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Just to slide off topic and reply to the future war bit (sorry seabolt- last one I promise)

I dont think we will get computing and killing machines on the par of humans for a while but already there are basic weapon systems that can do the job of things like sentries and guarding, and yes there is a big difference between a pilotless drone and true free flyer but again we dont need total human like awareness, just the means to move the ordinance, if you look at how airspace battles are fought now, the pilots are often just ferrying the weapons to the targets (ok thats a slight oversimplification) but the fact that a drone can be operated from the other side of the world does show that the act and the operator are becoming seperate and that in the process and filling the gap is the machine and the computer. Its less transhuman war and more posthuman war.

Of course this only applies to high tech high end warfare, there aint no drones for the average suicide bomber or insurgent but then again they make use of such sophisticated systems and technology so that even they and their organizations that support them have taken on a highly technological aspect.

But in a game like SP it would be easy enough to code in drone tanks, planes and such, as well as in the future, semi or fully autonomous units of drones or robots as basic infantry units, the US mule prototype is a good start in such an area.

In fact future war may be a lot like SP with the general as the god like consciousness hovering over the battlefield directing the robots and drones in realtime or in some sort of slowed down time way.