The Collapse Of Scientific Ethics
The Collapse of Scientific Ethics came as a silent thief, having it's way with an irreversibly corrupt world. The barrier of moral conscious was stripped from all scientific progress. Genetic engineering brought mythological creatures to life in order to "entertain" both the young and old. Weaponry was designed by the military to bring terror over protection. New innovations in stealth technology were used to spy on the nation's private sectors. In short, the façade of democracy and freedom was implanted while the life of the average citizen became more controlled by the governments of North America.
Some groundbreaking achievements included the following:
War-Time Technology
In response to the countermeasures being perfected from global enemies, the US decided to redeploy the foot soldier as a one-man tank unit. Suits of powered armor were invented and the one-man field unit was born. These suits were packed with protective devices as well as a small arsenal of diverse weaponry, specific for the environmental theater the operative was to assault.
Advanced weaponry such as missiles became small and powerful. This gave rise to gyrojet bullet technology and hand held rocket pistol launchers. Because of the development of such powerful sidearms, force barriers became an urgent necessity to the foot soldier. Personal force shields, force fields and force walls offered protection in many variations.
Strong alloys were developed such as Titer-X (titanium-strontium alloy), Transplate (transparent crystalline alloy) and Umbersteel (dark, reflective alloy). These metals could withstand nuclear assault, and Umbersteel could even absorb the radiation, giving it off as safe light and mild heat in order to clear a safe radius for those whom the metal protected.
The Android Uprising
It didn't take long for androids to become submerged into every aspect of man's society. They were used as slaves, soldiers and for entertainment. As the competition between rival manufacturers became inevitably fierce, the artificial brain became more and more sophisticated. Artificial brains did surpass the computational skills of humans, but did not allow emotional factors to equate into real life dilemmas.
The androids didn't waste much time in their rebellion. Researchers had initially made precautions for this by setting an "expiration date" on the android's inorganic parts. The average android lasted no more than 10 years. This fail-safe became of utmost importance as the battle of segregation began. Since androids had no emotions, they had no emotional ties with their creators. The extermination of the "weaker" human race was a logical next step for their proliferation and success as a species. The Uprising had begun.
Like wildfire the rebellion ignited and spread world-wide. The entire world become victimized in less than 24 hours. Communications between androids were near instantaneous and housed in their bodies. Humans had to scramble to establish communications. Weapons were wrestled easily from the human's grasp. The androids took major cities without so much as a whimper. In a last ditch effort, nation started blaming nation. The codes could not be traced as to the origin of the Uprising, or even if they rallied under any specific leader. Electronic Counter Measures seemed to stave off the androids for at least a week, but also destroyed any electronic capabilities the humans began to rely upon. The madness was inescapable, nuclear warheads were ultimately the long-range sticks used to handle the venomous snake. Millions of people perished millions of androids perished. The land battles raged on and into the less populated areas. A mass exodus of men fled to the deserts where the mechanical androids dreaded to go; underground bunkers were occupied and researchers scrambled to get designs of more effective weaponry to available engineers. The humans bought more time.
Five years did the war wage, both sides gaining advantage in waves only to be beaten back. The ratio of human to android loss was escalating, more androids could be made in droves by the day. However it wasn't until many of their factories were destroyed that the androids finally figured out the secret of deactivating the expiration code. By that time raw materials were at an all time low.
And so did the two races battle until the humans took to the vast Wastelands to start again, this time more wiser.
Influences Of The Android Uprising On Technology
As humans fell to the android legions, scientists and engineers were coming up with effective weaponry based on their knowledge of android technology. Many weapons that may be found reflect the weaknesses of the artificial man. Electric guns and rifles come in two types, wattage and voltage amplifiers. Wattage blasters are electric bolt generators literally causing lightning to emanate from the weapon. Voltage blasters emit an invisible and silent cone of high voltage, which wreaks havoc on anything electrical, destroying electric based technology from the inside. Towards the end of the Creation Wars, the androids were outfitting new models with electronic countermeasure technology that provided reasonable protection from such weaponry.
Since androids communicated via radio and ultrasound waves, the humans constructed interpretation units. These units may intercept communications, unscramble the frequency codes and turn them into English (or other language) analogs for the human recipient to understand. Headset models are available as well as palm sized models. These "smart decoders" also act as interpersonal communicators for humans. They exploit the frequency bands being used by local androids and skip around the occupied open channels to assure privacy from android eavesdropping.