DEC Military
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| DEC Military | |
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| Founder: | PDP-1 |
| Leader: | TOPS-10 |
| Matriarch: | PDP-1 |
| Type of faction: | Military family |
| Main social roles: | Informal military of alchemists and sword-wielders |
| Territory: | Mainly towns |
| Established: | early 1960's |
| Dissolution: | 1998 |
| Predecessor: | none |
| Successor: | none |
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Former members
- DOS-11
- LINC
- OS/8
- PDP-1
- PDP-8
- PDP-10
- PDP-11
- Rainbow 100
- RSTS
- RSX
- RT-11
- TOPS-10
- Tenex/TOPS-20
- TSS-8
- Ultrix
- VAXELN
- VMS
History
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The DEC faction, which became a powerful military in its prime, has very informal and humble origins. Its ancestor and founder was PDP-1-tan, a member of the MIT Society and one of Whirlwind's daughters; she founded her own group in the early 1960's when her first descendants, PDP-4, and PDP-6 were born, and they made their headquarters in an old wood mill building, referencing DEC's original headquarters.
PDP-1-tan's resourcefulness and PDP-6-tan's strength allowed the faction to survive against competition from the other mainframe factions. They did not yet have formal military experience though, and didn't originate as a military; PDP-1-tan was a pacifist and raised her daughters to be too, but would form militias when they needed to fight. It wasn't until the late 1960's that the DECs would officially become a military, becoming one in response to threats from the nearby Data General faction, and later competition from the Unix Family.