Obsolete

In 2014, visitors from space offer humanity an astonishing trade: limestone in exchange for large machines controlled directly by the mind. Cheap and easy to operate, these Exoframes undermine advantages once reserved for wealthy armies and industries.

From underwater work to armed conflicts, people adapt the same technology to very different purposes. Soldiers, mercenaries, and governments struggle to respond as an accessible machine changes the balance of power faster than established institutions can contain it.