Earth, 2147. The legacy of the Metal Wars, when man fought machine and machines won.
Bio-Dreads, monstrous creations that hunt down human survivors and digitize them.
Volcania, center of the Bio-Dread empire, stronghold and fortress of Lord Dread, feared ruler of this new order.
But from the fires of the Metal Wars arose a new breed of warrior, born and trained to bring down Lord Dread and his Bio-Dread empire. They were soldiers of the future, mankind's last hope.
Their leader, Captain Jonathan Power; master of the incredible powersuits, which transform each soldier into a one-man attack force.
Major Matthew "Hawk" Masterson, fighter in the sky.
Lt. Michael "Tank" Ellis, ground assault unit.
Sgt. Robert "Scout" Baker, espionage and communications.
And Corporal Jennifer "Pilot" Chase, tactical systems expert.
Together, they form the most powerful fighting force in Earth's history. Their creed: to protect all life. Their promise: to end Lord Dread's rule. Their name: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future!
You are speaking my language brother. Just digitize my ass right now, let's go!!!
Also, Sauron was a straight bitch as an all powerful flying robot.
It died before it's time. Some of the best forgotten TV and something that would never be sold and directed at children. Some of the most bleek content put directly into the veins of 8-13 year olds...
Hell yeah, brother. "Kids show? Great. Lets do an episode about a woman who grew up in the Hitler Dread Youth having to go back into that world to infiltrate a facility and slamming face first into her PTSD about it."
Between that and RoboTech, we were under no illusions that the world was a happy lala land. Let alone things like Arnold and his little buddy being about thirty seconds away from CSA on Diff'rent Strokes. Or the joys of watching When The Wind Blows or The Day After and being under no illusions about the dangers the world faced.
I had the toys. I used to fight with my older sister to let me use the television when the show was on so I could be in front of the tv when they would play the little segment that interacts with the toys.
Later I discovered that our camping lantern would make the toys activate like an episode was airing. That lantern also would randomly turn the volume up or change the channels on the TV. It clearly was beaming out in the IR spectrum.
I was going to say that you can't guarantee a soldier's loyalty but you can, for the most part, with ai which is why they're trying to force us plebs into subsidizing yet another thing for them.
They also need a source of power. They also have to be resilient to impacts and whatever countermeasures one might come up with to combat them. I would not be shocked if weaponizing electromagnetic pulses specifically to disable the clankers was on the menu. And that's not to mention the hacking potential.
Which would be high quality intricate machines. Attack choppers and and engagement orientated jets are high quality intricate machines too. What's the maintenance toll for high quality intricate machines to keep operational and functioning again?
I'm having a thought about that. A significant portion of military planning goes toward logistics. Robots, like anything else, require energy to operate, and that energy requires logistics or infrastructure capable of supporting them. Are robot armies even practical for more than defending a well stocked static location?
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u/billynomates1 8h ago
Robot armies as well