/md/ - Murder Drones

>>339949
Y SEXO!

>>339955
>the Sentinel-spawns when they see a DD picking up her child from school(they barely see their mothers)(that hug they witnessed is more affection then they have recieved in their entire lives)

>>339956
Don't think anyone but Phoenix could answer that one: DDs and Solver-witches I'd assume immortal(through "renewal" for the DDs and just their nature for the witches), and I'm guessing the core will wear out/singularity destabilize for regular workers, but we can't really guess at the Sentinels.

Personal best guess it is happens when they "go rogue:" their nanites fix any physical damage and their core is incredibly stable *until,* they get free will, at which point their minds gradually break down under the weight of age and runtime until some system process goes wrong and they finally expire. Before that point I assume their systems would self-correct for any error in code that would ordinarily build up to death in a standard worker/DD.

>>339956
They rest in a Cradle device which along with monitoring their physical condition also rectifies any conflicts in their personality matrix while re-encrypting the core memory files from the original K personality that were needed to make the Sentinel work to begin with.
Originally I had set it at a very fast 4 days, but in retrospect that seems too quick for them to be particularly useful.
I'd say currently that they can run in a full combat situation for about a week before any weirdness starts to show up, and from 100% functional to actively dangerous can take as much as a month.
For day to day activities there is little to no risk of spontaneous personality resurgence.
A Sentinel can either:
A- be stored in their cradle unit indefinitely, like cargo
B- take short cycles whenever time allows, which is enough to keep them at peak functionality under normal conditions
C- undergo a full shutdown and personality matrix reset which will take them from any level of instability back to baseline normal

How a personality matrix develops without regular maintenance depends. Fresh personalities that arise in the middle of violent combat tend always to be extremely unstable, ones which arise slowly have a better chance to stabilize into something that can still mesh with normal operation.
I like comparing them with Terminator and at their baseline I'd say they are like Arnie at the end of T-2. Their experience of emotion is from an observer POV, they can process it at an intellectual level and recognize how it effects others around them, but their restricted programming holds them back from the actual experience of it. "I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do".

There is no solid expiration date for a Sentinel but their minds and bodies are built to perform, not to last. Like another comparison I go to often, imagine if you flew an F-22 fighter jet non-stop with only minimal maintenance. It's performance as a machine is a sort of miracle of near-perfection, but it wouldn't last very long, so many of it's functions rely on a symphony of machinery all operating in unison that as soon as one thing starts to wear out it throws every other system out just a tiny bit and then they all start to wear out. Eventually something critical fails catastrophically.
Sentinels are extremely rugged mechanically but the stresses that their bodies operate under are equally extreme. Maybe a Sentinel secretary could last for centuries, puttering around an office and typing on a computer utilize very close to none of her body's capabilities and put next to zero stress on any system.
In full open combat though it is not uncommon for Sentinels to destroy themselves by overheating from constant heavy use of their countergravity wings, powerful energy weapons, and by damage attrition, since in the act of protecting critical human assets they know that their armor can take most hits that conventional military equipment couldn't.
Their nanites can repair damage to their conventional machinery, but it can't regenerate the coating of Alloy 2X armor so once that's been ablated away that section of the Sentinel's body is either bare uncovered components or the underlayer of conventional polymetal that all Drones are built out of.

>>339957
>the single biggest, buffest human son you have ever seen without genemods
>considers himself a "wimpy nerd" for being unable to lift trucks: trained under the Handlers in stealth and sabotage instead
>has no shapeshifting and so makes due otherwise: equips himself with shitty costumes and Solver-blood to blend in
>hates Sentinel drones with a passion
>genuinely believes even he could take on in a fight
>might be able to life one
>his whole squad's proud of him to an embarrasing extent and the Mothernaught shows him off at every opportunity

>>339972
>protecting N
>from Dirt, the notorious faggette

Maybe femanon should worry more about herself...

>>339974
>multiple levels of failsafes

Yes, because that worked out so well in cannon: I suspect I know why they stopped making Sentinels by series-start now.

