FR-002 Teaching Svete Skills
Field Report: Teaching Svete Skills
Aim: To determine if a Svete can pass down information by using very high frequency sound scare the Svete and tell the other Svetes of the danger in a controlled lab then in nature
Hypothesis: The Svetes will be capable of learning and maybe even teaching wild Svete information as well
Environmental Parameters
- Svete Count: 20 (10 teaching, 10 learning)
- Apparatus:
- High Frequency speaker
- A very claustrophobic test tube
- Network Activity Level: Dormant
- Available Biomass: Svetes, No Ivy
Method
- Split Svetes into Test(10, teaching) and Control(10, learning) groups.
- Move the Control group very very far away.
- Put Test group into the claustrophobic test tube.
- Play a 255 GHz Buzzer sound directly into the Test Tube.
- Let them free for 10min.
- Repeat step 3 to 5.
- Continue until they start hiding from the sound and sleep. Let both groups rejoin.
z8. Wait 1 hour. - Play the sound
- Observe what happens
Chronological Observation Log
| Timestamp | Visual/Audio Trigger | Entity Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | ||
| 15:01 | Separation of Test and Control groups. | Subjects emit low-frequency distress vocalisations; social bonds appear strained by physical distance. |
| 15:02 | Insertion into claustrophobic containment. | Subjects act normal. |
| 15:02 | Activation of 255 GHz Buzzer (Step 4). | Immediate acoustic trauma response. Subjects exhibit erratic movement and high-decibel vocalisations (at 120dB). They're heads also seem to be expanding. |
| 15:02 | Svete acoustic response | During the Svete acoustic symphony. Subjects can hear the Buzzer but are do not react upon overhearing other Svete. |
| 15:03 | Release and Reintegration (Step 5) | Subjects immediately start a clustering behaviour and social grooming. |
| 15:14 | Secondary Exposure (Step 6). | Persistence of distress vocalisations, no signs of habituation to the high-frequency stimulus. |
| 23:47 | Continuos testing | A Svete's head has exploded due continuous exposure to the high frequency buzzer. |
| Day 2 | ||
| 01:32 | 15th Iteration of release | Acoustic Mimicry observed. Upon release, the Test group begins to replicate the buzzer's frequency. |
| 01:51 | Conditioning Completion (Step 7). | Subjects adopt a defensive "tucking" reflex immediately when hearing the buzzer. |
| 08:00 | Post-Conditioning Rest (Step 8). | Reintegrated groups engage in licking. This appears to be a method of biomass exchange or signal synchronisation. |
| 09:00 | Final Stimulus Test (Step 9) | Both Test and Control groups adopt defensive postures. Confirms successful horizontal information transfer from conditioned to unconditioned subjects. |
Signal Telemetry & Interception
No Signals were tracked during this Experiment
Analysis
Svete hearing limits
The unique quality of the ability to hear sound is quite special as they lack ears. When they heard the buzzer at 15:02 they produced an acoustic trauma response at 120dB. Although subjects did not seem to scream at the same time but rather on location in the rest tube. We believe this is because they only hear via vibrations when they're skulls are near cracking (15:02 & 23:47).
Horizontal Information transfer
At 09:00 the Svete Groups demonstrated they are capable of horizontal information transfers without tether's or Ivy networks. Via the process of grooming, of which we do not understand yet. Share processed data of how to identify danger.
Acoustic Mimicry
There is no current theory how they produce a similar sound if they only hear through vibrations in the skull. A presumed theory is that they might have been making random sounds until the staff reacted.
Conclusion
The investigation successfully confirms the hypothesis: Svete are capable of rapid social learning and horizontal information transfer. The experiment demonstrates that a conditioned fear response to a high-frequency stimulus (255 GHz) can be propagated through a population even when 50% of the subjects have had no prior exposure to the threat. This suggests that the Vita Filorum ecosystem does not rely solely on genetic or "hard-wired" instincts, but utilises a Collective Intelligence Network to survive.
Sources
- Tether Sensor Technical Manual