![]() ![]() Special units could be fitted with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, but those were only used for reprisal in kind. It had high explosive and incendiary rockets with eyes, a fully automatic grenade launcher, and a high-powered laser. It could fire accurate sniper rounds to the horizon, two ounces of depleted uranium, or at close range it could hose a stream of supersonic flechettes. ![]() ![]() For all the weight of its armor, more than half of the RICU’s mass was ammunition. The Alliance's primary weapon is the soldierboy:Īll ten people in Julian Class’s platoon had the same basic weapon- the soldierboy, or Remote Infantry Combat Unit: a huge suit of armor with a ghost in it. The Alliance, led by the U.S., but including most of what we would consider the elite industrialized nations (e.g., U.K., Japan, France, Germany, Russia) is engaged in a bloody, relentless guerilla/terrorist/revolutionary war against the Ngumi (see Have Nots below). Still, from a component standpoint, this is a collection of gems. ![]() There is such a bounty of wonderful, insightful and important ideas stuffed into this novel that I find myself seriously bummed that weak storytelling and plodding central plot flow marred my enjoyment enough to keep me from awarding this a 4th star. Welcome to the future.where the final war is being waged ![]()
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