“I have a blip on the m-reader.”
“Where?”
“Two o-clock, just over the barrels there, behind the crates.”
“I ain’t picking up anything, do you mean the wasted food crates?”
“Can’t see it anymore, it’s gone now.”
“What’s the setting on that reader?”
“Three…”
“Too low, you are probably picking up rats or something.”
“Ok I’ll set it to four…”

Extract of the conversation between Pvt. Trevis and Sgt. Orrick recovered from Sgt. Orricks personal comm-recorder after retrieval of their corpses.

Feared by the enemy, hated by most, Slicer Runners are amongst the more controversial autonomous robots delivered by Remtec Robotics. A Slicer Runner looks like a headless chicken; a sensor array and four optical units are mounted on the front allowing a wide range of visual, motion and acoustic detection. Mounted on the top is a rotor shaft whose end is fitted with three sets of weighted monofilament wires. When activated, the control core of the unit seeks out all humanoid targets not fitted with a friendly transponder. Once within range the robot spins the rotor and unrolls one monofilament wire. The rotor thus becomes a deadly propeller capable of slicing off a human leg at the knee. If one monofilament wire becomes entangled, it is ejected and another one is unrolled.

“I ain’t going into them underpasses. Send in the hoppers and let them take the heat.”
Cpl. Projiko – Cirqual-IV sweep mission.

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