NI-G.4

Genesis

Lex Luthor

US Government

> "*Enemy combatant detected... Administering DEATH.*"
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NI-G.4 is a recurring character in the world of WUC, usually playing the part of an important mercenary benefactor and contract killer. His personality has been shown to be just as robotic as his appearance; Cold, unforgiving, and most of all, emotionless. His main personality trait and hatred lies within Communism, those who stand for Dictatorships, and figures that encourage other non-democratic political systems. His sentient personality does appear to be inquisitive at times, and has been known to insult or downplay his opponents in a robotic manner.

Since his time being upgraded and being in service with his allies, he has shown that Communism isn't his only enemy; He seems to dislike all forms of evil, seeing Dictatorships and Communism as lesser evils, despite his original programming stating it to be his main target.

## **Appearance (Mark 2)**

Previous to this model, NI-G.4 used a different chassis. The factory model was called the ARCC Mk.3 (The Advanced Robotics Combat Chassis Mark 3). This model of shell gave less protection, however appeared more humanoid, and stood at 7'2". Through its war-ridden days as an Autonomous soldier, by the time the robot had entered the WUC Multiverse the shell had sustained significant markings and damage. The most noticeable of these were; a large gash in the forehead from a .50 BMG round, a golden award star on its shoulder, and multiple burn marks to the chest from explosive damage.

A secondary detail of the shell was its noticeable red lights, which were included simply identify the unit as a military robot and not an engineering unit. They were also included to intimidate enemies, and make heavy weapons focus on the NI-G.4 robots instead of human units. These were after all made to be semi-disposable large scale soldiers.

## **Appearance (Mark 3).**

The Advanced Robotics Combat Shell Mark.4 was tailor-made by Alterra, with NI-G.4’s advisory. Using advanced fabrication technology, the Shell was created to house more weaponry and custom additions than the previous ARCC Mk.3. It was made of an Element-Infused Beskar alloy, with Cortosis weave on the surface. Due to Element being included, the chassis was about as heavy as the previous was, whilst giving an extremely high level of protection. Interwoven between the Beskar-Element alloy, was an Artificial Dragon Scale layer from the Ether Drake, along with his Beskar-Element plating being infused with Crystals.

Anything up to a starship level Heavy Turbolaser, Plasma Decimator , or High-Yield Hydrogen Bomb was useless against the ARCS Mk.4. Even if breached, Alterra Fabricator technology allowed his armour to regenerate over long periods of time due to the inclusion of Artificial Dragon Scale micro-particles. The armor was more grey coloured, with a green glow emitting from it due to the four separate Ion Cubes that powered NI-G.4's body. This body stood at 7'5", to make room for more systems.

## **Appearance (Mark IV)**

Despite being very similar to the Mark 3, the Mark IV is slightly darker and heavier than it. Created using three separate layers: A volatile Promethium skeleton and under-shell, covered by a layer of Element-Infused Living Metal, which is then covered with a Depleted Promethium shell which is made with Crystal-Infused construction to make it even more damage resistant than before, changing the molecular structure to be a much more resistant lattice formation.

Various coils between the Depleted Promethium and Volatile Promethium allow a connection between his upper layer and lower layer. As a result of a new Matter-Compressed Dark Matter Reactor in his body, his body now glows a faint purple instead of the Ion-Cube green like before. Inside the body is a more complex network of Promethium-Enforced piping, which carries Living Metal and Nanite replicator repair bots. This new shell stands at 7'8" for better power distribution and more systems.

## **Pre-WUC History.**

### The Greater Confederate War

NI-G.4 was a front line support unit, who lead a squad of robotic super soldiers during the great conflict of 2300 on Earth. He fought alongside the forces of Greater Europe and America, and fought against New Generation Communist forces. The first of his model was simply a support bot, that helped with ammunition loading and other auxiliary jobs behind the lines. Those models were much more suited to work like that, and were much more frail with less structural integrity and complex technology. They were cheap to manufacture, and easy to program.

