|
This article was written by Aljarreau. Please do not add to it without the writer's permission.
|
| Identity Regulator | |
|---|---|
| |
| Object | |
| Function |
Surveillance; Annihilation of citizens' privacy
|
| Status |
Out of use
|
| Location |
Aho Nui
|
| Pronunciation |
N/A
|
- "Sir, you are carrying an unauthorized tool i.e. a weapon. You will have to hand it over or show us your Identity Regulator, the latter including an authorization authorizing you to carry an unauthorized tool i.e. a weapon."
- ―A Vahki Bordakh taking Toa Javan into custody
The Identity Regulator, also known as IR, was a mass-produced object created, designed and put into effect by the ruler of Aho Nui, Turaga Gaeta, whose purpose was to keep the island's citizen under surveillance.
History[]
When Za-Turaga Gaeta came to power in 350 BRS, he immediately voted new laws concerning the island's security, among them the Early Warning-edict implying that every citizen of Aho Nui, regardless of species, should wear a device known as Identity Regulator. The edict took place without greater unrest, and by 342 BRS, virtually every Aho Nui citizen was wearing such a device. Very few individuals criticized the IR in public, and even fewer did not wear any.
While the IR offered some enjoyable functions to its direct wearer, like the possibility of audio-communicating with faraway users, its main purpose remained concealed from the public eye. Its main purpose was in fact the total surveillance of the entire Aho Nui population. Every single audio communication between the users was monitored, and built-in locating devices informed about every user's current location. After two months of wearing, the IR expired, and the wearer had to pick up a new one at his own expense.
To make sure every citizen was in possession of an IR, Vahki and ANPF patrols constantly controlled the citizens for their IR, and arrested those who did not wear one or wore an expired one.
Example Usage[]
Turaga Gaeta used the IR in order to control the Matoran population of Aho Nui from 350 to 1 BRS, tricking them into making them think the Early Warning-edict was installed in order to combat a gigantic Makuta threat looming over the island.
As a result, the Matoran grew more and more paranoid, distrusting and alienating whoever did not behave just like his next of kin or did not own an IR.
Trivia[]
- The Identity Regulator is a reference to smartphones in particular and the Internet in general, and to the ways in which these can be misused by malevolent individuals