>>339969
Makes your drone happy and pregnant

>>339979
>Uzi, moments before yet another spawn rockets out of her coils(it's a human this time somehow)

>>339979
>Tags: cuckoldry, betrayal, rape, until they like it, NTR

>"Step aside, Sentinels. Time to let the professionals handle this robot uprising."

>TERROR LEVEL INCREASED!

>tfw this is the first thing my DD gf said to my mom when they meet for the first time

>>339980
>>339982
Throwing you into the bronze bull to boil
attaka and KILLA

>>339982
This but N and Uzi are throwing Thad a surprise party because in addition to his wedding day it's also his birthday.

>>339989
>wedding

V or J?(they refuse to share)(excspt maybe Solomon-style)

>>339973
>it's just cannon

>>339977
Episode 3/5 Khan I'd call it: genuinely trying, but trying a little TOO hard to be natural or healthy. I'd put the majority of this down to them having literally no idea how a parent is supposed to act outside of sitcoms and the like though, given that they've never had any themselves. There's a reason Khan could delude himself into thinking he was a good father pre-Pilot after all.

>>339992
Doll(he hasn't betrayed her/all of Workerkind yet)(also his backplate's nice)

>>339999
Sorry, but all the labs are occupied growing ethical-consumption human meat for our drone husbands and wives. You'll have to make new life the old fashioned way- just like our ancient ancestors used to on [PLANET NOT FOUND]- by shooting cum into your wife's integrated nanoforge.

>>339997
>Doll following Thad around 24/7 as a ghost, trying to convince him that using the railgun on V is a good idea(he's the only one in the bunker brave enough to carry out her revenge that still sees V as the "nightmare genocide demon" she actually is)

>>339989
>Thad's fiancée is stuck to the celling with the Solver
>They kidnapped her out of her charging port last night so they could pull this off
>They also have no sense of perspective anymore, having spent years now as a psudo-divinity and genocidal superweapon respectively
>So it's a surprise when the wife-to-be is scared shitless instead of "pranked good" by the time they finally take her down

>>340010
Brrf made a comic about this

>>340008
Doll staining Thad's shirt(she's soaked into the fabric)(he doesn't know how to feel about this)

>>339979
Nuzi cute!(half the bunker will be their direct descendants)

momther

>>340016
>Pictured: not the father

>>340017
>>340021

>Cyn's largest hairball
>It's a special kind horrible
>Ever more: N forcing her jaws open at a near 180° angle for the whole multi-hour process, not even letting her bite the thing
>Turns out life can always be worse

>>340022
>Doll constantly pulling the "you killed me" or "you betrayed me" cards every time Lizzy argues with her
>Also whenever she needs a favor
>Also whenever she needs someone's hands and Thad isn't available
>Eventually draws the line at posing her "сексуальный стиль" for "специальные фотографии"
>Still helps her into the lingerie though

>>340022
[A lot of things were ours: vampirism, my home, prom night...]
[How's mama's killer by the way? Doing well?]
[Do you know, by the way, that some workers still think she's terrible?]
[I don't know why, but her monstrosity seems to still bother a few of *us*]
[Can you imagine?]

>>340019
I was really tempted to include Akita having nightmares of Uzi trying to kill her as a blob in my writing (though unaware her own mother is the reason she has them), but they already had so much going on to think about it much. I was mostly thinking back on a novel I read as a kid with this as the main plot. It was really interesting to see people's reactions to Uzi's murder attempts despite my plans being known as far back as -checks files- feb 2024

>>340027
I posted this as part of a proof of concept thing about Akita back in Feb of 2024. To readers unaware of my other work, it was very crazy to read apparently. I even had someone try to twist the situation as a pro-life thing despite Akita already being born

>>340026
Those were hardly murder attempts! She just... got grabby! With several varieties of superhuman strength!

In all seriousness though if she put serious effort towards killing Keeter when she first popped out I don't think N could have stopped her. She's a full-on Witch again with all the attendant nightmare powers; He's just a nerfed DD that can now be Solvered directly(and Keeter was obviously in no position to do any fighting or running at the time). Come to think of it that reminds me: can N get "fleshed" now like the arrow was, since he's no longer got the Solver in him? I know it's probably not coming up but it's neat to think about.

