Technically Insane

"The Man ... oh - the Mobile Deconstruction and Universal Elimination Unit. Because it was repairable."

"The what?"

"A Mobile Deconstruction and Universal Elimination Unit was created by Nippon Industries in 1981. It's intent was to seek out all forms of life that were remaining and eliminate them from this Earth."

"I'm sorry?"

"A Mobile Dec..."

"No, I heard that. Why would anyone build such a thing."

"Nippon believed it would leave them as the last people alive during the end stages of the Third World War."

"Wouldn't it have killed them too?"

"Oh yes, sir. Nippon would not dare code any kind of safety into the Elimination Unit. To do so might invite someone to find a way to pacify the machine."

"So?"

"They assumed that by the time the Eliminator returned home - they would know how to defeat it."

"That's insane."

"Technically speaking, yes. I believe it is, sir."

"So why would you repair it?"

"Sir?"


All I can say about these last few thousand is - embrace the retcon.

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