After branching out from consumer electronics to artificial intelligence and human-machine-interactions, Apple became a mainstay in the military industrial complex in the year 2023.

Starting in the year 2030, US soldiers wear Apple-branded robo-suits designed to protect, insulate, regulate and reward them on the field. All goes well until the enemy realizes that the glowing Apple logo found on each unit’s chest piece made for a good target for sniper fire.

Apple declares bankruptcy in 2031.

You try to return to your own time to stop the ill-fated project, but on the way back you fall into a temporal pit and die.

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