I think an interesting direction might have been something more primitive/proto-tribal and shown them as distant descendants of the Chinese people from the submarine that preserved their traditions but also allowed them to evolve/change in the near 200 years since the Great War, whereas in the game they feel more like the children or maybe at a push grandchildren of the original survivors at most. The idea of their leader being a super-computer and them holding good technological knowledge is neat but they do swerve into mary-sue territory with their power levels.
The Shi prove the most problematic.Ĭonceptually they are quite strong but they are super underutilized, outside of the main quest there really isn't any actual content with them. Tanker Vagrants are fine and the Hubologists are a mix of being too much and also too little.
I think it's overall fine but yes it is strange in its setup and payoff.