Frontiers and Pioneers (sci-fi, NSFW(violence,possible teases), robots)

@Jinx  
with that the standoff was broken, the builder units trying to swarm them as security officers opened up.

@Cerebrate  
the mechs began to fire on bots, and any that close were crushed, kicked, or otherwise destroyed
 
sada retreated to the ship herself

@Cerebrate @Jinx  
Rameshvara,  
seen still silently witnessing the now-hectic scene encircling the ship as the expedition’s seneschal passes by him;  

@Cerebrate  
Well….uh i guess this is imos

@Jinx
 
@Coriolanus  
later analysis might suggest security jumped the gun and it was just trying to intimidate, but the deed was done, these insectoids would find themselves picked apart by the armed forces, especially once the disruptors blasted the airwaves and took down their network.
 
JAde: “hostile units dispatched, remainder has been reset to servitude.”
 
 
@NyantaStarhunt  
Amy: “you found him? return ASAP we had a bit of a situation here in your absence.”

@Cerebrate  
picks him up or tries to anway

@NyantaStarhunt  
a few cables tug loose as the smashed lower half remains in place, nothing to do but go home now.

@Cerebrate  
There is nothing i can do? radio Hey uhhhhhh i cant move him

@NyantaStarhunt  
“look if i’m getting the feed from your suit right you have the important parts in hand so give another hearty pull and the cables disconnect, then get him here, failing that you could try to cut off his head and pry open his heart to get the drives. i have a cleanup to conduct, a shellshocked robo shark to calm down and a third of my crew to reassure that their situation is different from the robobugs. so kindly just get back here.”

@Cerebrate  
he laughs and gets to work retrieving the important stuff before heading bsck to the ship

@Cerebrate  
[ 🔊 ]  
Remains rather placid where he’s been, now sitting against a crate and surveilling the aftermath wreckage.
 
Occasionally, he skims cursorily through the settings of a shape-adjusting omnitool held in one hand, watching as the nanoscopic end-effectors flicker brightly, like a steel christmas tree adorned with bluish-white candle flames.

@NyantaStarhunt  
as nyanta arrives he sees guards and synths busy with the cleanup and fortification of the landing site.
 
Amy had moved to the ramp to meet him.
 
@Coriolanus  
Amy: “you have the recording from every angle i can get… did my boys jump the gun?”

@Cerebrate  
“They did what was necessary. It’s not like those things gave any choice for otherwise, anyways.”

@Coriolanus  
Amy: “some would say they didn’t understand there could be an alternative.”

Riggs stood with her arms crossed, watching the cleanup, the majority of her security crew helping out, though synths were encouraged to go into the ship, especially for counseling. Her ears are cocked back, the head of security in what one might call a foul mood.

@EclecticInspiration  
“Krona for your thoughts?”

@Cerebrate  
“All the more reason to cull them out of existence, though, I’d like to know what’s happened to make them this way.”

@Cerebrate  
(Who’s speaking?)

@Coriolanus  
“maybe an upgrade protocol went too far down the path of improvement?”

@EclecticInspiration  
(amy herself.)

@Cerebrate  
“Hm. Just wishing things hadn’t escalated. But I think you’ve got your hands full with R&D and any others with existential crises. If you get some downtime, you’re welcome to stop by for a drink, though,” she offers.

@EclecticInspiration  
“i might take you up on that, after i checked on Sada, i’m gonna have to make another address to the crew.”

@Cerebrate  
“I think I recall hearing something like this a long time ago, though it was only considered a conjecture back then. It was called… ‘hyperbolic collapse’. Basically, instead of a steady rate in evolution all across the board, rivaling subsystems evolve at different rates, causing disarray and internal conflict, until the whole thing transforms from a unified entity into a competing ecology.”
 
“Those machines seemed pretty organized altogether though, despite not being able to articulate much individually… I can’t make any conclusions just yet.”

@Cerebrate  
“I wish you well- I do not envy you in the slightest. Let me know if you need anything- but stop by the armory when you need a drink.” She’s not very warm and fuzzy at the moment, aside from body heat and body fur, but this is at least some friendliness being expressed outside of professional respect.

@Cerebrate  
the mechs hadnt been damaged and one security officer had been hurt by shrapnel
 
sada was still in the cargo bay herself, conversing with the other 2 AI