# Nexus trilogy (Nexus, Crux, Apex) ## Overview - Work_type:: near-future SF about neural enhancement - Setting:: 21st-century Earth, but concepts generalize to confined or space habitats - Scale:: Planetary, with implications for future interplanetary missions ## Trans-human form - Transhuman_type:: hybrid - Mechanism:: Nano-drug and software enabling direct brain-to-brain links and software-extended cognition - Degree_of_change:: Moderate to high; humans gain new senses and group-mind capabilities while remaining embodied ## Survival logic - Survival_strategy:: Use shared cognition and enhanced intellect to coordinate, adapt, and solve complex crises - Key_technologies:: High-bandwidth neural links, AI assistance, ubiquitous computation - Main_constraints_addressed:: Individual cognitive limits, coordination problems, psychological isolation ## View on baseline humanity - View_on_baseline:: continuity - Attitude:: Baselines coexist with enhanced humans; conflict arises but enhancement is framed as an evolution of humanity, not its end - Identity_question:: Explores whether networked persons are still individuals and what “self” means under high connectivity ## Notes - Themes:: Ethics of enhancement, governance of powerful technologies, emergent collective minds - Open_questions:: How a Nexus-style species would cope with long-duration, isolated space travel - Links:: [[Trans-human Space Survival Schema]]