autonomous weapons system theme
There is a weapons system that has a sufficient degree of artificial intelligence so as to select targets and operate entirely on its own, once unleashed.
15 total · 3 choice · 8 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x04 | choice | The Ikarrans invented cyborg things that summarily exterminated them. |
| voy2x13 | choice | the mechanical men |
| voy2x17 | choice | sentient bomb |
| movie: Chopping Mall (1986) | major | Three high-tech, mall security robots went haywire and started going around indiscriminately killing everyone who had stayed behind in the mall after closing time. |
| movie: Colossus The Forbin Project (1970) | major | The Colossus computer was designed as an advanced national defense system that functioned without human aid. The Soviets had coincidently built a similar system at the same time. |
| movie: RoboCop (2014) | major | The US military introduced OmniCorp robotic peacekeepers capable of maintaining law and order in hot spots such as Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran. OmniCorp subsequently plotted to sell them to municipal police forces around the USA. |
| movie: Srazhenie (1986) | major | We say a miniature army comprised of robot foot soldiers and autonomous attack vehicles turn on the man who killer their creator. |
| movie: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | major | The Skynet autonomous computer defense system. |
| movie: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) | major | The Skynet autonomous computer defense system. |
| tos2x24 | major | M-5 multitronic unit transformed the Enterprise into an autonomous weapons system |