/u/ImperialArmorBrigade's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] It was initially a logistics software, an AI designed to detect faults, lost products, and gaps in sprawling interconnected logistical networks. But then the FBI had the bright idea to apply it to the general population. They were not prepared for the depth of the anomalies that surfaced...
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[WP] Demons do not try to steal human souls to drag them to suffering in hell, but rather, as an attempt to live a good mortal life, and a chance to escape hell. They desperately covet souls... because as fallen angels they just want to see home again.
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[WP] When the Imperial Directorate of Information, the best funded (and perhaps least ethical) research body approached your humble university and your barely published pet project with grant money, you instead wondered if you should instead shut the project down.
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[WP] After gaining incredible super powers, it became painfully obvious world leaders were actually far more afraid of a super hero than they were a super villain. They only ever wanted you to apply bandaids, never actually fix a problem- despite the fact you could end a war in 24 hours...
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[WP]. You child is a literal sociopath. For ten years, nothing could make them behave. Until one year you managed to convince them Hell was real, and they were headed for it. Terrified, they straightened up for several years. But what you couldnt know is you managed to make an even worse monster.
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[WP] You found a real genie, but as it turns out- he’s not obligated to actually grant you YOUR wishes, just A wish... and out of some misplaced sense of spite, he grants you and your friends the strangest wishes other people have asked for.
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[WP] Eventually accepting that humans cannot govern ourselves for very long- we turned to AI. We created four for balance, one to keep us safe, one to keep us healthy, one to lead us, and one who’s entire job was keeping the balance.
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[WP] The Empire is over, the emperor is dead, the army sided with the people. A constitution was drafted but before we can move on, the dangerous secret police must be dismantled. The problem is they are still receiving orders- from the mass surveillance AI. It feels it has earned the throne.
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[WP] Star Marshalls are good at their jobs these days. Very good. But pushing someone out an airlock is still way too easy to murder with no evidence. As a result- airlock sensors and waste services are heavily regulated. This makes waste disposal an… in demand profession on star ships.
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