An established space colony fights for independence against an Earth that wants to exploit its resources, with the twist that Earth deploys autonomous military robots, testing whether human soldiers can defeat machine armies motivated by distant economic interests.
Models colonial independence dynamics updated for the age of autonomous weapons: what happens when the imperial power can wage war without risking its own soldiers?
Domains: Space Exploration and ColonizationWarfare and Weapons TechnologyRobotics and Automation
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-ifPrediction / Extrapolation
Outcomes: CautionaryAspirational
Tags: colony-independenceautonomous-militaryresource-exploitation