A courier swept through the blackness of Gallic space, dodging the few asteroids that blocked it's path. To a casual observer, this ship wouldn't seem out of place; but its movements were too smooth, and had no point of error. It seemed to follow a predefined path, as if on a string being pulled from the water. Smoothly, it approached Montbard, and a circle in the lower part of the asteroid split in two, sliding away to reveal a shielded hangar. Within moments, any sign of the ship had disappeared...
The camera recorded as the wall split open, revealing the modified Courier as it floated gently into the hangar, setting down on the fresh steel floors. The whole room seemed done up, the lights were back on, and the cargo bays were being brought back into use. Less drones seemed to be used now, only a single Tripod stood in wait in a corner, and a Crab meandered past the camera lens, doing the minor duties of an obsolete entity. Jasmine stepped from the cargo bay as an airlock door slid open noiselessly in the side, and smiled at her work. The camera feed shuts down, displaying a data file instead.
Hex5 Data Filing System 1.02 Online.
Uploading Mechanical Physical Interface.
Data Storage Complete, Display Online.
<<DRONE VARIANTS-ATTACK DIRECTIVE>>
A-DSD "Spider" Armored Walker
Purpose:
Heavy defence and assault support. Size:
Central node 1 metre in diametre, legspan 3 metres. Equipment:
Modified Arquebus-II Turret
Central Reactor Core
Multi-sensor node with armored protective plate
6cm high-temperature alloy armor plating
2x High-power swivelling foglights
Base-mounted laser motion scanner Creator Note:
Based on the Crab walker, the Spider is simply a base for a swivelling Arquebus, made to be solid and steadfast under the heaviest of fire.
OPT-A 1138 "Tripod II"
Purpose:
Anti-infantry support and stealth operations Size:
2 metres tall, each leg is 1 metre apart at the base. Equipment
4x Tribarrel assault cannons
Internal gyroscopic stability core
4x High-spectrum omnivisual sensors with 360-degree visual scope
2cm high-temerature alloy armor plating
Internal thermal imaging node Creator Note:
Simply a modified Tripod, the welders have been replaced with assault cannons. Armor has been added, and a thermal imaging node is located within, for hunting the more trying prey...
MKI-64 "Brick" Infantry Drone
Purpose:
Infantry replacement and anti-support gunnery, Kamikaze assault Size:
1.4 metres in height Equipment
2x Pulse lasers
1x Rotational grenade launcher
6x High explosive nodes on back
Full-spectrum visual suite
Selective 2cm armor plating Creator Note:
A walker design that seems a bit out of place, the Brick is a last-ditch weapon to take out an entrenched enemy. In the worst situation, one of these drones can simply charge an enemy, detonating itself when in range- Obliterating the opposition, or rupturing vital systems...such as the ship between the enemy and the vacuum of space.
Data Storage access terminated, storing files.
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what is cool? A basilisk.