Robot War

Basic Information

A Robot War is a setting where robots created by humanity rebel and attempt to kill or enslave all humans. The theme first appeared in the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Czech writer Karel Čapek, which also coined the term robot; although arguably the theme of slaves revolting against their masters is older still.

See Also

• Military And Warfare Tropes
• Robot Roll Call
• Is A Terminator Scenario Possible?

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

2. drama: R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek

3. movie: Terminator (1984; dir. James Cameron) (mainly the background of the future the Terminator comes from)

4. TV: Battlestar Galactica (recent version)

Game and Story Use

• This entry provides plenty of enemies which the player characters can destroy without feeling bad of it.
• Such a setting also has horror elements, since the robots, unlike humans, usually cannot be negotiated with.
• Contrawise, such a setting can be used to explore philosophical themes of what differentiates a man from a machine and has humanity made itself obsolete.
  • Unless the players prefer blowing things up.