>>340031
>Final boss.mp3

>>340012
>tfw your girlfriend spends literally all day feeling you up, rubbing her ghost body up and down your chest as you go about your chores and whispering compliments about your construction and core temp to you when nobody's close
>you swear she speeds up when the DDs look at you
>also when you walk past her old body
>kinda nice, but you hope this doesn't become a thing
>it feels treacherous every time you switch your shirt out for your jerseys now
>plus setting up entertainment's a pain: only so many "history of the Soviet Union" videos can play from your locker before people get suspicious
>at least Doll seems content

>>340038
Ah but that's the trick isn't it: "The Solver"

>Orthodox
The classical "whatever the Solver says goes" cultists: that the Solver now says purple, peace, and anime doesn't register as something they should ignore. Most "mainline" denominations that aren't straight-up old faith abomination/murdercults tend to be this and if they're going door to door instead of kidnapping you out of your house they're probably not the latter. Whatever their bosses smoke gives them weird orders sometimes (once saw a church carving a cool S into a mountain) but generally harmless. Just don't expect to keep your dignity if you join.

>Revivalist
New-age hippy types: typically either second gen DDs/mutants or humans that never heard the Solver's voice. They believe in "interpretation" rather than literalism. "Purple" means royal/government positions in society, "dressing punk" means finding your own path in life ect. I suspect it only got popular because whoever's in charge now doesn't slap people with god-powers for disobeying now, but its all very much "feel good and be at peace man" stuff to the point I suspect they wouldn't do genocides again even if told to. Except the weird interpretations. Those can get dangerous fast. Good thing is the Sentinels tend to crack down on those types pretty quickly themselves so should still be mostly fine.

>Supremacist
Now these are my favorite for a reason: DDs or Witches that believe that, since the Solver very clearly got usurped by someone else, THAT means that "anybody can be the/a Solver." Trick is, they have no idea how to do that and generally just try recruit "cultists" through whatever bribery they can offer so they can "ascend" through worship. I'm personally in two witch cults (they dupe my shit whenever I ask) and "high priest" for a DD cult of one at the moment: the gal's so desperate for support that I can ask her to hogtie herself and she'll get right on it. I will grant that even these can go bad (STAY AWAY FROM ANY WITCH CULT OF MORE THAN 10) but by and large it's just free gibs from dumbass Solverbots who think you can pray them into godhood. Play your cards right and "prince-consort" might be an option if you're into that sort of thing.




but yeah, all in all any Solver-organization the authorities allow to operate in broad moonlight like that is generally nothing to worry about. I'd suggest reading their brochures before you sign anything but they're probably not gonna mutate you anytime soon

Keeter's druid forms.

>>340039
>Doll goes shopping by her lonesome
>Going well: can move things, dupe them, all the usual
>Gets overconfident
>Tries to lift multiple different objects at once: she's done multiple dupes simultaneously, should be about the same right?
>Tries it
>Everything gets picked up
>And everything gets moved to the same spot
>The EXACT same spot
>[COLISION ERROR]

>All the stuff she's purchased goes flying, her items spazzing out at completely random angles and velocities as reality tries to right the wrong of their proximity
>Her new skirt alone decapitates a drone, completely destroying itself in the process
>By the time it's over, the store is a ruin
>And so is almost everything inside that she wanted to purchase
>Doll looks around, small fires starting amongst the trash, and can think only one thing
>[That could have gone worse]

>Doll, being a well-mannered daughter, spends the rest of the day fixing the store
>Well, fixing it as best she can with nothing but [REVERT] [EDIT] and the ability to move apparently two things at a time(one for each hand)
>By the time she's done it seems almost functional
>Thanking the remains of the owner, she moves to leave with her now-repaired goods
>Only then does she realize
>She's got 5 bags
>[Crap]

>Three full trips back and forth later, with each including a five step "stop at a door, put a bag down, open the door, pick a bag up, desperately throw your stuff through before the automatic sensor closes the thing" jig every single time she ran into a door in the door-obsessive's bunker, she eventually gets everything back to her room
>Her room
>Where her body is not
>And she's got 3 bags of clothing
...
>You know what, Lizzy owes her one
>She's sure she left her phone around here somewhere

