Redacted Sunrise

Redacted Sunrise is an underground conspiracist collective that appears to have emerged from within the Sirius Socialist Republic (SSR) during the ideological purges of the early 3220s. Once thought to be a satirical art movement mocking state censorship, Redacted Sunrise has since evolved into a hyper-paranoid, nihilistic network of activists, Artificial People, and anti-authoritarian philosophers. It thrives on encrypted SSR meshnet forums and black-channel feeds, spreading its worldview through ominous manifestos, glitchy video montages, and interactive “reality puzzles” designed to expose what it calls “The Great Simulation Hoax.”

Unlike other conspiracist groups, Redacted Sunrise believes the SSR itself is no longer real—claiming that sometime around 3208, the Republic was digitally overwritten by a synthetic state constructed by New Republic tech-intelligence operatives. According to this theory, the New Republic used experimental quantum cognition systems to infect SSR governance protocols, replacing them with simulations designed to maintain compliance and prevent revolution.

Key theories include:
- “Echo States” – The belief that most planetary governments are now cloned instances of fake polities running in parallel on deep New Republic mainframes.
- “The Resurrection Trick” – A claim that the Earth Empire's First Citizens never die, but are recursively recompiled from psychometric backups and inserted into puppet hosts.
- “UNIDATA” – A supposed SSR-New Republic black project that scrambles timelines on minor worlds to test causal manipulation effects, causing memory loss, contradictory historical records, and perceived déjà vu.

Redacted Sunrise is deeply suspicious of all “legacy institutions,” including Mars Association of Free Colonies] science academies, Venerian Republic cultural forums, Centauri Conglomerate datavaults and even the Maldenite Democratic Foundation's academic institutions, which it accuses of “knowledge laundering.”

While most dismiss its output as digital surrealism, Redacted Sunrise has gained a cult following among SSR youth, disillusioned researchers, and fringe hackers who see in its madness a deeper, fragmented truth.