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.

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    This is literally the concept of a popular science fiction TV series. I won’t say which one because I don’t want to spoil it, but its next season is eagerly awaited, and it was huge when it was airing its previous season(s).

    The series is based on books, and some fans of the series have read ahead; some have finished the books and know what all happens. Of course adaptations do change things, but killer nanobots that were used to wage war were the catalyst and a hidden plot point. I think the next season will reveal this.

    (No, it’s not Fallout. Fallout is good old-fashioned nuclear war. The show doesn’t follow any of the games, but they share the same lore. The show is changing some of that, adding onto it (e.g. Vault Boy origin story in the first season), but they aren’t changing that. Also, not based on books.)

    If you know, don’t say. Or at the very least use spoiler tags.

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      Fallout the Show doesn’t follow any of the games because it’s an entirely new story told in that same universe. The games and show all share the same timeline, and yet each game (including the show) has an entirely different story, taking place at a different location and point in time, in each installment.

      So there’s really nothing for the show to follow, other than the established rules of the world it inhabits, and imo it does a very good job of that.