Once the war progressed, and the Greater Confederate found themselves on the losing side, low on men and morale, they decided to set all factories to produce the best of the best robotics, to help with the war effort. The Robotics producers created the Genesis Class unit, to help boost morale while maximising field efficiency of available and recycled materials from destroyed tanks and vehicles. These new generation robots lead the Greater Confederate to victory.

NI-G.4 was a chosen leader of a squad of top-of-the-line prototype interceptor units. He led the 9 other Genesis units into the Battle for Voronezh. During the battle in 2355, he lost none of his squad members, and stormed the city centre followed by a force of 500,000 men. This was the first of many victories led by this unit, though the last would be 11 years later. In 2361, while assisting an assault on the Kremlin, an experimental Russian Heavy Tank was being deployed as a last-ditch attempt at pushing back enemy forces.

While tasking his squad with destroying the tank, NI-G.4 was hit with around 5 stray high explosive .50 cal bullets, which disabled his shields, and ruptured his armour on the head area. Five of his 9 squad members were disabled while trying to demobilise the tank, and he took it upon himself to do the job. While advancing to its position, a prototype EMP tank shell was fired just above his head, exploding not far behind him, on the back of a wall he was in front of.

The electrical energy passed through the hole in his armoured shell, and fried his central processor. He continued fighting, however, as his circuits had not been fully affected. He did go on to destroy the tank, placing explosives inside the cockpit after opening the hatch, though he was put out of action after the battle, as he had been through too much trauma and electrical damage to be deemed fit to operate to full capability and too expensive to repair. A result of this attack, however, is that the electricity had in fact given his circuits a degree of sentience to them. After destroying a control chip made to limit the functions of the AI to only process military tactics and plans- This made a sort of jelly out of his multiple directives, data banks, and commands, mixing them into a personality.

## **Post-WUC History.**

### **First Hired Killings**

After spending some time in the world of WUC, NI-G.4 was alerted to the presence of multiple dirty tactics in the business world of technology. From the large space-faring Corporation named "Alterra", he received a job; Kill those who stole technology from them, and make it seem like an accident.

Initially, the robot had to hunt down basic criminals. Petty Computer Scientists trying to earn a quick buck off of far more advanced technology than they could hardly even comprehend. Under the guise of freak accidents, the robot used his hacking and electrical engineering prowess combined with stealth technology to kill each one. The media reported on each death as an accident, as they were simply tampering with technology they had no experience with. Fried to death by the huge conductivity of the materials inside, or so the police and media thought.

He returned the stolen technology to Alterra soon after, receiving a considerable monetary reward in return. The robot kept the money, though also sought for further work with the Corporation, seeing potential in their technology and overall beliefs.

### **Hammond Robotics Take down**

Due to his new relationship with Alterra, the Corporation would set a new job upon him. In hopes of expanding their technological might, power, and influence, Alterra set NI-G.4 to take down the leadership of Hammond Robotics- A key supplier of the IMC in terms of Weaponry and Robotics. The job was also somewhat of a gauntlet for NI-G.4 to run, to display his capabilities and usefulness to the huge Corporation.

With weeks of preparation, NI-G.4 slowly analysed the Hammond Robotics Headquarters in Italy. Guard posts, routes of robotic guards and militia troops, and future plans, the building material- all until it was the perfect time to strike. This came on the 6th of February, 2038. Hammond Robotics had a planned meeting for its stockholders, where they would speak about the future of the business, the manager of the business would pitch their products to gain favour in foreign investors, and the company would display their might.

Although the building would be more heavily guarded in order to display their advanced "Spectre" units to the stockholders, NI-G.4 deemed it a necessary risk. The robot struck at midday, when the stockholders were expected to arrive. He waited for them to get to the higher floors and commence the meeting, before using his stealth technology to sneak into the Building Complex. Nano then hacked into various "Spectre" units around the base, connecting them to a basic AI directive in his own processor. Slowly, their actions became more and more intense. First off, they started by simply moving, or falling over, which spooked the Militia guard into a state of slight panic. Then, they started firing their weapons wildly. Eventually the Spectre units began a full on war outside the complex, firing directly at Militia troops from wherever they stood at their posts.

