This near-future two-player wargame with very minor SF elements has an American company discovering oil on the frontier between two small unfriendly nations in the Caucasus (portrayed on a color-coded hex map). On June 3, 2022, the two nations go to war over the oil, fielding modest armies (tan and brown plastic miniatures) that include assault hovercraft...
From the dust jacket: "Fighting battles on table tops, with miniature soldiers and model terrain features, is one of the oldest and most exciting of indoor sports. A good war game combines all the strategy of chess, all the fun of model railroading, and all the excitement and challenge of a game of baseball. Thanks to innovations in the manufacture of...
It was a secret project. And utterly failed one. The assumptions were ok... hmm at least for such morons, with dreams on armies taking over countries, somewhere at the end of the third world. The research and trials took almost 2 years. In the meantime the progress in robotics and nanomaterials completely changed the reality. The genetics and cloning were...
The results of physical test highly above estimated parameters. Speed, reflex and basic tactical abilities, all on the upper end of scale. The simulations proved extreme aptitude for infiltration and assassination. The instability of behavioral interface was observed, confirmed accidents of ignoring the orders despite of active connection. Thorough...
Rapid advances in cybernetics and robotics have brought about a fundamental shift in the approach to armed conflicts, particularly in tactics and logistics. However, it was the widespread introduction of the Human Interface that triggered a true revolution. The capabilities of cyborg soldiers for endurance, reflexes or pain tolerance far exceeded those of...
She was the best among us... The fastest, the most calm and collected.. She would beat flight simulator records just for fun... People like that usually chicken out when things get messy. No one would hang out with her, she was a geek to us... We wished her all the worst, cause she challenged us, and we had to do our field maneuvers, fully armored till we...
Daylight seeped in through the slitlike opening. The pale ray shone right into her left eye. Irritating, goading her attention. In these surroundings, singular. It shouldn't be here... A surge of adrenaline amplified by combat drugs pumped in by the medical module finally got its way. Her coming to was like a dip into a pot of boiling water. A wave of pain...
Cyborg Hunter - mercenary Delivers the weak, walking the night; fights injustice and corruption, matches cold steel with pluck, calculation with a righteous heart. Cyborg Hunter, a true hero of our time. Now YOU can make the world a better place..." A fragment of the above commercial for the Cyborg Hunter 3 video game was found at the crime scene. The...
Combat hacker - sysop squad - Johnny “The Machine” Maino Alert, Alert... Object found, tracking source... Source found, initializing ID procedure... ID negative, access code not found... Initialising intruder isolation procedure, intruder code isolated... Initializing host ID procedure... Host HI ID in progress, HI found... Hostile code neutralisation in...
NAKAMURA CORPORATION DESCRIBES THE MASAMUNE DRONE AS A RAS (RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM). POWERED BY NAKAMURA STAGE B ENGINE IT CAN FLY UP TO 160 KM. THE MASAMUNE BECAME THE PRIMARY DRONE USED FOR RECON MISSIONS AND TO PROTECT CORPORATE FACILITIES. SMALL AND AGILE IT CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH A VARIETY TYPES OF WEAPON - BOTH DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE. THE...
MOTOSHIGE SPECIAL PURPOSE DRONE (“THE TABLE” IS THE UNOFFICIAL BUT VERY POPULAR NICKNAME FOR THIS MODEL) I LOVE THIS CHILD. NEVER LETS ME DOWN. SAFE, EFFICIENT AND CHEAP. THE INTERFACE IS SIMPLE, EVEN TO A CHILD. MY 8 YEAR OLD SON VISITED ME AT WORK. URCHIN WAITED UNTIL SOMEONE CALLS ME INTO THE HALL AND LAUNCHED DRONE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION USING THE...