Iron Guardian

by Overfic23

Landfall had destroyed a country, the world had seemed to turn against her. Now being hunted for what she has done she seems to be truly alone in the world, until her actions cause a ripple that may change the world. Something ancient had been woken that night, something dangerous, something noble. "For the Dinochrome Brigade!"

3. Chapter 3

'I have found a way to the surface. The Combat Unit will be useful for research with its modifications. I will have it be heavily armed though, I do not want any surprises. My spider drones were able to quickly make a tunnel through the soft earth above me, allowing me to deploy a few small platforms.'

'I made my way to the surface with the small Combat Unit, and was able to start taking readings on my surroundings. It is very green on this planet, almost completely undeveloped. I am detecting no signals from orbit, so I can rule out any space capable races on this planet. It is unfortunate that I am unable to make contact with command, I will have to try again once I have regained full combat readiness.'

'Those strange signals are still showing up on my sensors. However, I can now confirm they, along with the recent seismic activity are originating from the ruins of a town. Perhaps I should investigate that region first? It would be good to locate some samples of the cause of this signal. For now, I will wait. The modifications to this combat unit are not complete, and it will take several hours before they are. In that time, it would be good to deploy some micro aerial drones to secure the local area and plant some passive sensor masts.'

'Something has disturbed one of the newly planted sensors. It is still very far away, but appears to be approaching this hill from the ruins. It is strange, now that I can see it clearly I am thoroughly confused. I thought all humans were in the Concordiant, but this world is clearly not a Concordiant colony. It appears to be a young child. Roughly twelve years of age and possibly female judging by the body structure. I do not appear to be getting accurate thermal reading though, the current body temperature I am reading would be that of a deceased individual. I will need to make contact to gain further information.'

'The subject appears to be moving around the hill towards the abandoned settlement on the opposite side, it has clearly not noticed my presence. I will continue observations for now, I believe it would be best to wait until daylight to approach the subject for further data.'

'It is now daylight, and all of the self-modifications I made to the combat unit are complete. I must say that I am impressed with my handiwork. I was able to install an internal reactor, battle screens, as well as arm it very well for a platform of its size. It has a standard Linear Energy Weapon as its side arm, two mono-edged combat knives, a shoulder mounted infinite repeater, and a plasma rifle that can switch to flechettes or hell bore rounds as needed. I will have it make its way down the slope towards where the aerial drones are reporting the subject.'

'I have approached the subject, it appears to be sleeping. Perhaps it is best, I am still trying to compute exactly what it is. Now that I am much closer I have detected no heart beat or other normal vital signs, as well as the odd lack of body temperature. If it was not for the occasional stirring in its sleep, I would say it was dead. For now I will just wait for it to wake, a bolo has the time and patience to do so.'