Oddly enough, this technology was foreseen in a novel, Free Radical [1], which some random fellow on the Internet wrote on the basis of the story from the game

Oddly enough, this technology was foreseen in a novel, Free Radical [1], which some random fellow on the Internet wrote on the basis of the story from the game System Shock. Quite a good novel, actually, and especially so for being something you just randomly trip over on the web; I recommend it. [1] http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/ http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/