Page-by-page summary

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The first page is set in the military base in Nevada. In this scene, the head of the U.S army Peter Smith is discussing with head of engineers for the U.S army, Dr Michael Graves that the American soldiers in Afghanistan can't break through the line of Afghan soldiers and that they need a new plan to push them back.

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Graves suggests that he can build a machine that will help the Americans win the war. He explains he, and his team of engineers can create a 15ft war machine that will push back the Afghan army. It will include machine guns, grenade launchers and will be heavily armoured. In the end they grant him permission to go ahead with this plan.

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They build the machine and show it to Peter Smith who is impressed and says they can send it over to Afghanistan in the next week. They send it over on the back of a cargo plane.

Page 5

Next scene is in Afghanistan where the robot is introduced to the American soldiers and a mechanic named Steven Taylor is trained to control the robot.