OnToNextStage t1_jdxzr0f wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:34 AM

Reply to comment by fhangrin in [PI] Mech pilots with PTSD often experience a kind of psychosis in which they begin to feel that the mech is an extension of themselves. To them, being taken out of the machine feels like being stripped of their skin and muscle. by fhangrin

You could take some inspiration from Ken Ishikawa

Many many authors already have.

1Pwnage t1_jdy6ao8 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:22 AM

AY linked the retrospective, that’s what’s up

fhangrin OP t1_jdy8tnb wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:42 AM

How so and in what way? I'm at work, so I can't do YouTube.

OnToNextStage t1_jdya6vm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:52 AM

Try this idea

The sentience of the machine is not just a mechanical quirk or born from a mistake of science, but in fact a sentient cosmic horror way beyond the understanding of humanity that they accidentally tapped into when they made the robots. The energy is alive.

And for whatever unknown and unknowable reason, the force has chosen humanity and that is not a good thing.

fhangrin OP t1_jdyk5av wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:06 AM

That's... actually a good continuity for why the Imperium doesn't trust AI and their pilots are walking war crimes.

OnToNextStage t1_jdysz3p wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:26 AM

Lifted wholesale from Getter!

Check the video, or heck read it for yourself. Absolutely ahead of its time.