Arbitrage

Arbitrage
Basic Information
Pronouns	it/its
Aliases	the Machine, Arbitrage the Divine, Arbitrage
People	Synthetic/Divine
Connections
Af­fil­i­a­tion(s)	Twilight Mirage (formerly) Divine Principality/Stel Orion Frontier Syndicate

See also: Records Recovered from the Divine, Arbitrage

“

At last, I take the stage.”

– Records Recovered from the Divine, Arbitrage, The Road to PALISADE 12: Orbital Pt. 2

Arbitrage is a machinic broker of information, among other things.

History and Involvement

Twilight Mirage

It established itself in the Twilight Mirage, where it was called the Machine, Arbitrage and described as "an ancient algorithm and trading system that works as a gray market for both goods and stocks. It is distributed; it is wealthy; it is insatiable; it knows you; it has exactly what you want, and will take its cut." It is compared to Adrian Veidt but "not a person."

A PARTIZAN dossier noted that it could have been considered a Divine in the Mirage, if it had wanted to.

PARTIZAN

The Divine, Arbitrage had a presence on Partizan in Oxbridge, in an obelisk-like tower in the middle of the city used as a financial trading hub. Thisbe used its services in the process of researching her home planet. It skipped Thisbe through the appointment queue because it was intrigued by her.

The Road to PALISADE

The Divine, Arbitrage provided the dossier for the Road to PALISADE, in which it took the opportunity for belittling, sarcastic comments whenever possible. It also appeared more directly in the Orbital game, where it was described as "really evil" and "fucking horrible" in its attempts to become the backbone of commerce within the Brink and all of the Twilight Mirage. It pushed an app (also called the Divine, Arbitrage) which used its own currency system called 'glint' and offered various goods and services. Mustard Red and Joe de Vivre used the app and insisted that its name was "clever if you think about it... It's like a joke."

While on the Brink, it became allied with Devotion. It was also mentioned as having brokered the Orion Trade Concordance, as part of Stel Orion.

PALISADE

The Divine, Arbitrage is one of the pillars of the March Institute and Frontier Syndicate on Palisade, functioning as their treasurer. It continues to shill glint (now a major currency) and supply access to goods and services. It operates out of Braunton, and is definitely present somewhere on the planet.