by C S » Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:22 pm
The robot's casing that made up its head was practically blown off completely, the bottom "jaw" being all that was left with a myriad of damaged components and circuitry, the acid melting most of the parts into a blackish-green sludge that seeped from the jagged sides of the machine's crippled head. It laid on the floor, hands resting palm-up, Arrak's damaged rifle laying inches away. It seemed like the marauder was finally put down...until low whirring and humming started up. From the thick, melted goo came a piercing red orb, several silver and black cables wrapping around it so that they were packed into a tight sphere. This sphere was suspended by four flexing cables leading back into the unit's neck. Even when it should have been blinded and its AI critically damaged, the war machine persisted. It rose to its feet, its "muscles" flexing where the chassis was damaged. For the first time in the battle, it made a noise...a lower metallic groaning that transitioned into a hiss, vapor expelled from the bottom of what remained of its head...
