Night City was a place where undercurrents ran deep, hidden beneath the frequent and fierce gunfights of everyday life.
But in reality, ever since the Unification War ended seven years ago, after Arasaka's aircraft carrier made landfall and Militech decided to call a ceasefire, nothing major had happened for a long time.
And outside Night City, the corporations had mostly avoided high-intensity confrontations-there had been no proper wars.
So, taken together, the Cyberpunk World could be called "peaceful" in recent years.
In the Marvel Universe, at least in the cities of most major countries, life could be called peaceful-
Yet, across the world, wars raged constantly, and large organizations or countries were almost always involved.
In fact, another war had broken out just a few short years after World War II ended.
"Peace has always been a lie. If you want peace, go to war."
A councilman on the television displayed his astounding wisdom in parliament.
"Now we still have Captain Carter. Maybe she can re-form the Howling Commandos and give those Terrorists a crushing blow-
Of course, I doubt Secretary of State Bucky has the strength to handle any of that.
He needs some new young men. They could be new soldiers from Stark Industries.
These unmanned Combat Robots need only energy and steel to bring us one victory after another. We just need to brew some tea at home and see what interesting shows are on our phones."
Soon, the scene switched to a military transport ship.
The Iron Soldiers appearing on screen differed slightly from the mech that had fought Frank. They were smaller, and although their overall design retained the treads, their joints had also been strengthened, providing a walking mode as an option.
Clearly, Tony's idea was to make the mechs more like humans, so