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The announcement goes out the next morning- QE messaging to all the colonies, all the ships, and every planet in the Hegemony. The genetic caste system is no more.
There will be a rough period of transition. You configure the AI network to emphasize more algorithms on early childhood testing and observation. Placement in schools, housing, and jobs are no longer based on ones genetic score- but on ones performance. In your eyes, the Hegemony was always meant to be this way- it simply slowly changed as technology got better and better. While the scope and size of a society makes certain forms of rulership outdated- this scope and progression also created new opportunities for rulership. As ones genetics can almost always accurately predict one's ability, the difference is almost totally arbitrary. But perhaps, this tiny change will make all the difference. In a way, you have destroyed the status quo while maintaining it. It's an odd feeling.
With succession via merit being the cornerstone of your new society- the neurotic and unstable are no longer placed at the forefront and are allowed to fall back in place in society regardless of their genes. The hard working and specially gifted can now go farther, in spite of their genetic "deficiency". And it is all ran and overseen by your nigh-omnipotent AI network. Perhaps a perfect utopia could truly be created one day- but you'd need a truly finished Threemind for that first!
Of course, there will always be an elite. That is never going to change; Jaxt will be their home. The greatest universities and luxuries remain here- a soft aristocracy. But even this soft aristocracy isn't enough for some.
"Eoba Garastra! You worthless eglitarian lunatic! You pacifist weakling! I am of House Takar! We are not equal to the common stock!"
<span class="mu-b">"Guard- give this man the flaying his words demand."</span>
"Coward! I challenge you, Eoba! I challenge you to a <span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-s">duel</span></span>!"
