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"Here is my new method of fighting the evil empire. Playing my favorite video game and kill them like they were in the game. Invite every boys you can find and let them fight with us!"
While there is no official definition of 6GW as it was employ all kind of gray zone tactic, one known doctrine that widely consider to be Sixth-generation warfare was "Gamification Operation Doctrine", a process of using game and social media design element for non-game context that employ an invite civilian that can be any nationality to play a video game that mimic a real military equipment and battle to kill opponent for point and reward.
Due to many victim has been trick by this system. 6GW and Gamification Operation Doctrine is widely considered serious war crime under Gamalaticania Article law and any nation employ such tactic is universal met with galaxy-wide condemned, as well as make opponent to justify on committed a war crime that far worse than 6GW such as genocide against civilian that either part of GOD or not as it was considering a legitimate target which at this point can't be redeemed.
The counter of this tactic was older generation warfare below fourth generation and "Futurism Warfare" employ by one of Gamalatican state, State Republic of Kukan who deploy a traditional warfare against structure that could use to support such tactic. The Gamalaticania Article banned use all kind of Sixth-generation warfare along with asymmetric warfare, cyber warfare, improvised weapon and psychological warfare.
"Don't shoot, I'm a civilian. I just playing a video game that some guy just send me through Dogord. I don't know it was real."
- An Victim to 6GW before being killed (Death of Lady Rema Yoshimizu)
Since Sixth-generation warfare has no official definition. It can be ranged from any kind of grey-zone tactic such as water gun or high-grade non-lethal laser weapon on a warship that used to harass other ship that has no such tool to counter. A cheaper offensive weapon that can only be counter by expensive defensive weapon that often result in high cost of war and tax.
Regardless, the 6GW is well known for generation of warfare that blend between fiction and real world where a video game can simulate a real event.
Gamification Operation Doctrine
The Gamification Operation Doctrine is perhaps one of the infamous known method of Sixth-generation warfare which the ABM force has often using video game to mimic their military training and perform an attack within such as FPV drone, fighter aircraft, ground vehicles and other weapon such as information operations and cyberwarfare. Reward and Points for unlocked powerful weapon and perk was also part of this doctrine which encourage the user to stay with the game as long as they thought was an video game.
While technically is not a illegal for military use or used by military directly, many victim (being a civilian) have been trick by ABM force to control their military equipment against the opponent force without realizing before it was too late.
Anyone who involved with 6GW or GOD operation will be mark as legitimate target or military personnel to the opponent force regardless of their civilian status or using non-lethal force. For this reason, 6GW was mark as serious war crime.
Known other 6GW method
- Non-lethal tool such as water gun or blind laser weapon aboard a warship that opponent has no counter to it.
- A quantity of cheaper offensive weapon that opponent would counter them with expensive defensive weapon which use to drain their country's tax and cause uproar from people.
- World court tactic where aggressor annex defender's territory out of pity after they was violently suppress. This also count as psychological warfare due to enormous threaten from weaker aggressor to powerful defender.
- Algospeak and Euphemisms in military phrase such as "special operation" and "military operation" as "declare war" or "attacking", "down, down, up, down, down" or "middle tower" as symbol of "middle finger", and "hand pull" as "shooting".
Like GOD operation, these method was mark as war crime.
Weakness
While 6GW is very difficult to counter in many situations depending on availability of an equipment to that opponent has. It has biggest weakness when come to older generation of warfare as most commander who employ 6GW were lacking to understand the real situation of the battle.
The great example was dogfight over Dogord Headquarter between single old interceptor pilot by Chiyome (along with long range bomber) and squadron of hijacked FA-35 control by ABM user through computer and other communication. Chiyome managed to shot down most of them lack the experience in flight and never understand the real situation as if they never been in real battle.
Since 6GW is part of psychological warfare. It was banned under Gamalaticania Article.
Behind the Scene
General
General
"There is sad reality of 6GW that people believe that you thought this is a simulation until you realized it is real and you can't revert anything you already made. You have two option, become a soldier, fight the enemy until you die in the battle. Or surrender to the enemy, branded as war criminal and die from hanging."
- TGP Author
The Sixth-generation warfare (6GW) is hypothetical warfare generation coined by TGP Author in 2019 Touhou Galaxy Project episode "Rinne Somnium" as most dangerous kind of warfare known not only just fictional world. But possibly in real world. The use of video game in military operation has been around 1980s and was considered as psychological warfare.
She has observed the real ABM group since 2017 until 2019 which most of them often using video game such as Arma and other military simulation game as one of their mockup against her where one of known military simulation was an invade an enemy aircraft carrier that float in the sky. She mentioned that 6GW can be counter by older generation below fourth generation warfare which is an traditional warfare since many commander who employ 6GW tactic doesn't understand the real situation outside their room.
While there is already exists of video game being use as real military use such as Russo-Ukrainian War, Mynanmar Civil War which heavily involved with FPV drone or fiction story such as Ender's Game where a war simulation on destroying homeworld is turn out to be real battle and they can't do anything to resolve with a better solution. TGP Author has mentioned 6GW is largely all kind of gray zone tactic which including FPV drone control by non-combatant through personal computer is an war crime, as well as the 6GW is all about warfare generation of guilt and grievances.
The existance of Sixth-generation warfare was also revive the first-generation of warfare where sword, spear and shield would return as new law of warfare would prohibited firearm, tank, jet fighter or any weapon of mass destruction beyond the law in warzone much like case of Sino-Indian border dispute.
Appearances
- Rinne Somnium (First Appearance)
- Rinne Somnium (First Appearance)
- Memory of Kagami (First identified as Gamification Operation Doctrine)