Omnius: Changes since 2049/10/08

Omnius, Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Chinese technology conglomerate Zhupao. It creates customised end-to-end system integration solutions for governments, companies, and individuals subscribed to G6 in order to adapt national and regional data infrastructures to G6 standards. Omnius also offers digital service solutions with both human and artificial intelligence (AI) operators.

Created in 2041 from the merger of several Zhupao subsidiaries and acquisitions, Omnius is commonly referred to as Zhupao’s logistics arm for the deployment of G6, providing subscribers with access to network and data analysis infrastructure as well as neural colloids supplied by Sanial.

On October 2nd 2049, Omnius announced that it was working with Chinese authorities in the investigation of the assassination of Xu Shaoyong and Yuri Golitsyn, which appears to have been carried out through an “improperly used” Omnius contractor account.

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Omnius was created by Xu Shaoyong on June 10th 2041 as an umbrella company for the merger of several Zhupao subsidiaries and acquisitions, including Apprise, Cengal, and PenCréant. In an official announcement, Xu described Omnius as a system integration company with the purpose of “processing the distribution of G6 and its affiliated services,” and introduced Spencer Hagen as president of the newly formed company. ^[1]

Since 2041, Omnius has worked with over 10,000 governments, companies, and individuals to locally implement their G6 licenses. Access to the network is guaranteed within two weeks, a timeframe that allows for modular G6 hubs to be custom-designed and manufactured, shipped to G6 members regardless of location, and installed by Omnius technicians. The lanthanides required for the manufacture of G6 hubs limits the company’s production capacity to Afghanistan and China, where it operates 54 facilities across Jiangsu and Shandong provinces.

Once G6 hubs are attached to a country’s healthcare infrastructures, the network can formalise and absorb external data sets within 48 hours, with optimal noise reduction and gate sequencing achieved within an additional 24 hours. Omnius employees are tasked on location as long as the G6 license remains active, ensuring year-round technical support. Every G6 country harbours a minimum of five G6 hubs, which are typically installed close to pre-existing governmental data centres. While the dimensions of each hub vary drastically, the smallest structures on record are large enough to be classified on the yottascale.

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Since 2042, Omnius offers G6 members the option to adopt one or more digital service solutions with both human and artificial intelligence (AI) operators. These service solutions are advertised as “public-facing recipients for the reporting and logging of population status events that require notification in accordance with the legal requirements of each country.” As of 2049, Omnius service solutions have replaced civil registry offices in nearly 70% of G6 countries, including China and its special economic zones (SEZs).

The primary responsibility of Omnius service operators is to field calls from individuals wishing to update their civil status, report data conflicts, or appeal decisions made by G6. Each incoming call opens a ticket, which is distributed to operators by a proprietary routing algorithm so that they never interact with data outside of their purview. Calls are typically routed to AI operators for initial screenings, with human operators available for an additional fee.

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In April 2042, G6 reported that a number of Omnius contractors had started to display symptoms of Cariappa-Muren disease (CMD), resulting in cases of brain damage and 52 deaths by the end of that month. News coverage of the deaths led to a rise in CMD phobia amidst fears of a resurgence of the CMD pandemic, even though none of the affected Omnius contractors had tested positive for infectious CMD prions.

On April 25th 2042, an investigation led by Anse Daems attributed the cases of CMD to a surge in neuroglycopenia resulting from the prolonged continuous use of neural colloids “for neurometric or other purposes.” ^[2] Hagen responded to the allegations by describing the continuous neurometric ping as “paramount for heightened security due to the sensitivity involved with handling G6 data” and dismissing any connection with the deaths of Omnius contractors.

This led to a series of unionisation efforts in the spring and summer of 2042, as well as numerous strike actions and organised walkouts. ^[3] When a drop in public awareness and an increased usage of AI operators left union organisers with little bargaining power, they met with Hagen in September 2042 and successfully negotiated reduced shift times of eight hours, with a minimum downtime of four hours between shifts, to avoid the onset of neuroglycopenia.

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On October 2nd 2049, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) reported that an Omnius work terminal had been identified as the source of a cyberattack that claimed the lives of Xu Shaoyong and Yuri Golitsyn on October 1st 2049. ^[4] Hong Lian has been identified as the Omnius contractor whose account was linked to the attack.

On October 3rd 2049, Hagen issued a statement to clarify the nature of the cyberattack, explaining that “the request for human authorisation to fire the drone missile did not originate from the terminal of an Omnius contractor. It was inserted as a ticket by an unknown source and sent by a routing algorithm to the contractor, who then marked the ticket as resolved, presumably without looking at its contents.” The source of the inserted ticket was traced to Efua Amankwah-Crouse on October 4th 2049.

See alsoPermalink

• G6
• Zhupao

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