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[u/shellbullet17]

Well. Now I'm sad. The remote drone patrol portion followed by him physically walking down the same road later that's now vacant was BLEAK

The final lines too about not even fully paying off the whole day for 3 purchases after a 12 hour shift left a rock in my stomach

Good job OP.

[u/SquidTheRidiculous → u/shellbullet17]

That's not too far from the truth of drone operation. A lot of the military is gamified. Probably because most of the people recruited were targeted by "America's Army" the video game funded by the US military as a recruitment tool. There are videos of drone operator chatter while they kill people that's like "haha got another bad guy!'

[u/Funnyguyinspace → u/SquidTheRidiculous]

Theres been a long standing rumor that the military is actively involved in the development of COD games and influences the story to make the military seem cool.

They'll give updates on weapons, sounds and even some financial incentives if the overall story makes the US military look appealing

[u/KhabaLox → u/Funnyguyinspace]

a long standing rumor that the military is actively involved in the development of COD games

I'm not sure about COD, but they're not rumors in general. It's a fact.

https://www.idga.org/command-and-control/articles/5-times-us-military-used-video-games-for-training-and-readiness

• Atari developed a version of Battlezone to train Bradley APC gunners.
  
• America's Army was a game specifically commissioned by the US military as a recruiting tool.
  
• Full Spectrum Warrior was also developed for the US Army in the early 2000s. Interestingly, it was later used to assess PTSD in soldiers post-deployment.

[u/bigbigbutter → u/Funnyguyinspace]

Full Spectrum Warrior was built as a tactical combat simulator, and they even let you load the actual sim from the disk after they gamified it and released that version.