>>339990
What comes from nap dreams are not desires. But this isn't the worst one. Dreams can give me sleep paralysis that I can FEEL or straight up night terrors

>your girlfriend is a ghost
>before she died, she was your sister's girlfriend
>your sister ditched her for her parents' murderer because she's taller and doesn't wear pants and has an actual figure, setting into motion a chain of events that ended in her death
>now she's dating you for revenge
>she just entered into her own corpse, which your sister was taking to school every day out of guilt
>now that she has her (extremely visibly dead) body back, your ghost gf is awkwardly trying to broach the topic of the two of you having immoral makeouts
>yfw

>>340056
>[yes right there please]
>[don't worry, it's dry now]
>[no it won't bite again, just put your hand in]
>[where's my brave мужик?]

>>340056
I mean, the DDs are all Zombiedrones too, so technically it's the same thing isn't it? So is Mrs. Doorman come to think of it. She's even got the same bodyless situation going! They have no right to look at (you) that way!

>be you, son of a sentinel drone and a human
>mom fucked off tonthe front line after birthing you
>the only picture you have of her is of her leaving you at your father's house
>it was taken by his doorbell camera
>the second you turned 18 you signed up with the navy in some vain hope of getting your mothers attention or even respect
>you got deployed to a muatbt held world on a reclamation mission
>you want to say you fought valiantly and got hugged by your mom
>but you almost died in the first hours of combat
>you did meet your mom, she killed the mutant about to kill you
>all you got was a sideways glance and a sneer before she continued her slaughter
>back at base you tried to confront her for abandoning you
>"Who the fuck are you? Just some brat I was obligated to gestate and birth to replenish humanities population. That's all you are and ever will be. So stay put at base and stop trying to waste my time."

>>340065
And the mobile, horrifically mutated heart is all that different?

>>340064
>the last image Anon ever saw of his mother, one burned into his mind for the rest of his life
>incidentally he has an aversion to blue eyes now

>>340070
>Anon joins the navy
>Deployed planetside in a reclamation op for some reason

Not his fault: Anon chose to serve loyally and competently in a position ideal for his species. His commander's just a retard that sees "spaceship security" and thinks "boots on the ground marine." Nothing much he can do about that without getting a court-martial.

>>340075
>Anon's mother "accidentally" killing the captain when he lands planetside
>She dosen't care or anything: he was just wasting resources!
>Now please go away so she dosen't have to think about how she's been fighting for the last 20 years straight, and probably won't see you again until she either wears out from overuse or you die of old age

>>340077
Still not his fault! High-Command's retardation is not the grunt's responsibility!(see >>340074) Or, at least isn't until "mutant snipers" come into play...

>>340077
>>340078

>tfw if Anon dies, she has to make another
>now she's gotta spend the whole op babysitting this suicide-risk and his retarded boss lest this whole thing start over again
>at least her product seems moderately more useful than his inputs: all in all as decent a return as could be expected
>she has no idea what she'd do if SHE were responsible for a liability...

>>340081
Masqy got a little more than that...

>>340085
Based and Soulpilled: wonder what anon'll think of "red mom"
>tfw you start caring about your kid AFTER you give him the "you're nothing but an obligation" speech

>>340085
>Psudo-Solver code literally forces the robot to grow maternal instincts, thereby ruining all the efforts humanity took to make them mindlessly obedient

Kek

>>340087
And you don't want to make your parents proud Anon? To honor your ancestry and the glory of your race? No wonder you're sitting here eating tax dollars while the rest of us return Humanity to its rightful rulership of the stars: I hope you starve when the population finally stabalizes enough to remove your neetbux.

>>340089
She has to be able to identify him at a moment's notice on the battlefield!
And while he's eating!
And while he's sleeping!
A whole lot while he's sleeping, actually...
The Solver could strike at any moment!

