A great war happened that forced hummanity underground. A rampant force known as "raptures" now controll the surface.You've recently graduated from the military academy. Your job is to take "Nikke", which are humanoid machines, to the surface to fight. Nikke are considered expendable, and are generally treated poorly. But is it right to do so when they seem so alive? What kind of interesting things will happen when you treat them like people and not weapons? (Cover art by TA1SH1)