The Excavators

The Excavators were three machines designed by Draedon for the purpose of excavation, inspired by pieces of the dismembered Moon Lord. Because of influence by Belpheg, The machines were also given weapons and inhabited by inactive souls to work without supervision. This ultimately Backfired

## RFE-Prime

RFE-Prime was the lightest and smallest of the three machines. It is built with a central skull that is powered using 60 Auric Fuel Cells and by spiritual power of the Inactive Souls inside it, the skull had four arm extensions attached to it.

Two arms, The Claw and Prime Saw, are used for excavation jobs. The Claw was used for gripping large chunks of solid materials with precision and pulling them out, when it was used for excavation, The Claw often gripped and removed patches of very hard metal and bug nests. The Prime Saw was used for clearing soft rubble and vegetation with precision, when it was used for excavation, The Prime Saw was mainly used for creating narrow precise tunnels towards valuable material, that could then be entered by humanoid miners.

The other two arms, the Photoshot and Bombenwerfer, were primarily used for combat. The Photoshot being a laser that shot rays of hot light to inflict burns, while The Bombenwerfer was a cannon that shot explosives into the air that would then explode to rain shrapnel down onto the ground.

The acronym RFE stands for “Resources & Framing Excavator”.

## TTE-Destroyer

TTE-Destroyer was the heaviest and largest of the three excavators, it is built as one long mechanical worm and is fueled by Auric Battery Cells in its Probes.

The TTE-Destroyer was used and built to move mass amounts of dirt and stone, creating large tunnels that could then used as mineshafts and assisting with terraforming.

The TTE-Destroyer is fueled with 82 Auric Battery Cell, which can individually be ejected and become Probes that fire lasers at any attackers, every Battery Cell can be ejected except for the one which is mounted on its front.

The Acronym TTE stands for “Tunneling & Terraforming Excavator“

## FSE-Twins

FSE-Twins was the middle ground of the three excavators, it is built as two spherical drones connected to each-other by an extremely elastic Mechanical Tendon. It is powered with 16 Auric Battery Cells and by spiritual power of the Inactive Souls.

The FSE-Twins were used and built to be used as forging and scouting devices, while the first drone created green flames that melted metals at incredible speeds, the second drone used its precision vision to scout for planetoids and potential invaders.

The FSE-Twins can create a flesh shield, which allows them to seem like a living creature instead of a machine to the untrained eye, and grants them a layer of defense at the cost of their mobility, The Forging Drone used its green flames to burn potential attackers, while the Scouting Drone used laser technology to shoot projectiles.

The Acronym FSE stands for “Forging & Scouting Excavator”

## Military Usage

Despite the intense effort put into making hybrids that worked as excavation tools and weapons, The Excavators were deemed useless in military by Yharim, being exceedingly too weak to ever be considered as members of the Elite League and too expensive to be used as infantry or support, only FSE-Twin’s Scouting Probe was ever used in a battle due to its long-range Laser Technology that allowed it to shoot while avoiding harm. Ultimately, The other excavators only saw usage of its weapons onto those who attempted to sabotage them while they worked in excavation.

after the defeat of The Wall of Flesh by Scarf, The Excavator’s souls reactivated, causing the machines to go rogue and flee the Jungle Empire, wandering in nature.

These same souls, when their forms were vanquished, activated The Jungle Soul Collective before going inactive.