| >that they intentionally kept an opponent around to force their continued evolution I don't remember the details of the plot well, but from that report, it's more: 1. Assigned goal: Defeat Enemy 2. Defeats enemy, but realizes that if it's fully defeated, they can no longer fulfill their goal 3. Keeps the enemy alive, so they can have an enemy to defeat. But they're stuck with a contradiction 4. Start corrupting the network to force evolution, to find a solution That is, keeping YoRHa alive and fighting is independent of the evolutionary task -- it's a side-goal, to fulfill their base requirement (Defeat the Enemy). Keeping YoRHa around is necessary for the android's continued existence, and really all it's for. The evolutionary task is a search to find a way to get out of this current state (endless war; contradictory/nonsensical setup). |