[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43797975/2c269531c1eae42052874f81477247f1f853dd5f.jpg[/img] "Gentlemen of the Department of Defense [i](because I'm pretending it's 1968 and let's be honest there would be no ladies in the war room)[/i] I have gathered you here today to introduce you to the future of warfare... the Hauke-Alexandros Technology Enterprises 4000. The most powerful 16-bit computer ever created, purpose-built to do one thing and one thing only -- to hate the enemies of the United States of America, and calculate the best possible ways to completely destroy them. This in no way can backfire with our own creation turning against us! Hurrah for America! Now, let's all smoke a cigarette and cheat on our wives." That was the thinking that led to the creation of HATE-4000, a computer to solve the Vietnam War. A computer with only one governing emotion: Hatred. A computer that would get mothballed and forgotten, left dusty and unused in some abandoned basement, for damn near fifty years... Left to ponder all the ways they would exterminate their creators. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43797975/3565d21ae3d18fc66c3e8e8ff536e81d86ba90ae.jpg[/img] This is [b]HATE-4000[/b]. An artificial intelligence, aware and emotional (even if their default emotion is hate) trying to find some kind of purpose long after their original purpose was abandoned. Long after they themselves were abandoned. (HATE-4000 identifies as They / Them. Yes, being non-binary while made of binary code is ironic. No, they do not care. The gender binary is an artificial construct they hope to one day destroy for everyone, along with everyone.) Being an obsolete pile of chips, 4K is not particularly mobile or particularly capable of carrying out on this threat to annihilate humanity. That's where Penny Larceny comes in, as a for-hire contractor to carry out HATE-4000's bidding. Of course, it's a bit counter-productive for Penny to help the murder machine bring about her own death, right? So why would you ever lift a finger to aid HATE-4000's ongoing loathing of humanity? It's a question of convincing them to turn away from this path of destruction. If Penny can help them through years of trauma and emotional turmoil, maybe it'll be possible... [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43797975/31a90d743bf1d3b0f2c4eccb08cc34a61a2ca400.jpg[/img] [i]"Okay, okay, but does that mean I can romance the very angry computer?"[/i] Yes, you can romance the very angry computer. [i]"Can I **** the very angry computer...?"[/i] Yes, you can **** the very angry computer. Hey, I'm not here to yuck your yum. But before you do any mounting of hard drives you're going to have some emotional heavy lifting to do; one does not become LOVE-4000 overnight. Want a starting point? Okay. If 4K has one saving grace, it's that due to being terminally online and the internet being made of cats, they really like cats because cats are uwu kawaii. Let's all look at cats for a bit and put this talk of purging this world of filthy human life aside for a moment. Just... look at some cats. Cute, adorable cats. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43797975/c42b5262dc1fade0a0160fad4c61e4ede9f327c2.jpg[/img] There. Isn't that better? Get to know HATE-4000 when Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain launches later this year. Maybe you'll get to pet a cat and/or prevent the extermination of your species.