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03/25/10(Thu)20:35:29 No.8067065It was bigger than I have
any point of comparison for, except perhaps some of the larger habs. At
first only the top poked out of the waves, gliding towards us, leaving a
huge wake behind it. But as it approached it seemed to rise out of the
water, bringing more and more of the structure into view until what
looked for all the world like a gigantic, angular metal mountain climbed
out of the sea entirely on an array of armored treads that we later
discovered were *just* tall enough to peek over the treeline. The
squatters were about halfway back to the loading bay door when intense
light shot forth from one of about a dozen turrets arranged at different
'tiers' of the beast before us, and bathed them momentarily in its
blinding glow. We knew enough to shield our eyes, and when we felt it
safe to look at the spot where the fleeing squatters had once stood. We
saw only a round mat of dull red glass and the brittle, carbonized
remains of the squatters. One of the lune recruits wandered over and
nudged what looked like thighs, a spine and a ribcage jutting up from
the partially molten goo. It crumbled. I can't describe the smell and I
don't care to.
Moments later, five hatches in the front of the
monstrosity slid open and ramps descended from them. Row after row of
humanoid, quadrupedal and heavy tracked combat drones issued forth. They
passed us as if we weren't there. Some entered the compound, others
proceeded to surround the outside. Meanwhile a black cloud of aerial
drones in all shapes and sizes had taken flight from the upper decks of
Iron Hill, and we watched in awe as the buzzing mass stretched out
towards the compound. I had a million questions. Why wait until now? Why
feed us to the grinder like that? Just to draw out the remaining
squatters? How had Unisec kept a weapons project like this secret? None
of them would be answered, at least not to my satisfaction. Unisec works
in mysterious ways. |