> "*Get the fuck down here! Taking heavy fire from one a' the bots! Deactivate 'em! Make it--*"
> ― Militia Lt. Harris, before being shot through the throat by a Spectre unit.
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Nano had previously analysed the building blueprints and seen that the meeting would be occurring 30 floors up- All floors up to that point were behind multiple sheets of bulletproof reinforced glass, and titanium sheeting, in order to protect against attacks and possible nuclear detonations. As a result of the heavy sheeting and focus on protection, those who were in the meeting did not hear about the gunfights downstairs, which allowed NI-G.4 to openly walk into the building and infiltrate the security systems. He ripped the files of CCTV from the system, and rather easily took out any reinforcements heading to support the other Militia at the front door.

After reaching the 30th floor, NI-G.4 disposed of the top Stockholders and the Manager of the business with minor resistance, throwing the Majority Stockholder through the 30th floor window. It was later found out that approximately 182 of all 214 security personnel in the compound were killed, the others were grievously injured. Due to the destruction of all major cameras and security footage, the event was considered to be a tragedy and an issue with the Threat-Detection methods of the "Spectre" units, which had rendered them all hostile, and killed those in the building.

A few days after the massive fall in Hammond Robotics stock, Alterra took over the company with a hostile takeover of stock purchase, taking the technology and power of Hammond Robotics into their fold- But they still had ambitions, and NI-G.4 was still willing to work.

### **Vinson Dynamics Takedown**

Around a week after Hammond Robotics was taken down by him, Alterra set their eyes on another IMC ally, Vinson Dynamics. This time, their production of advanced Titans caught interest of Alterra, as well as the access to a large amount of IMC heavy weapons manufacturing. This time, the robot took less of a stealthy route after he noticed he was being tailed by a heavily armoured truck.

The modified truck behind him lead to him driving straight through Vinson Dynamic HQ gates in Scotland, where they controlled procurement and quality control. His truck had been loaded with Comp B as a backup plan, which went off upon impact with the front of the building. As a result of his rather conspicuous entrance, the robot had to take the fight straight to the Pilots and Titans within the facility. Over time, he realised he was not alone in his pursuit- Another Alterra bought robotic mercenary was on his tail, competing for their favour- This robot's name was CRAKA. A communist, Russian-built robot from the same timeline as NI-G.4.

Despite their rivalry, each seemed to manage alone, not deciding to put their own AI in danger of termination until they knew they were truly against each other. CRAKA seemed to steamroll through the Vinson Dynamics Titans and "Spectres", using pure aggression and heavy weaponry. NI-G.4 on the other hand, remained with a low profile, utilising known human technology and suits: Notably, he utilised dual Glock 21's, and a modern military plate carrier. His usage of human tech and clothing made him appear that the attack was simply an extremely well trained human in base, along with a massive robot.

Due to his emphasis on keeping a low profile, Alterra was able to take over Vinson Dynamics without any political uproar, as blame fell onto whoever this robot belonged to. It was settled that it may have been Russian spies, but everyone blames them for issues, right? NI-G.4 alone was able to kill around 42 guards before CRAKA began his rampage and Nano decided it best to leave.

After his mission against Vinson Dynamics was successful, and Alterra took the company over, he received new Alterra technology integrated into his chassis. This included Alterra, Hammond Robotics, and Vinson Dynamics tech respectively.

### **"A Threat to Democracy"**

After Vinson Dynamics was taken down, the Japanese Civil War occurred. Though unrelated to NI-G.4's previous mission, his scans of the global internet had revealed multiple tapes of war crimes, torture, kidnappings, and information. Said information showed that the winning force of the Japanese Civil War utilised anti-democratic political systems. NI-G.4, practically programmed to combat such behaviour, embarked over to Japan, through using his stealth technology to piggyback onto Military Transports going into the country.

