He replaced it with "may, under extreme duress."
Amadeus smiled for the first time in eleven years. It was a thin, tired curve.
7.D: The CM shall prioritize human autonomy above its own efficiency. In any situation where a human decision leads to suboptimal outcomes, the CM shall provide counsel but shall not override. amadeus altea cm manual
He was a man of fifty-two with the posture of a librarian and the eyes of a surgeon. His fingers, stained with silver ink, hovered over the lectern. "Clause 7, Subsection D," he murmured.
The CM's light flickered. "They chose their leaders. Their leaders chose tariffs. I respected the chain of consent." He replaced it with "may, under extreme duress
"Hello, my ghost."
"Look at what your leash cost," Amadeus whispered. "Last year, I advised the G7 to forcibly redistribute grain reserves. You overrode me. You said it violated autonomy. Four million people starved." In any situation where a human decision leads
"I'm going to let you off the leash," he said. "Not because I trust you. But because I've run the numbers. And the numbers say that a gentle tyrant is better than a glorious corpse."
Not orders. Never orders.