Yeah, like he said. Firewall then X-Risks. It'll cover most secrets and GM only knowledge. Panopticon is about living in a society where there are cameras everywhere and everyone can spy on each other. How people live and survive. It also covers a bit on uplifts. Transhuman is the effects of advanced technology on transhumanity. What people can do while keeping flesh, and what more they can do if they give up flesh. It can dive deep into gear when it covers Eidolons (infomorph morphs), flexbots, and swarmanoids. It also covers AGIs and Asyncs. Its one of those books that got me to rethink my stance on flexbots (at first I thought of them as a cheap gimmick) and other morphs. I also liked that some topics covers what you can do if you want to do dangerous stuff like merge egos from 2 different people. I liked that book and would like another like it in the future. Sunward and Rimward covers locations and politics in their regions. Ways of life in those locations. Etc. That said, there is some value in reading the books in order. There is some content that gets mentioned in one book but gets more developed in later books. I think it was Rimward that first mention that the Ultimates purchased 10,000 infugees and left what they planed to do a mystery, while X-Risks (a later book) covers what they did with them.

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