Anita Gottschall

Anita Gottschall was a pioneer who was part of the group on the AISV Cicada that crashed into Proteus. She worked as the colony's purser, meaning she handled money, although there was little money to handle following the crash. Following the death and reset of Zip, Anita became disillusioned by NoA's cruelty and formed Jubilee.

Anita's last known death occurred 230,000 hours ago at the Axum Vision Angel Comb. She was transmitted to a Biobed in an unknown location and her status remains unknown.

Blackboxes

Blackbox - Anita (depth 20m)

• Location: Beneath the Digestion Angel Comb in the Shallows
• Depth: 20 meters
• Coordinates: -330086, 419118, -2003

Dialogue:

Anita: "I can hear you. Sophie says you're just a hallucination. Just a Proteavirus virus. But I know you're listening. We're so hungry. There is food all around us bit it's poison. Will you help? If I feed you, will you feed us? This is my body, given for you. Just help us eat..."

Blackbox - Anita (depth 380m)

• Location: On a ledge overlooking the Angel Comb directly under the Karakorum Power Plant
• Depth: 380 meters
• Coordinates: -161916, 427364, -38152

Dialogue:

Anita: "Habitat is gone. They destroyed themselves. We are now the only survivors...the ones who walked away in search of the Jubilee. All of you have asked me - if we want to escape the cycle, why do we still have biobeds? This is why. The angel comb is sick. It is calling out to us. And I choose to answer it. I say to it - this is my body, given for you..." [ Hiss of gas ]

Databank Entries

Profile and Blackboxes

Anita Gottschall

• Gender: W
• Mission role: Colony purser
• Pay rate: Bagatur [hero, knight; expired Mongolian Free States trademark for a specialized/valuable worker]
• Biography: Retired Protestant Ethic work coach. Experienced professional crisis after counseling Mongolian refugees on career retraining. Volunteered for Cicada colony mission to seek personal renewal.
• Notes: departure from Protestant Ethic philosophy may create unmet need for belonging.

Blackbox: Gottschall, Anita

• Event: Print loss
• Audio:

  ANITA: "I can hear you. Sophie says you're a hallucination. Just a virus. But I know you're listening. We're so hungry. There is food all around us but it's poison. Will you help? If I feed you, will you feed us? This is my body, given for you. Just help us eat..."

• Postmortem:
  • Cause: inert gas asphyxia; AER tank contaminated with xenon
  • Complications: starvation, advanced lead poisoning, psychological distress
  • Nearby pioneers: 0
  • Time: ~250,000 hours ago
  • Reprint: successful (Sleep Bay 3)
  • Remarks: delusional ideation
  • FORK CONTINUED

Blackbox: Gottschall, Anita "Anita" 02

• Audio:

  ANITA: "Habitat is gone. They destroyed themselves. We are now the only survivors...the ones who walked away in search of Jubilee. All of you have asked me — if we want to escape the cycle, why do we still have biobeds? This is why. This angel comb is sick. It is calling out to us. And I choose to answer. I say to it – this is my body, given for you..." [hiss of gas]

• Postmortem:
  • Anita died of drowning caused by sedation. Her lungs contained elevated levels of xenon, which is an anesthetic.
  • Anita had advanced lead poisoning and severe viremia.
  • Anita died surrounded by her colleagues. They did not intervene to prevent her drowning.
  • Anita died about 230,000 hours ago.
  • Anita’s blackbox transmitted her to an unknown biobed. The reprint process was not supervised by a Noetic Advisor node.
  • Anita's status cannot be determined from this blackbox.

Relevant Entries

• Anita - "Zip is dead"
• Sophie - "Jubilee group leaving"

Trivia

• "Gottschall" is German and literally translates to "sound of God". It etymologically likely means, however, "servant of God".