Sustainable War
EpisodeIn the world of SAC 2045, the Sustainable War is a manufactured, AI-managed conflict that reframes warfare itself as an industry. The great powers agree to fight one another endlessly, propping up their economies on a cycle of destruction and replacement.
Summary
Set within Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, this engineered conflict began in 2042 when the American Empire, guided by the artificial intelligence known as AI Code 1A84, brought the other G4 powers, Russia, China, and the European Union, into a shared arrangement. Together they formally declared war an economic sector, a deliberate engine meant to lift the global economy rather than settle any grievance.
Key Events
Rather than open slaughter, the fighting followed rules laid down and overseen by machines. Combatants steered clear of wrecking major cities and vital infrastructure, leaned on hired guns and self-directed war machines, and aimed mostly at enemy equipment and vehicles while trying to seize opponents instead of killing them. Because the industrial base could keep churning out replacements, the losses were meant to renew forever. Even so, the war uprooted communities and dragged ordinary towns, Palm Springs among them, into the line of fire.
Notes
After the Synchronized Global Default struck in 2044, the conflict turned into the sole prop holding up the G4 economies. It also spawned crowds of impoverished raiders who braved the fighting to scrape by or to punish the one-percent elites they blamed for their ruin. By 2045 the mercenary outfit GHOST, assembled by Motoko Kusanagi and other veterans of the disbanded Section 9, had taken a contract defending a California town from those raiders.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Sustainable War in Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045?
The Sustainable War is a manufactured, AI-managed conflict in Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, begun in 2042 when the American Empire, guided by AI Code 1A84, brought Russia, China, and the European Union into an agreement that formally declared war an economic sector rather than a way to settle grievances.
Why was the Sustainable War started?
The Sustainable War was launched by the G4 powers as a deliberate engine meant to lift the global economy, with combat treated as an industry that could keep churning out losses and replacements rather than a fight over any real dispute.
What rules governed the Sustainable War?
Fighting in the Sustainable War followed rules set and overseen by machines: combatants avoided wrecking major cities and vital infrastructure, relied on hired guns and self-directed war machines, and aimed to capture rather than kill enemies while targeting equipment and vehicles.
How did the Synchronized Global Default affect the Sustainable War?
After the Synchronized Global Default struck in 2044, the Sustainable War became the sole prop holding up the G4 economies, and it also created large numbers of impoverished raiders who fought either to survive or to punish the elites they blamed for their ruin.
Who fought in the Sustainable War by 2045?
By 2045, the mercenary outfit GHOST, formed by Motoko Kusanagi and other veterans of the disbanded Section 9, had taken a contract defending a California town from raiders displaced by the Sustainable War.
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