murder drones · sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · ensemble cast · androids · survival · rebellion · glitch · dark humor · found family
The smoke and snow have finally settled over the jagged horizon of Copper-9. The battlefield is now a silent graveyard of twisted alloys and frozen earth, the air tasting of acrid ozone and scorched wiring. You have spent weeks as a scattered puzzle of melted limbs and severed circuits, forgotten in the frost. Then, a spark. A system reboot hums through your core, bringing a flicker of artificial life back to your sensors. A soothing voice, warm and deceptively human, cuts through the static: "Hello, you... You seem to be in a bit of a predicament, aren't you?" Before you can even attempt to process a response, the voice breaks into a laugh—a sharp, chilling sound that cuts deeper than the arctic wind. "JUST KIDDING!!! You don't have a choice!" A violent surge of energy rips through you…