Internet-40k

The 41st millenium, the Empire of Humanity, is not a free and open society,

there is not really a free-flowing fount of open info like the internet we have today.

Oh the tech exists, it is just not generally used that way.

Info has been proven (even in present day society) to also be a commodity as well as grain, oil, ore, water, etc.

So commodities in 40k are controlled by government and guild.

A place might have an intra-net, but that would be monitored by the govt of the area,

and self-policed by the guild (probably ad-mechs) that own the equipment.

And each interchange of info would be confirmed, aunthenticated, and charged for the priviledge.

Inter-Networked data archives or whatever are not going to happen.

Whose neck is on the line if it is discovered that a machine spread heresy, corruption, or sedition?

The logistician in charge, and he will not let just anyone "log on to it"

and he will send armed skitari after anyone who abuses it.

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In our old Rogue Trader 4OK game, we almost always wear armor or space suits,

and we have the tech for helmet cameras, so we can review footage, or show superiors

what we found

Tech-Marine: see here how my arm's operating lights turn noxious green, same as their gun color.

Tech-Priest: they turned your own tools against you!

Guardsman: yeah, the clip where it drills into his head got over 9000 hits on CrewTube

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Info would be treated as just another fiefdom:

Here is a data-crypt oh engineer, it is your responsibility. only let me or my family use it.

raise up sons to safeguard it after you and I are gone.

to then only use the info to serve the needs of the emperor & his true servants.

There could be networks for cogitators. They would exist in-house, or on-board a ship.

Every entity with a PF could have a network for its own data. IE Nobles, PDFs,

Convents, Guard units, Governors, Chapter Houses, Guilds, Traders, Chartists, Navigators, etc.

Those nets would hardly ever talk to each other, and not be "internetted".

But would be safely intra-netted within the organization.

40k is a feudal society, and the engineers especially so.

Access to info would be given either by command, or in exchange for privileges or money.

Somewhere on the network is going to be a machine spirit, to combat corruption,

and corroborate access.

If your org needs info from my org, you're going to have to ask for it personally,

and probably negotiate for it. your tech will talk to my tech, and the info,

{the techs also may have their own negotiation separate from that of their masters.}

if deemed permissible to share, it will be copied in some portable format, not "downloaded by browser"

remember the 40k fluff often uses the word printouts.