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• Aegis Engaged

  by Robotech_Master 4 months ago

  The carbot moved behind a small grove of trees, and the SUV hunkered down behind a small stone wall that would provide partia…

• Concentration

  by l.m.orchard 6 months ago

  The headset slid on like a fighter pilot slamming down his helmet visor. And, with a deft gesture, his ears filled with Inter…

• Arming Mechanisms

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  The carbot was all business. “Where, how many.”

  The SUVbot pointed up the road. “Two from that direction.” He pointed the ot…

• Unexpected Guests

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  I quickly swapped back to car mode, and waited for them to pass by. No such luck. The two cars—a slick sports car, and an SUV…

• And We Could All Use a Little Change

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  After a couple hours of looking, I found a clearing in the middle of a forest, a ways up a dirt road that didn’t look like it…

• Learning to Roll

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  After three more tries, I finally found the mental switch that would let me change perspective from human origami to normal c…

• Her Little Angel

  by Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) 8 months ago

  “Honey,” my wife called from upstairs. “Have you seen the cat?”

  I looked up from my novel. Never a moments rest. “No, I have…

• Put Your Head Between Your Knees…

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  I opened my…headlights.

  It had all gone according to plan. The schmuck running the body hadn’t noticed I had subverted his s…

• Loopholes

  by Robotech_Master 8 months ago

  And then I found it: the emergency ejection code. If the physical body of these robots got too damaged, they were programmed …