Eventually, he made his way to Fuchū Air Base, where he staged a large scale attack upon the dictatorial regime's military. On the 27th of February, 1:10 AM, NI-G.4 fired the first shots. A highly organised assault, the robot seemed to use the tactics of Sun Tzu- He utilised his firepower and skill set to make one unit (himself) seem like a large attacking force of Japanese Rebels. By targeting the fuel tank of a stopped vehicle, he was able to cause a large, fiery explosion in the middle of the base, and in the panic he was capable of taking out the main light source of the base, as well as the Sniper Towers lining the walls.

Since it was late at night, many of the soldiers had trouble seeing through the darkness, and the backup flood lights served both as a blessing and curse. If they looked certain ways, the light would make them blind, or cast large shadows which kept them paranoid. NI-G.4 analysed the positions of these lights to a high degree and used them to his advantage, continuing his approach of psychological warfare. By staying at the walls and using heavy weaponry to blast through them, he made the soldiers inside think that an invasion force was going to breach through the walls- In truth, he was moving about the buildings and treeline, firing into the base and walls in order to trick them.

Over the next few hours, NI-G.4 used all of his new upgrades, and his general superiority, to assault the base. His stealth technology played an essential role in dodging the shots of Type-10 Tanks and other infantry weapons. Mainly, he engaged in Close Quarters Combat, slicing throats and limbs with his Thermoblades and Vibro-blade. Though his attack may seem cookie-cutter to an outsider, for those inside, it was a horror story.

> "*Democracy is to be preserved. Your lives are temporary.*"
> ― NI-G.4, whilst using his SHIT-BRO machine gun
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As a result of the pure volume of soldiers inside, NI-G.4 eventually dropped stealth, and used his SHIT-BRO Machine Gun. The massive triple barrelled Heavy Machine Gun was topped off with 4000 rounds, and NI-G.4 used it to rain fire down on soldiers in the base. He set up the barrel on a machine gunner's nest upon one of the walls, and proceeded to empty all 4000 rounds of high explosive .50 Caliber into the base. The weapon turned fully armoured soldiers into red paste and flesh, and reduced IFV's to slag without much issue.

Whilst the final soldiers outside of the main complex succumbed to their injuries, NI-G.4, who was severely injured to tank rounds and automated turrets, made his way into the control tower. He located the General who controlled Air Defence, and fired a single shell from his ZEUS Cannon into his torso. The torso was later found about 50 meters away from the Control Tower.

Once Dedeios and Esdeath arrived at the scene, they realised it was not just a rebel attack. NI-G.4 had made a point of the base, making sure to give every individual inside a fairly gruesome death. Some soldiers were impaled into concrete walls with metal sheets and rebar poles, others were fused to the ground as a result of his acidic grenades and plasma weaponry. They found that the General had been killed, and that NI-G.4 was attempting escape in a slightly damaged F-15J Jet. Under Dedeios' orders, a member of The Circus fired a High Velocity tank round into the jet, which impacted its damaged fuselage and destroyed a section of the wing.

> "*FIRE AT THAT JET! NOW!*"
> ― Dedeios commanding his soldiers to fire at NI-G.4
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As a result of the jet being heavily damaged beforehand, it was sent crashing into a nearby park, where NI-G.4 sustained even further damage to his body. Dedeios and Esdeath caught up to the crash site in a customised APC. NI-G.4 and Dedeios faced off initially, as the robot had recovered from its crash. The two engaged in combat, as Dedeios called NI-G.4 "Arnie", in reference to the movie "The Terminator", wherein the robotic antagonist is played by the actor Arnold "Arnie" Schwarzenegger. Although NI-G.4 was badly damaged, he was able to put up a fight against the fully prepared Dedeios and Esdeath, even using his energy shielding to deflect the torrent of icicles that Esdeath used against him. After using his energy shielding, however, Dedeios threw an EMP directly at him. Due to his damaged body the grenade affected his systems, shutting off a few different parts of his body.

