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====== LOCAL GAIA HUBS ======

===== Overview =====

Local GAIA Hubs are compact data-governance complexes that house settlement-scale instances of [[gaia|GAIA]], the Exohuman artificial general intelligence.  

After the collapse of GAIA’s distributed cloud on [[day_zero|Day Zero]], each surviving node was transplanted into a fortified area of a local [[Community Center|Community Center]], giving towns an on-site “mini-GAIA” to handle planning, permitting, and emergency modelling.

With the founding of the [[federal_confederation|Federal Confederation]] in the [[the_gamma_age|Gamma Age]], the newly created [[gaia_system|Federal GAIA Agency]] took over the operation of the Local Hubs on behalf of the [[federal_council|Federal Council]]. The Community Centers were renamed Mayor's Offices. As part of the reorganization, public access to GAIA was also discontinued.

===== Structure and Location =====

| Settlement | Hub Name | Basement Host | Notes |
|------------|----------|---------------|-------|
| [[new_kourou|New Kourou]] | “The Kernel” | [[settler_s_council_building|Settler’s Council Building]] (central plaza) | Largest Tier-A node |
| [[hope|Hope]] | Hope GAIA Hub | [[local_community_center_of_hope|Local Community Center of Hope]] (Beta Age, [[office_of_the_mayor_of_hope|Mayor's Office of Hope]] in the Gamma Age)  |  |
| [[morningstar|Morningstar]] | Morningstar GAIA Hub | [[Local Community Center of Morningstar|Local Community Center of Morningstar]] (Beta Age, [[office_of_the_mayor_of_morningstar|Mayor's Office]] in the Gamma Age)  |  |
| [[firetown|Firetown]] | Firetown GAIA Hub | [[local_community_center_of_firetown|Local Community Center of Firetown]] (Beta Age, [[office_of_the_mayor_of_firetown|Mayor's Office of Firetown]] in the Gamma Age)  | Located in an Extension Building | 
| [[arla_town|Arla Town]] | Arla GAIA Micro-Hub | [[Local Community Center of Arla Town|Local Community Center of Arla Town]] | Tier-C node; only one holo-kiosk, runs on shared half-cores. |

=== Standard Layout Beta Age (section view) ===
 
Community Center Foyer → Public Records → Council Chamber → *Secure Corridor & Badge Lift* → GAIA Core Vault (optical racks + QFB + geothermal taps) → 40 m lateral escape shaft.

All hubs retain a short-wave signal mast and a ceramic EM-fin roof ring for passive shielding.

===== Core Functions =====

  * **Local Governance Engine** – Generates land-lot lotteries, ration schedules, and budget forecasts.  
  * **Crisis Simulation** – Models fire, flood, or riot scenarios.  
  * **Permit & Identity Services** – Publishes stamped chits for water, travel, and market stalls.  
  * **Data Court Balcony** – Councilors consult live dashboards before voting on town policy.  
  * **Regional Comms Relay** – Pushes GAIA firmware patches and telemetry to the [[weber_communication_company|Weber Communication Network]].

> '''Note''': Each hub is powered by a primary [[quantum_fusion_batteries|Quantum Fusion Battery]]; runtime autonomy ≈ 18 months if the battery grid fails. In Firetown, the battery is only used for emergency power supply: the main power supply is organized via the geothermal network.

===== Strategic Importance =====

  * Control of a GAIA Hub equals control of resource allocations, legal rulings, and strategic forecasts for its settlement.  

  * During political crises, hubs are locked down behind blast doors; in extreme cases, councilors can trigger a *“vault-quarantine”* that severs external I/O to prevent data tampering.
  
  * The New Kourou hub (“The Kernel”) is the de facto policy template for smaller towns, exporting quarterly decision models that others adapt to local conditions.

===== Related Pages and Further Information =====

  * [[beta_age|Beta Age]]
  * [[free_state_of_settlers|Free State of Settlers]]
  * [[exohuman_technology_of_the_beta_age|Exohuman Technology of the Beta Age]]  
  * [[gaia|GAIA]] 
  * [[quantum_fusion_batteries|Quantum Fusion Batteries (QFBs)]]  
  * [[weber_communication_company|Weber Communication Company (WCC)]]  
  * [[settler_s_council_building|Settler’s Council Building]] 
  * [[Community Center|Community Center]] 
  *[[gaia_system| Federal GAIA Agency]] (Gamma Age)