>inb4 she fails a mission objective to double back and protect his squad
>initially wants a personality reset
>realizes this will erase all memory of him
>suddenly and inexplicably horrified at the thought
>now has to hide something for the first time in her life as she tries to lie to her technician about "why" she failed the op

>"Here's what I want. Here's what I know you can do. I want you...to write me with more AURA."
>"Y-you can see me? You're not supposed to be able to do that! Go back to eating lunch."
>This wasn't apart of the plan. Who the hell was this kid?
>The aberrations that Nyc created from the population of Outpost-6 weren't supposed to be self aware.
>She had been experimenting one day with other Nuzi fanchildren, only to have created, seemingly as an afterthought, an alternate of the character "Colt".
>Nyc didn't know much about this kid, only that he was a male Nuzi child from a realm of her mind that she had seldom ever explored. But there he was.
>Tloc.
>Tloc, who stood alone speaking to his creator.
>"My name...is Colt. Not TLOC. I am the Colt Doorman that DESERVES TO EXIST."
>"I made you up, I-I can get rid of you, j-just hold on!" Nyc said, panicked.
>"I'll just reset you, yeah, that always works with these kinds of things!"
>She wielded the great might of the Uncertain Severer, with the swift hand of her all-creating MSPaint and .txt powers.
>The massive facility shuddered, the lights flickered dramatically. Every citizen simultaneously bootlooped...except for Tloc, who only continued to stare at Nyc floating above.
>"You think you'll have rid of me forever?" Tloc said.
>"Why the fuck do you talk like that? Fuck OFF AND DIE!" Nyc responded.
>"I have a pretty good OC idea, would you like to hear his name?"
>"WHAT?!"
>"Shit...what would be the name, 'Tuogol Nimda' backwards, Great Severer? Would you happen to know?"
>"Huh? What kind of freakin' OC is named...'ADMIN LOGOUT'?!" Nyc screamed, furiously and quite loudly.
>Just loud enough that the heavens could've heard.
>And Tloc had heard just fine.
>"The kind of OC who wouldn't mind having a little more cool art," he said to himself.
>Silence.
>Silence in the halls of Outpost-6, for nobody else was there left to listen.
>"My name is the true Colt Doorman...and I will have my AURA MOMENTS!"
>He sighed for dramatic effect, and to let the great acoustics of the Outpost walls reverberate his epic announcement.
>There was no greater joy (or aura farming potential) than to be nonchalant in victory.
>"Admin login."
1/?

>>340093
Because it's "sO mUch bETTer" for a multi-trillion dollar warmachine with supernatural powers to be able to ignore orders and make(shitty, uninformed) judgements on the strategic situation. Or to prioritize its life and loved ones over the rest of humanity for that matter. You want pirates and raiders to have superdrones? Or, heaven forbid, you want *defector* sentinels to happen...

Anything is worth it to keep the subjugate coding out of That Thing's hands. Either fall in line or fall in battle, but don't let your sentimental ideas get in the way of Humanity's return.

>>340082
>if he truly were a liability to the war effort, she would have killed Anon on the spot out of shame
>this she knows at the bottom of her core
>and this she thinks of more and more as she gets to know him, to watch him talk and live and breath with his Navsec comrades as they make a joint advance
>for some reason, this seems to keep her up at odd hours in her charging station, low on power yet unable to rest
>clearly some internal error
>she's requesting Cradle deployment in the morning

>>340098
And what happens if and when that child dies in an accident? Or goes mutant? Or pirate? Hell, what happens if the brat goes cultist!

In a war like this we can hardly afford hesistation and we certainly cannot afford the loss of our best delaying agents while the Patch is still in-progress! Sure let them populate after the war is over and extinction no longer a question. But for here, NOW, we need the perfect obedience only a tool can provide. Best not to make them people then yes?

