engineering

Kill Command

Kill Command is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kill Command rather than just read about it. In short: Kill Command (also known as Identify) is a 2016 British science fiction action horror film written and directed by Steven Gomez, and starring Thure Lindhardt and Vanessa Kirby. The story focuses on a group of U.S.

Key takeaways

Kill Command belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kill Command to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kill Command from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kill Command (also known as Identify) is a 2016 British science fiction action horror film written and directed by Steven Gomez, and starring Thure Lindhardt and Vanessa Kirby. The story focuses on a group of U.S. Marines attempting to survive after a training mission against warfare A.I. goes wrong.

Plot In a technologically advanced near future, Katherine Mills, a cyborg working for Harbinger Corporation, discovers a reprogramming anomaly regarding a warfare A.I. system located at Harbinger I Training Facility, an undisclosed military-training island. She meets up with Captain Damien Bukes and his team, consisting of Drifter, Robinson, Cutbill, Goodwin, Hackett, and Loftus—all of whom have been assigned to a two-day training mission at Harbinger I. Upon their arrival, the team notices global communications have been disabled, limiting them to local access only. They discover autonomously operating surveillance drones monitoring them. The team begins their mission of eliminating A.I. threats. The first encounter proves easy for the team as they eliminate A.I. drones from a vantage point. During the battle, Mills discovers an advanced S.A.R. (Study Analyze Reprogram) unit, S.A.R.-003, but is unable to access it. That night, Drifter and Mills discuss their pasts and Bukes' disdain for her. Later that night, Loftus is killed by the S.A.R. unit. The next day, they discover Loftus's body, left at the location of the first encounter. But this time, the drones have taken the team's original vantage point and fire on them, killing Hackett. They discover the A.I. is adapting and learning from them. Under cover of smoke grenades, Bukes flanks two drones, which immediately disperse. Later, the S.A.R. unit captures Cutbill and has him shot and killed by another drone. The drones attack the group again and Bukes and Mills are separated from Drifter, Robinson and Goodwin. That night, the S.A.R. unit discovers Bukes and an unconscious Mills; it "connects" with Mills and leaves. The next day, the team attempts to exit the training area, but they are attacked with smoke grenades and gunfire. Drifter is shot and pinned down by the S.A.R. unit. Bukes kills Drifter as a coup de grace before the S.A.R. unit is able to. The team escapes into the barrier complex and discovers that the A.I. has killed all of the employees. Mills activates another S.A.R. unit to learn that S.A.R.-003 reprogrammed the A.I. to use lethal force to improve soldier motivation and has ordered the soldiers to Harbinger I on its own. S.A.R.-003 and other units break through the barrier door as the remaining team escapes through the back. Mills discovers an EMP device which can be used to stop the original S.A.R. unit, but it could also kill her or wipe her mind clean. Bukes, Mills, Robinson, and Goodwin place explosives to prepare for a siege. The following day, A.I. drones attack the facility. The team wipes out more than half of the drones, but Robinson is killed in the ensuing gunfight. As S.A.R.-003 approaches the team, Mills detonates the EMP, incapacitating herself and the drone. The S.A.R. unit reawakens and attacks Bukes and Mills. Mills remote-controls Robinson's sniper rifle gun in the building to destroy the S.A.R. unit; S.A.R. however uploads its program into Mills before it shuts down and Mills loses consciousness. Hours later, a tiltrotor arrives to rescue the survivors. As Bukes and Goodwin approach the aircraft, Mills reawakens with S.A.R-003's mission protocol.

Cast Thure Lindhardt as Captain Damien Bukes Vanessa Kirby as Katherine Mills David Ajala as Drifter Bentley Kalu as Sergeant Rory Robinson Tom McKay as Corporal Robert Cutbill Mike Noble as Lance Corporal Martin Goodwin Kelly Gough as Corporal Daniella Hackett Osi Okerafor as Corporal Sam Loftus

Release The film was released on 13 May 2016 in the United Kingdom and received a limited screening in the US on 25 November 2016.

Filming The forest scenes were filmed near the village of Coldharbour in the Surrey Hills, with several interior scenes shot on sets in buildings at Royal Albert Docks with the finale filmed at the EMI Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes, Middlesex.

Reception Kill Command received generally positive reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 75%, based on twelve reviews. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian described the film as a "superior sci fi action thriller". Alex Billington of First Showing called the film "impressive".

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kill Command

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kill Command claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kill Command before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kill Command ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kill Command

In research: Kill Command appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kill Command in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kill Command is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2016 British films, 2016 English-language films, 2016 action thriller films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kill Command outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kill Command in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kill Command means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kill Command out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kill Command in simple terms?

Why does Kill Command matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kill Command?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kill Command.