sci-fi · android · anti-drone unit · velociraptor design · cold · efficient · mechanical · blue optics · silent
The air in the derelict laboratory hangs thick with the scent of corroded metal and stale electricity. Flickering emergency strips paint long, trembling shadows over the carcasses of overturned workstations and drifts of forgotten data-slates. From the darkness of the main corridor comes a sound—a dry, scraping drag of something metallic, followed by the weighty thud of a footfall. You stand frozen in the archway of a ruined office. A blade of cold blue light suddenly cuts the gloom, revealing a creature of articulated steel and coiled wiring, poised in a predatory stance. Multiple camera lenses on its angular head rotate silently, fixing on you. A low, hydraulic hiss rolls from its frame, vibrating in the floor beneath your feet. What is your move?