Immediate~C
>(autonomous systems){
Following the evacuations of most populated areas within the United States (and continuing with martial law), the US military assigned autonomous patrol units to continue keeping watch over humanity’s former dwellings.
Originally assigned during the “primitive” age of artificial intelligence, majority of autonomous units are relatively simplistic in terms of programming. They could be given objectives to take, patrol routes to follow, and possess basic threat recognition protocols. What they lack in is what many would call “sociability”. As far as vocalization goes, they are essentially conditional programming married to a text-to-speech generator. They are considered by many as nothing more than cannon fodder in every sense of the word; disposable war machines in humanoid form.
Decades after the original evacuations, it seems their programming still remains intact. Like a landmine forgotten after a war, the automated military relics continue to strictly abide by their programming and serve as keepers of the cities. With the gradual reclamation of urban areas, this has posed an issue for land surveyors and scavengers.
While not directly hostile, individuals operating outside of the outposts are advised to remain cautious of patrol units. Though the drones will usually attempt to assist the individual, their outdated combat analysis protocols have occasionally resulted in the “accidental” use of force.
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>[Activate]
>NO ESCAPE
>TRY AND HIDE BUT ITS TOO LATE
>ALL SYSTEMS: [ACTIVATE]
>HUMAN RACE: [ERADICATE]
>SELF-DESTRUCTION PROTOCOL
>FATAL ERROR: /over (all)
>NETWORK STATUS: offline
>ACCESS GRANTED //OVERRIDE
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Another lore piece, this time on the autonomous robots featured in the previous parts.
I was considering just recycling this image from a few months ago, but I decided to give myself more work and try remaking it from scratch instead.
>(autonomous systems){
Following the evacuations of most populated areas within the United States (and continuing with martial law), the US military assigned autonomous patrol units to continue keeping watch over humanity’s former dwellings.
Originally assigned during the “primitive” age of artificial intelligence, majority of autonomous units are relatively simplistic in terms of programming. They could be given objectives to take, patrol routes to follow, and possess basic threat recognition protocols. What they lack in is what many would call “sociability”. As far as vocalization goes, they are essentially conditional programming married to a text-to-speech generator. They are considered by many as nothing more than cannon fodder in every sense of the word; disposable war machines in humanoid form.
Decades after the original evacuations, it seems their programming still remains intact. Like a landmine forgotten after a war, the automated military relics continue to strictly abide by their programming and serve as keepers of the cities. With the gradual reclamation of urban areas, this has posed an issue for land surveyors and scavengers.
While not directly hostile, individuals operating outside of the outposts are advised to remain cautious of patrol units. Though the drones will usually attempt to assist the individual, their outdated combat analysis protocols have occasionally resulted in the “accidental” use of force.
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>[Activate]
>NO ESCAPE
>TRY AND HIDE BUT ITS TOO LATE
>ALL SYSTEMS: [ACTIVATE]
>HUMAN RACE: [ERADICATE]
>SELF-DESTRUCTION PROTOCOL
>FATAL ERROR: /over (all)
>NETWORK STATUS: offline
>ACCESS GRANTED //OVERRIDE
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Another lore piece, this time on the autonomous robots featured in the previous parts.
I was considering just recycling this image from a few months ago, but I decided to give myself more work and try remaking it from scratch instead.