KNOWLEDGE AND POWER IN THE ALPHA COMPLEX
		     With your host, Joe-O-FUN-3!


  <Joe-O-FUN-3, walking down a corridor>
   
Sometimes, in the Alpha Complex, clones may have information.

  <Joe walks to an Orange clearance door, guarded by Securit-Y-GRD-1>

Sometimes, that information may be useful or even correct.

  <Joe enters a passcode in the door: 010101.  The door opens.>

Sometimes, clones may die.

  <Joe steps through the door onto a Yellow clearance floor.>
  <Three Yellow clearance clones shoot him.  The door closes.>

When clones die, their next clones arrive without their most recent 
memories.  When this happens, the new clone just has to get a brain sample 
from the old clone.

  <Joe-O-FUN-4, looking at the Orange clearance door>

Sometimes this is difficult.

  Joe-O-FUN-4: "Excuse me, sir, but can you tell me the passcode for this 
					door?"
  Securit-Y-GRD-1: "No."

There's a paradox here.  Joe-O-FUN-4 is missing some of his memories, and 
he doesn't know what the passcode to open the door is.  On the other hand, 
Jonathan, his player, remembers exactly what the passcode was.  Does 
Jonathan have to send Joe-O-FUN-4 wandering randomly through the Alpha 
Complex looking for someone who will give him his memories back?

In Paranoia, the rule is: No, he doesn't.  Jonathan can have Joe-O-FUN-4 
do anything he wants, regardless of whether he is "supposed to have" the 
relevant information.

  <Joe-O-FUN-4 enters 010101 on the keypad.>

  Securit-Y-GRD-1: "How did you know that passcode, citizen?"
  Joe-O-FUN-4: "Uh, um..."
  Securit-Y-GRD-1: "TREASON!"  <zap zap zap>

Of course, Joe-O-FUN does still need to justify his actions to anyone who 
is watching.  If he's not careful, someone might think he had a treasonous 
Mutant Power, such as clairvoyance or precognition.

  <Joe-O-FUN-5, looking at the Orange clearance door>

There are several ways to work around this problem:

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  Joe-O-FUN-5: "I didn't know the passcode to this door.  But my previous 
clone, Joe-O-FUN-4, had a treasonous Mutant Power that let him know the 
passcode.  And I've just gotten his memories, so now I know it too!"

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  Joe-O-FUN-5: "I don't know the passcode to this door.  I'll just enter 
my favorite number in the keypad and see if that works!  My favorite 
number is 010101."

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  Joe-O-FUN-5: "Hey, Securit-Y-GRD-1, I thought I saw some clones back 
there doing something treasonous.  Maybe you should go check it out while 
I look at this door."

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...and now you know!