Professor Tilton

INVESTIGATION TRANSCRIPT: 2090/05/01 16:32 HRS

''#Luciferion: Check it ya’ll. I came across a few names of peoples ya might want to remember if you ever need some extra muscle, or expertise! This first guy is called Professor Tilton. I managed to download a transcript of an interview about him, along with a brief profile on the man. ''

Investigator: Please state your relationship to Professor Tilton. Subject 01: I have worked with Professor Tilton for eight years. Investigator: What’s your opinion of him? Subject 01: He’s a giant in the field of Computer Sciences as well holding masters in Psychology, Sociology, Linguistics and Social History. Investigator: An impressive set of qualifications, though none of those are what I would consider to require extensive personal field research. So why has he relocated to Seattle? Subject 01: I don’t know. Professor Tilton has always had a hands-on approach to his work and an active life outside what one would normally expect from a fellow academic. Before you ask, no I don’t consider it strange even though he’s in his late fifties. Investigator: Did you discuss his work at all? Subject 01: Yes we did on occasion. All he told me about his latest work was that he was working on software that models the actions and reactions of individuals. What little I saw of it was very impressive but nothing ground-breaking. Investigator: Do you know how he’s financing his operations in Seattle? Subject 01: The university will be funding it via the usual channels. Investigator: We checked those. This project isn’t being funded by the university. Did he mention a windfall or a benefactor? Subject 01: No… [subject pauses for a drink of water] He didn’t mention anything like that; I assumed his work was financed by the university. Investigator: Thank you for your cooperation. Please stay available as we may have further need to question you.

Professor Tilton recently received a large sum of credits from an anonymous source financing largescale testing of his social modelling program. The program is intended to accurately predict the reaction within communities to events within their own and other communities, which his mysterious benefactor seems want almost desperately. As such the costs involved seem to be more a minor inconvenience.

The relocation to Seattle for live tests was funded without question in addition to the payment already received. He has set up in the remnants of Seattle Central Library; the area is patrolled by drones and a few bodyguards.

The live tests that Tilton’s program requires are carried out by his security team. They cause specific events within and between communities whilst the professor monitors the situation and how the closely the reaction is to his program’s prediction. Whilst so far it has had limited success, with each iteration the predictions get increasingly accurate.