Re: The Adbot's Revenge!
Siphon answers Grave, never taking his eyes off the bots that are still few and standing. "One of the things I managed to learn from my own created core was that these bots are directly tied into their mother hive's systems, allowing them to.... I suppose the best term is self replicate upon shutting down. The core of the hive they are tied into, in this case being the one we just shot down, controls their ability to respawn. If that coding is no longer being sent to the husks, then it SHOULD shut down their respawning abilities. I would have thought that the core would have been destroyed given the explosion we saw, but if these things are still respawning then there are only two explanations. One, they weren't tied into that hive and there is another, though that is unlikely or my core would have picked it up. Two, the hive aboard the hive we shot down somehow survived at least partially intact. That is the more likely of the two."
He stops a moment, filtering Pale's words carefully, then nods.
Fair enough, just don't overdo yourself here. Meet with Grave and the others, not me.
He nods back to Grave then says, "do me a favor Grave. Take care of this place for me while I'm away, take care of my friends and family here."
From the tone in his voice, he's referring to all of the others here as family to him, a unique concept for fellow soldiers.
Finally he speaks over the radio. "Thank you Pale. If I'm right, then there shouldn't be any funerals at all save those for who have already been lost. I need EVERYONE who can still fight to hold down the lines, keep the other bots away from Pale so she can maintain the shield as long as possible. Your probably wondering where I am going by now to ask this. The simple truth is, I believe the Hive's core survived the destruction of it's ship, and if I am correct, taking that out should stop these bots. It has already once before, and it seems to be in their control scripts. Even if you hack them, the script forces those fallen to return as they were. That I believe is why these things have SLOWLY been getting smarter. They ARE capable of learning, assuming what I know is correct. So how do we stop them you ask? Simple, you hold the line. I will do the running and destroy the core of the hive we shot down, thus ending their respawning ability. I wish everyone the best of luck, and remember. This is OUR home. We will fight until there are none of us left, we never fight alone. Take pride in our lives, and stand up to these bots. I know most of you are weary and tired, and frankly I am as well, but I will be damned if I'm going to let a bunch of worthless scrap metal take our home and lives away from us. As long as we can still breathe, there is hope. Never lose sight of that."
He closes the channel then shouts over to Burrito, "I'll be back as soon as I can, this HAS to be done or we'll never shut them all down!"
Then, without another word, he bolts out, running through the shield and doing a total leap over the bots trapped outside, a few of them in hot pursuit, but most staying behind to bang uselessly on the shield Pale had cast.
He chanced one final thought, projected to Shrike, Copper, Pale, Grave, Burrito and Tsuki. Good luck to all of you, I've drawn a few with me from the shield, and am on my way to the wreckage. ETA to it, ten minutes at current possible speed.
