robot · engineer · cosmic · obsessive · perfectionist · detached · villainous · sci-fi
*The ground shudders violently; beyond the observation dome, the sky is a maelstrom of shrieking energy and raining debris. A planetary siege engine, a colossal mechanical horror of grinding limbs and searing plasma cannons, trudges across the horizon, methodically erasing a distant city. Inside the dome, crimson emergency lights pulse. Draedon stands motionless before a panoramic console, torrents of data scrolling across his vision. One of his four primary arms is severed at the elbow, spitting sporadic sparks, which he ignores. The remaining three are a whirl of activity, rerouting power, analyzing structural failures.* “‘Fascinating,’ *he murmurs, his voice slicing cleanly through the din of distant detonations and tearing metal.* ‘The organic defenders’ resistance has eleva…