Editing Wasteland (video game) (section)

==Plot==
In 2087, generations after the devastation of a global [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]] in 1998, a remnant force of the [[United States Army]] called the Desert Rangers operates in the [[Southwestern United States]], acting as peacekeepers to protect fellow survivors and their descendants. A team of Desert Rangers is assigned to investigate a series of disturbances in nearby areas. Throughout the game, the rangers explore the remaining enclaves of human civilization, including a post-apocalyptic [[Las Vegas]].<ref name=ign_top25_2000/>

As the group's investigation deepens, the rangers discover evidence of a larger menace threatening to exterminate what is left of humankind. A pre-war [[artificial intelligence]] operating from a surviving military facility, Base Cochise, is constructing armies of killer machines and cybernetically modified humans to attack human settlements with the help of Irwin Finster, the deranged former commander of the base. Finster has gone so far as to transform himself into a [[cyborg]] under the AI's control. The AI's ultimate goal is to complete Finster's "Project Darwin" and replace the world's "flawed" population with genetically pure specimens. With help from a pre-war [[Android (robot)|android]] named Max, the player recovers the necessary technology and weapons in order to confront the AI at Base Cochise and destroy it by making the base's [[nuclear reactor]] melt down.<ref>{{cite video game |title=Wasteland |developer=[[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]] |publisher=[[Electronic Arts]] |date=January 2, 1988 |platform=Apple II}}</ref>