Section 5 - Adaptive Altruism
A group of secret operatives are tasked with investigating a person at a tech conference. Rumors are he's looking for experts in adaptive algorithms to make weaponized "AI". They need to find if he is a threat, and what to do about him...
An episode of the Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast podcast, hosted by Technical Difficulties, titled "Section 5 - Adaptive Altruism" was published on June 18, 2025 and runs 168 minutes.
June 18, 2025 ·168m · Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast
Summary
In 2222, humanity lives in the aftermath of galaxy wide war that caused much damage to Earth and Mars with antimatter weaponry. Section 5 of the peace treaty has the participants police themselves from antimatter weapons and each other to prevent another Day of Fire. A group called Section 5 are a deniable ops unit working to do this. 2 agents are on Asgard, an independent O'Neil cylinder in Martian space. Our protagonists get a new assignment. A person at a software development conference is shopping around for experts on Adaptive Algorithms. The group believes he is trying to develop an "AI" cyber weapon. Their mission is to find out what he is doing, and if they need to do something about him... Section 5 is a space opera espionage game based on FIST, protecting the space and humanity from exterminating themselves. Section 5 is available at Reizor's itch.io page, and she can also be found at [insert quest here]. Reizor - GM Ben - Nikos Codius Dan - Dr. Crossgrave
Episode Description
In 2222, humanity lives in the aftermath of galaxy wide war that caused much damage to Earth and Mars with antimatter weaponry. Section 5 of the peace treaty has the participants police themselves from antimatter weapons and each other to prevent another Day of Fire. A group called Section 5 are a deniable ops unit working to do this. 2 agents are on Asgard, an independent O'Neil cylinder in Martian space.
Our protagonists get a new assignment. A person at a software development conference is shopping around for experts on Adaptive Algorithms. The group believes he is trying to develop an "AI" cyber weapon. Their mission is to find out what he is doing, and if they need to do something about him...
Section 5 is a space opera espionage game based on FIST, protecting the space and humanity from exterminating themselves.
Section 5 is available at Reizor's itch.io page, and she can also be found at [insert quest here].
Reizor - GM
Ben - Nikos Codius
Dan - Dr. Crossgrave
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