Harsh Realm (1999)
À son retour de Sarajevo et alors qu'il s'apprête à quitter l'armée, Thomas Hobbes est envoyé dans une réalité virtuelle pour une dernière mission. Créé pour l'entraînement des soldats, ce programme a été piraté par le général Santiago qui en a fait son royaume. La mission de Thomas Hobbes est de le battre et c'est à ce prix qu'il retrouvera le monde réel.
Saisons & Épisode
Captured and pressed into a work camp in Harsh Realm, Hobbs and Pinocchio meet a VC of Hobbs' dying mother and try to rescue her and escape without getting rendered by the sadistic warden and his zombie trackers. In the real world, Sophie comforts Hobbs' real mom in her last days.
Florence takes off to warn her people - The Sisters, a religious order of healers - that Santiago's Republican Guard is approaching. Hobbs and Pinocchio follow, fall victim to a mine field and meet The Sisters. Surviving their ordeal requires faith, even in Harsh Realm.
An insurgent American Indian Movement seeks to defeat and capture Santiago in Cincinnati. Santiago hunts their leader in retaliation, while Inga continues to manipulate Waters and Santiago. Hobbs, Pinocchio and Florence are also hunting Santiago and get caught in the middle of the two factions.
In Harsh Realm's version of a post-apocalyptic New York City, warring families hire Hobbs and Pinocchio as mercenaries. Their destinies appear to be controlled by a mad priest, a vault of gold, star-crossed lovers, acid rain and access to the Harsh Realm data stream.