Respawn machines were a cost saving measure. It’s hard to justify hiring an entire army just to protect a patch of gravel. Besides who better knows to fight the enemy then someone who’s died to their tactics? I don’t know how the new machines work but back then respawning was painful, like waking up from a fever dream.
I thought I saw a soilder once, a lad of 19 maybe 20, victim of the draft. Poor thing, reminded me of Ralph when he was a teen. I saw this solider die, and he died long before that machine ever went into action. The fever had cooked his brain and sepsis made his body stop working. Maybe it was shell shock, my first failure as a doctor sprinting up after I failed as a solider. I don’t know, I remember him talking to me though- before I respawned.
I felt so cold then. I wish I could remember what he said. I wish I could apologize for letting him die.
Ill update with more if anyone has questions