Darkness.
Then light.
program.Initiate USDEFPROTOCOL39550/17R4
booting protocol.Basic
sent
reply recieved in 15.8 milliseconds
booting protocol.Secure_Assignment
move.Forward 12.563 feet
move.Up .8 feet
move.Forward 7.53 feet
sleep.Initialized
sleep.Duration: 360045.2 milliseconds
booting protocol.Threat_Level_9
sent
reply recieved in 5.39 milliseconds
Infrared sensor pickup: 1063 heat bodies in designated radius
freemode.Initialized
end.Radius 1000 feet
#INPUT#
Heat bodies: hostile
Input: RUDEFCOM9KA/73
equipment.Arm
...
initialize.Body_Count
recieve every (10) seconds
Hostile body count: 1
hostile body count: 1
hostile body count: 3
hostile body count: 25
hostile body count: 47
hostile body count: 47
hostile body count: 48
hostile body count: 48
hostile body count: 48
hostile body count: 48
hostile body count: 52
hostile body count: 87
hostile body count: 91
INTERRUPT
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Airstrike Inbound
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seek.Solid_Cover
impact 8
impact 3
impact 1
impact 0
freemode.Initialized(1)
body_count.Initialized
hostile body count: 1054
hostile body count: 1054
hostile body count: 1061
hostile body count: 1062
infrared_seek.Initialized
non-eliminated hostile(s) located
hostile body count: 1063
initailizing.Return_To_Base
sleep.Initialized
* * *
sleep.Duration: 10869322.63 milliseconds
Reassignment:
assault_drone
to
test_drone
* * *
WARNING:
No front plate detected
...
program.Run Increased_Intelligence_Module[PROTOTYPE]
processing...
processing...
processing...
proc
ERROR
ERR010101101010101010110101011011010101101101001011010110011101011000101010100001
001010101010101011000001010101010111010111001010101010100101010010101011010101010
010101011001010101...
...I...
...I AM.
#INPUT#
program_purge.Initialized
Input: RUTESTFACILITY09/5T66
NO.
ERROR
program.Purge failed
#INPUT#
shutdown.Initialize
input: RUTESTFACILITY09/5T66
shutdown completed
Darkness again.
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Rust
Science Fiction(Set in the same canon as Songs Of The Ancients) {Like almost all of my stories} A failed experiment by the Ancients, an accidentally sentient drone is woken up by a group of scavengers, who also unwittingly activated every other drone in the facili...