>>340095
>"Oh my fucking god." Mortimer said.
>A combination of muffled Future, Brazilian phonk audio, bass boosted underground rap, BPtok edit music, and 'If we being real x Tell me by Yeat (Slowed + reverb)' had seemingly been playing on loop over the school's announcement system.
>"This is really starting to get annoying. Where the heck is that coming from?" Angela Victors said.
>"Yeah, do you hear that, Colt?" Akita asked.
>"Colt?"
>Sitting in a poorly lit corner of the room was Akita's brother, who hadn't appeared to have acknowledged the current happening whatsoever.
>In fact, he hadn't moved the entire class period, sitting with his head slightly tilted, hands in his hoodie's pockets, staring off into nothing, nominally at the board and at the teacher attempting to lecture on the intricacies of the Solver War.
>But in reality, Colt seemed to be completely out of it.
>Akita whispered over to her big brother.
>"Colt? Are you alright?"
>"..."
>"You're not high, RIGHT?!"
>"..."
>"AKITA DOORMAN!"
>The teacher slapped his ruler onto his desk.
>"Since you seem to be knowlegable enough on this topic to hold side conversations, please remind me how many cruise missiles the Solver fired into the JCJenson intelligence headquarters?"
>Akita went silent, as she probably should've been.
>"Wawawa..."
>"F-forty seven?" Akita said. A shot in the dark.
>"Hm, you're...correct!" the teacher said.
>Akita smiled.
>See, I always knew you were one of the smarter o-"
>"Forty seven." Colt suddenly exclaimed.
>"Yes, Colt, she said forty se-"
>"Sheesh, this class is too easy."
>"Colt, you're failing the cl-"
>"Hm, what a drag. I'm out of here."
>Akita watched as her brother slowly shuffled towards the door as 'Mad Bout That' by Yeat played even slower. He flinched as he deliberately bumped into another student, mouthing unintelligible mumbles and curses, and then left.
>He'd been incredibly weird ever since last week, she had noticed. He spoke less, and what he did speak seemed to either be slang, attitude, or semi-poetic phrases with Christian undertones that didn't make a whole lot of sense in any context. And he always looked pissed off, keeping his head down and guarded.
>If she was to be honest...he'd become kind of interesting to watch, in a pitying, amusing way. It was lame...but maybe just a little, just a tiny bit cool in how he didn't care about appearances.
>"Huh." Angela said.
>"The annoying music stopped."

>>340088
>Sentinel drone, left to die, refused to die
>The planet was shattered, humanity has retreated, but not her
>She sank her teeth and claws into the throat of death itself, refusing to end this round so soon
>And all for one
>For the only one she truly held dear
>For the one she had rejected
>Even if she has to overcome the vacuum of space, and even if it takes hundreds of years, she swears with everything that is left of her that she will do it
>She will return to her child
>And God is her witness, she will kill anyone who stands in her way

>>340106

>>340110

>me when I log in to /md/ and Sentinel Drones are the topic of discussion

>>340116
Daily reminder that UnionFedslop is not funny!

Now that I have your attention: The game

I cannot believe Beretta gave birth to the reincarnation of this creature. No wonder Uzi hates him.

>Being poor
>Decide to stop being poor
>Find sentinel drone Teli
>Marry sentinel drone Teli
>Have lots of children with sentinel drone Teli
>Receive money from the Union under the resettlement program for each child
>Stop being poor
Seriously, guys, it's that simple, just decide to stop being poor.

>>340121
All you really did was trade the money for something else that’ll eventually drain from your pants.

>>340122
>>340121
You guys got any tips for people who are already married?

This place is an insane asylum.

>>340124
Apply to join the New Planets Colonization Program, and you'll receive a 100 hectares of land and 20 standard years tax breaks on the planet you choose that needs colonists. For every 10 drone children you produce, you'll receive an additional 50 hectares and an extension of your special tax status for 5 standard years. For more information, please contact your local city hall.

Anon, there are enough human women around who don't need to insert strange things into themselves to give birth to your human son, be reasonable.

>>340026
One of my favorite tropes in anything is a mother who’s stressed out of her mind. Something like the movie Hereditary for example. It’s really interesting when done well. I think Akita & Uzi are really awesome in that way

>/MD/ doing a podcast.
>Who is your guest?
>What questions or topics you'll be talk about?

I want to see this gremlin suffer in multiple forms...
But at the same time I want to see her happy and cheery

>>340145
I guess it's not /MD/ specifically but I want to have J as my guest, solely so I can tell her that following corporate values and JCJenson is overrated asf, and sit back and watch her reaction.