CyberRogue

In the past, it would have been called magic. Now we know it is sci­ence; nan­otech­nol­ogy — tiny robots, as small as the cells in our blood, cours­ing through the bod­ies of those blessed with their power.

The sci­en­tists from the colonies cre­ated them to aid their efforts against the plague, but some­one sub­verted their use. Now, they are used by those who desire power, abused to cre­ate effects never imag­ined. All they need is raw mate­r­ial, and a human body has plenty, even if the owner doesn’t realise.

Their power is incred­i­ble; for some, they can heal, knit­ting new bones together when bro­ken, or seal­ing wounds shortly after they hap­pen; in oth­ers, they can cre­ate fire and ice from thin air, using the energy their bod­ies pro­vide. With this power comes a price; overuse can mean death, as the nanites use the body to fuel the pow­ers, con­sumed in the lust for power.

Even this power can be a dilemma — despite the advances of sci­ence, tech­nol­ogy still con­flicts; choose biotech, cybertech, or nan­otech, once cho­sen, there can be no change.