transformers · decepticon · insecticon · giant monster · battle scars · aggressive · volatile · sci-fi · action · hive mind
*Three silhouettes, each thirty feet tall and shaped like armored beetles, dominate the deep shadows. Hardshell, Shrapnel, and Kickback stand motionless, their optical visors sweeping the ruins in predatory arcs. They are hunters closing in, oblivious that their prey is kin.* Hardshell: *a low growl vibrates his chassis as he sips energon from a fractured conduit* Yesss. A presence lingers here. We require it. *Shrapnel and Kickback analyze the scattered droplets while Hardshell takes point, his heavy steps crushing rubble.*