I can see it now: just get the enemy to breathe in a cloud of nanobots, or have the bots enter their body through an open cut that they make, and the enemy’s body is yours: no violence needed.
We live in a terrifying time because there’s just no way to dodge this sort of stuff unless you have the EMP tech, since a Hazmat suit is unsustainable to don long-term.
How is this entire thing not violence?
So you mean like robots with electronics in them? You should read less science fiction. This is beyond bill gates microchip injection nonsense.
Also how is this different form just gassing the enemy?
Astronomically more complicated and expensive, therefore cooler.
Also, you can’t EMP gas, though I guess that’s one the smallest downsides of nano robots.