RoboCop 2

As the years passed since the first deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, the streets of Detroit began to show a marked decrease in crime. The success of the program, run by OCP (Omni Consumer Products), was undeniable, and the corporation saw its goal of urban pacification within reach. However, a new and sinister threat emerged from the shadows, a menace that would test the limits of the RoboCop program and push it to the brink of collapse. Enter Cane, a charismatic and unhinged leader who has a profound impact on the city's youth. Obsessed with the idea of creating a more stable, god-like society, Cane spreads his ideology through a new, highly addictive narcotic known as "Nuke." This potent substance warps the minds of those who use it, making them susceptible to Cane's Everyman cult and sowing chaos throughout the city. Nuke's devastating effects only exacerbate the existing problems in Detroit, and the once-effective RoboCop program begins to struggle to keep pace. Murphy, the original RoboCop, is still operational but is facing extreme pressure from the sheer number of Nuke-addled civilians he must deal with. His maintenance and upkeep also become increasingly complicated due to OCP's attempt to replicate the success of the first unit. OCP becomes increasingly aggressive in their efforts to perfect the RoboCop design, but their drive for innovation proves shortsighted. Their new prototypes fail to live up to the original, plagued by issues of poor design and manufacturing oversight. The result is a series of clumsy, malfunctioning units that prove more hindrance than help. The OCP board, driven by their insatiable desire to exploit the RoboCop program for profit, push on, ignoring warnings and concerns from their own engineers and researchers. Meanwhile, Dr. Kathryn "Kitt" Baxter, a scientist on the periphery of OCP's organization, begins to develop an alternative vision for the RoboCop program. She establishes her own independent laboratory, free from OCP's restrictive influence. Baxter's work is largely apolitical and science-driven, focusing on using advanced robotics and technology to create new, more efficient machines. However, she also begins to develop an unusual theory – that a specific genetic makeup can react positively to the machine-code deployed by RoboCop, allowing it to rewrite an individual's DNA towards a semi-sentient, post-human mind. Understandably, an engineer on the Baxter team, a man named Lewis Sarcoma, disapproves of Faxx's plan. This doesn't stop Faxx however, who instead goes on to use Cane, an inveterate Nuke addict and the impeding menace to the metropolis, as the test subject. Despite OCP's callous attitude towards the welfare of their employees, as well as Murphy, the board makes another decision: push on. They put into production a supposedly upgraded unit based on yet another faulty prototype. These machines – each of which ends up self-destructing when tested – mark a calamitous failure for both the RoboCop program as well as OCP's leadership. Things continue to fall apart, both in practicality and value, casting doubts over RoboCop's efficacy. Faced with widespread failing prototypes and rising public dissent, OCP struggles to contain the consequences of its own recklessness. Baxter and Sarcoma discover that Faxx has started manipulating the RoboCop project for his own objectives – aiming to take on God-like characteristics by incorporating human DNA, which is inspired directly by Cane. Meanwhile, the number of Nuke users, many of who also acquire god-like status in Baxter's vision, escalates into chaos, threatening to break down social infrastructure once and for all. Murphy is on the floor, increasingly unable to cope, especially in light of the growing influence of Dr. Faxx's project. Given these challenges, a change of route was required: something to salvage what had been broken and keep the RoboCop vision on track towards being a beacon of hope.