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So, a little while ago, a user asked me about this. I looked through some lore stuff, and he may have a pretty good case for having this.
Let's first paste over the definition of type 5 acausality:
Type 5: Causality Transcendence: Characters with this type of Acausality transcend the normal boundaries of cause and effect, existing outside of the causality of a system. Even interacting with them normally may prove virtually impossible.
...You are no longer bound by causal closure. Your will defeats law. Kill a hundred of your children with a long blade, Auryx, and observe the change in the blade. Observe how the universe shrinks from you in terror.-XVI: The Sword Logic
...Oryx knew that all life could be described as cellular automata, except for that life which understood the Deep or the Sky, and thus escaped causality.- XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes
The deep is the Hive term for the Darkness. Oryx is the most direct link to the Darkness in the entire verse, being able to channel it for his own power. He is an example of "Life that understands the deep", and thus escapes causality, according to this.
Some orders assert that Light and Darkness are not bound by any system of reason or causality.-Bond of Unknowing
"The Light releases us from causality. It smooths the contours of what we can and cannot do."-Creation's Wind
Oryx is not a being of the Light, but this proves that the overarching force of the Light, the antethesis to the Darkness, is able to allow lesser beings to escape causality. Thus, it only seems logical that this privelege would be afforded by the Darkness as well, considering Oryx's status and the other quotes.
...No hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Bootstrap simulation suggests event is DIRECTED and INIMICABLE (convergent q-Bayes/Monte Carlo probability approaches 1).- Ghost Fragment: Darkness
This is said by Rasputin, a human Warmind. Warminds were ancient AIs constructed for, well, war. Rasputin seems to have better systems of analysis even than the Vex (Who're probably nigh-omniscent as a collective), as he is able to shut the Ghost out from its systems and mess around with it, which the Vex are unable to do without physically corrupting it.
...The Monist Position, or the Deflationary Position, considers the Darkness as a technologically sophisticated force, perhaps a post-Singularity intelligence. Adherents invoke information theory or contend that the universe is a simulation, allowing advanced intelligence to gain weakly acausal powers by bending the rules.-The Darkness
While a thing about The Darkness is that nobody (well, i guess excluding Oryx) really is sure what it is, this is one of the prominent in verse theories, and would prove that beings that are not The Darkness itself are able to escape causality by using The Darkness' power.
...One hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Possibility of HARD CIVILIZATION KILL EVENT is NONZERO.-Rasputin
So all in all, I think Oryx should have Type 5 Acausality. If we want to be really conservative we can restrict it to his ascendant self I guess.
Let's first paste over the definition of type 5 acausality:
Type 5: Causality Transcendence: Characters with this type of Acausality transcend the normal boundaries of cause and effect, existing outside of the causality of a system. Even interacting with them normally may prove virtually impossible.
- Examples: Outer Gods (Cthulhu Mythos), Daedric Princes (The Elder Scrolls)
...You are no longer bound by causal closure. Your will defeats law. Kill a hundred of your children with a long blade, Auryx, and observe the change in the blade. Observe how the universe shrinks from you in terror.-XVI: The Sword Logic
...Oryx knew that all life could be described as cellular automata, except for that life which understood the Deep or the Sky, and thus escaped causality.- XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes
The deep is the Hive term for the Darkness. Oryx is the most direct link to the Darkness in the entire verse, being able to channel it for his own power. He is an example of "Life that understands the deep", and thus escapes causality, according to this.
Some orders assert that Light and Darkness are not bound by any system of reason or causality.-Bond of Unknowing
"The Light releases us from causality. It smooths the contours of what we can and cannot do."-Creation's Wind
Oryx is not a being of the Light, but this proves that the overarching force of the Light, the antethesis to the Darkness, is able to allow lesser beings to escape causality. Thus, it only seems logical that this privelege would be afforded by the Darkness as well, considering Oryx's status and the other quotes.
...No hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Bootstrap simulation suggests event is DIRECTED and INIMICABLE (convergent q-Bayes/Monte Carlo probability approaches 1).- Ghost Fragment: Darkness
This is said by Rasputin, a human Warmind. Warminds were ancient AIs constructed for, well, war. Rasputin seems to have better systems of analysis even than the Vex (Who're probably nigh-omniscent as a collective), as he is able to shut the Ghost out from its systems and mess around with it, which the Vex are unable to do without physically corrupting it.
...The Monist Position, or the Deflationary Position, considers the Darkness as a technologically sophisticated force, perhaps a post-Singularity intelligence. Adherents invoke information theory or contend that the universe is a simulation, allowing advanced intelligence to gain weakly acausal powers by bending the rules.-The Darkness
While a thing about The Darkness is that nobody (well, i guess excluding Oryx) really is sure what it is, this is one of the prominent in verse theories, and would prove that beings that are not The Darkness itself are able to escape causality by using The Darkness' power.
...One hypothesis on event mechanism (FLAG ACAUSAL). Possibility of HARD CIVILIZATION KILL EVENT is NONZERO.-Rasputin
So all in all, I think Oryx should have Type 5 Acausality. If we want to be really conservative we can restrict it to his ascendant self I guess.
