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Yeah, the question "what does the signal want?" is tricky, but that's part of the fun of being the OPS player, imo. It might have a coherent agenda, working across SRMs and agents, or it might be an inscrutable alien force, with no sensible motives or goals.

By default, I'd say the signal always wants to: break free, propagate further, and infect as many systems and minds as possible.

Great thoughts, thanks! Having just finished Roadside Picnic I’m very open to the inscrutable angle - I think your suggestions can be interpreted broadly to fit either style. In conversational gameplay even the most isncrutable forces need to be somewhat scrutable(?)