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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Red Faction]]'', where stereotypical futuristic Martian mine slave protagonist muses to himself about how robots should be able to do nearly all of the hard work themselves. It then turns out that robots ''do'' perform most of the real mining labor, and the human-heavy mining operation is really just a front for the [[Big Bad]] [[Evilutionary Biologist]] to get test subjects for his (honestly pretty pointless-looking) secret experiments away from the prying eyes of Earth's government. Note that ''RF'' originated as an entry in the ''[[Descent]]'' series, the premise of which centers around futuristic mines run entirely by robots (which have [[AI Is a Crapshoot|their own problems]]). |
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Red Faction]]'', where stereotypical futuristic Martian mine slave protagonist muses to himself about how robots should be able to do nearly all of the hard work themselves. It then turns out that robots ''do'' perform most of the real mining labor, and the human-heavy mining operation is really just a front for the [[Big Bad]] [[Evilutionary Biologist]] to get test subjects for his (honestly pretty pointless-looking) secret experiments away from the prying eyes of Earth's government. Note that ''RF'' originated as an entry in the ''[[Descent]]'' series, the premise of which centers around futuristic mines run entirely by robots (which have [[AI Is a Crapshoot|their own problems]]). |
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* In a recent ''[[Gaia Online]]'' event, each of the four towns was assigned two fantasy races to assist them in the upcoming "Rejected Olympics". The futuristic town of Aekea got [[Our Orcs Are Different|Blizzard Style Orcs]], in addition to the previously introduced Aliens. The new aliens were created by leftover [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that the ''real'' aliens left behind, while the orcs were [[Handwaved]] away by saying they were a newly discovered species that have been hired as manual laborers. One character even wonders if the orcs are actually being payed for their work. ...Of course, there's just one problem. ''AEKEA IS A CITY FULL OF ROBOTS''. It's the only city that's even ''allowed'' to have robots, as they were banned everywhere else after some [[Noodle Incident|war that no one talks about.]] But the fact that you are enslaving ''orcs'' to effectively do something that could be accomplished by a ''tow truck'' or a ''pulley'' is a bit confusing... |
* In a recent ''[[Gaia Online]]'' event, each of the four towns was assigned two fantasy races to assist them in the upcoming "Rejected Olympics". The futuristic town of Aekea got [[Our Orcs Are Different|Blizzard Style Orcs]], in addition to the previously introduced Aliens. The new aliens were created by leftover [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that the ''real'' aliens left behind, while the orcs were [[Handwaved]] away by saying they were a newly discovered species that have been hired as manual laborers. One character even wonders if the orcs are actually being payed for their work. ...Of course, there's just one problem. ''AEKEA IS A CITY FULL OF ROBOTS''. It's the only city that's even ''allowed'' to have robots, as they were banned everywhere else after some [[Noodle Incident|war that no one talks about.]] But the fact that you are enslaving ''orcs'' to effectively do something that could be accomplished by a ''tow truck'' or a ''pulley'' is a bit confusing... |
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* In ''[[EVE Online]]'' the Amarr Empire makes a wide use of slaves. Although they could easily replace most of their slaves with advanced technology, like the other nations have done, the Amarr believe that, by enslaving "lesser" peoples like the Minmatar, they are saving these people's souls. It's no surprise that the Amarr are quite far behind technologically when compared to the Gallente and especially the Caldari. |
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* The second ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'' game, ''No Regret'', makes a few things clear. First, the most valuable mineral in the solar system is found almost exlusively on the moon—almost half of known reserves are there. Second, the [[Mega Corp|WEC]] ships mostly political prisoners there, to get them out of the way and do mining with minimal safety while surrounded by heavily-armed guards. Third, the game's own lore states that while semi-sentient guard robots and maintenance bots are present, they are apparently quite expensive, compared to unprotected laborers operating nonsentient machinery with guns pointed at their heads. Played straight, justifed, and subvereted all at once. |
* The second ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'' game, ''No Regret'', makes a few things clear. First, the most valuable mineral in the solar system is found almost exlusively on the moon—almost half of known reserves are there. Second, the [[Mega Corp|WEC]] ships mostly political prisoners there, to get them out of the way and do mining with minimal safety while surrounded by heavily-armed guards. Third, the game's own lore states that while semi-sentient guard robots and maintenance bots are present, they are apparently quite expensive, compared to unprotected laborers operating nonsentient machinery with guns pointed at their heads. Played straight, justifed, and subvereted all at once. |
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* Averted in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' when you eventually learn the slaves in the [[Magitek]] human ranches aren't there for any real work. The bad guys just need them to waste away while the implanted [[Green Rocks|exspheres feed off of their anguish.]] |
* Averted in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' when you eventually learn the slaves in the [[Magitek]] human ranches aren't there for any real work. The bad guys just need them to waste away while the implanted [[Green Rocks|exspheres feed off of their anguish.]] |
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