of her.
Aiden could have smuggled him in. Perhaps they are operatives for Earth or the Covenant.
K my head hurts, have fun all.
P.S. Don't you hate it when you intend to write something short and to the point, and then it ends up opening new speculations AS you are writing? Ow.
