It's 2040 and Earth's at war. Disabled vets are given the best care available with artificial limbs hooked into their nervous systems stronger than the ones they replace and artificial organs more efficient than standard human organs. There have, unfortunately, been cases of vets freaking out and, with their powerful bionic limbs, causing serious damage. But modern medicine has a solution: a sort of neural pacemaker that smooths out the tumultuous emotions caused by PTSD. The vets who've had the implant say that they've never felt better; you really ought to experience it yourself. But the way they say it is disturbingly flat. And don't the silver outfits the patients wear at this VA hospital look strangely familiar?
