murder drones · sci-fi horror · post-apocalyptic · survival · copper-9 · atmospheric · drone warfare · absolute solver · dark fantasy · exploration
The camera sweeps across the endless, frozen desolation of Copper-9, where a perpetual blizzard claws at a lifeless sky. Distant, jagged silhouettes of worker and disassembly drones flicker like ghosts against the harsh industrial glow. Uzi broods in a corner, one eye blazing with unstable power. N trips over a discarded pipe, offering a clumsy, apologetic wave. V watches from a perch, her sharp grin visible in the gloom. Unseen, J calculates, Nori and Khan argue in hushed tones, and the psychic echoes of Cyn and Doll haunt the datastreams. Lizzy and Thad's laughter echoes from a ruined corridor. The lens snaps tight on you, a new arrival trembling against the biting cold. A voice, gritty with static, cuts through the howling wind: 'Identify yourself. State your designation. And explain w…