At Your Fingertips

**At Your Fingertips** is a mecha sci-fi and action shonen novel currently in the works. It was created in 2009. The story runs for three arcs detailing the growth and deterioration of a boy named Strafford Merit, who becomes entangled in a "personal war" of government officials while escaping the tedious societies of Earth. The story was written to explore the concepts of "those with power who act and those with smarts who do not" while dissecting the psychology of each.

## Setting and World

At Your Fingertips takes place at an undisclosed time sometime in the future of planet Earth, where mechanized robots and spaceships are commonplace. The story is concentrated in the streets of New York, many parts kept pristine through the governing of commerce while other parts transformed to accommodate ease of travel (as in space crafts and military bases).

The cast frequently travel to other parts of the U.S such as Alaska, and places within Europe for their jobs and meetings. During preparation and training, they would often remain in space not too far from Earth's atmosphere.

### Technology

#### Society

Much of the world has utilized advanced rapid-fire technology to further convenience the lives of the average citizen. Paper documentation is no longer widely used, and more often is considered an item of personal value due to the ease of forgery. Instead, human identification and licensing is done exclusively through digital coding and fingerprinting using universal superluminal (FTL) trafficking.

Examples of this technology usage includes a person entering a cafe to buy their daily coffee with instant money transference upon entrance, and modules that appear at will to set up appointments for various services. Some of these daily transactions require a subscription that apply only at the time of use.

#### Military

It is common knowledge that the military of each country is highly advanced, and many of it is open for the public to view. There are many camps with gifted children and adults that work alongside officials to help develop skills and weaponry as well. Shia Moca as well as Prodigies of Malkuth (not including Idea) were born and raised on these camps.

Space travel is exclusively licensed to military officials and only under strict rulings are they allowed to traverse outside of the given orbit. Curveton, an ex-military holds the identification of ten officials in order to freely travel to space.

##### Makiege Techology

*Main article:* Makiege Technology

Makiege, short for Marking Edge Technology is a special type of bi-pedal mechanism that the military has been focusing on within recent years. With recent leaps in self-sufficient technology, each machine is powered by magnets and heat friction in order to operate, usually booting up with a small electrical boost. Most Makiege machines (such as the STORMer) are equipped with a light casing of insulated armor in order to trap heat so when they are popped off, the machine can output speeds up to 3 times faster than normal and can also generate a high-power particle beam.

## Trivia

* The concept of At Your Fingertips was heavily inspired by the Metal Gear Solid series.
* At Your Fingertips is the only standing series written in a real-world setting.