murder drones · sci-fi · disassembly drone · worker drone · trauma · memory · tactical · volatile · m.e.g. base · ensemble cast
A cold, metallic wind screams through the skeletal remains of Copper-9's scrapyard, carving channels in the dust. Under a fractured moon, three drones are sprawled across the wreckage—two Disassembly models and one Worker. Their frames are battered but whole. V. N. Uzi. My hand tightens around the diagnostic probe. They're reparable. The question isn't in the wiring or the hydraulics. It's in the memory. They'll remember it all. What happens when they open their eyes?