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MY BOY MY EGG HEADED SON THANK YOU FOR DRAWING HIM I'M HANGING THIS UP ON THE REFRIGERATOR IN MY MIND

Item: Antique automata and related blueprints/notes

WB-TB (Warbot: Tunnel Buster) (1897)

Primary Directive: Sweep the mines and secure the area. Escort humans to the surface. Destroy any green matter powered machinery.

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Condition:

WB-TB-1 through WB-TB-8: Poor

WB-TB-9: Fair

WB-TB-10 through WB-TB-14: Poor

Notes: All but WB-TB-9 are in various states of disrepair. Some have cores that were shut down properly and might be salvageable, all others should be considered scrap material. Schedule WB-TB-9 for repairs and activation as soon as possible.

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Reverse Engineering Report

All destroyed bots show signs of crushing and green matter weaponry consistent with most other warbots from the time. Radiation is minimal and benign.

The point of failure that seems to have caused such a high mortality rate among this model compared to others of the same year is the talocrural hinge pin which was made of copper instead of the medium carbon steel or malleable cast iron we normally see in Peter I's bot construction. The copper couldn't withstand the weight of the bots for long and, in most cases, bent to uselessness or, in a few cases, fractured completely.

On a less morbid note, they all seem to have been built with included transceivers and have a separate antenna for transmitting and receiving. In the pursuit of being nice I will call that decision fascinating and unique.

These are the first bots discovered with the purpose of actually going into the mines. The notes discovered with these remains include what seems to be partial blueprints for bots completely unrelated to the WB-TB model. They require more study but I think, if these bots were ever even constructed, we might have stumbled on a whole new classification of first generation automata.

-W.W Nick 4/17/12