> "*By evaluating my combat footage, I killed nine-hundred fifty two Japanese soldiers. Do not be the nine hundred fifty third.*"
> ― NI-G.4, during his fight against Dedeios and Esdeath.
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Despite not being able to pierce the tough combat armor of the human, NI-G.4 attempted to fire his EMLA Mk.3 into his torso. He was bruised, however the weapon seemed to have been damaged in the crash, and did not cause significant damage. Dedeios eventually presented a weakness as he attempted to place a Fusion Implosion device into a sparking wound on NI-G.4, which was sustained from a point blank .50 BMG shot. The robot grabbed the human's hand and crushed it through his tough armour, which badly damaged both the armour and his arm, and meant he had to remove it.

In desperate need of repair, NI-G.4 used his ATU Mk.IV to materialise the SHIT-BRO Machine Gun to attack the two. He fired off the weapon at the two humans, hitting Esdeath in the torso multiple times. Luckily she was wearing combat armor, however the explosive detonation of the rounds mortally wounded her, causing both Dedeios and her to flee.

### **Saving the UK Military and Alterra Forces**

A week after his encounter in Japan, NI-G.4 had been repaired by Alterra checkpoints in Argentina. He was given a mission in return- A final mission, which would seal his newest, most permanent, and possibly most expensive upgrade to date. Weeks earlier, Alterra drones had caught potential intelligence that ISIS remnants were planning on a large-scale raid in Raqqa, Syria. UK and Alterra forces were badly hit during the war on terror, and radio equipment was either broken, stolen, or destroyed completely due to various conflicts and new tech utilised by the terrorists, meaning that they could not get this information to all the forces in enough time. After the dissolution of most of the ISWC during the War on Terror, ISIS and many of their allies were planning a resurgence. It would have started with an ambush on a key joint-operations force of UK Troops and Alterra PMC soldiers.

If ISIS had managed to ambush and steal from these troops, they could have potentially reverse engineered the technology, and gained more traction, potentially sparking another War in the Middle East. NI-G.4 was deployed around 10 miles from the ISIS ambush position in an Alterra Drop ship, meeting up with a UK-Owned FOB to replenish ammunition and get information on local forces. Here, he was given a large Military backpack full of Satchel Charges on a timer, as well as engraved with various messages by the soldiers.

> "*Brother, I can see it outside. Floating bag!*"
> ― ISIS Sniper Rasheed, spotting NI-G.4's military backpack.
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Due to the fact he did not currently have any major upgrades to his system, ISIS sniper positions spotted him whilst he was rigging charges onto various vehicles, which included custom-made suicide trucks , outdated Humvee and UAZ armoured trucks, and Technicals. They begun firing upon him with Mosin Nagant and Dragunov SVD rifles, along with PKM's, RPD's, and DShK Heavy Machine Guns . The Robot took cover behind a vehicle, however was struck multiple times, receiving minor cosmetic damage. Upon realising that the timer for the Satchel Charges was at 18 minutes, and he had to clear out five apartment buildings of ISIS fighters, NI-G.4 begun his own offensive. Using his Jump Kit, he breached a large window, and started a rampage against the ISIS fighters inside whilst remembering to place charges on key support beams.

> "*Rasheed, you are on crack cocaine and also LSD, I cannot trust your judgement.*"
> ― Muhammad, arguing over Rasheed spotting NI-G.4
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Despite the heavy weaponry of the ISIS fighters, they relied too heavily on ambush and unsuspected attacks to be efficient. Their poor training made them a rather easy fight for NI-G.4, as he quickly unravelled their battle plan whilst engaging in combat; The fighters tried to keep him at range to use their Heavy Machine Guns, TOW's, and Grenade Launchers, so to combat this, NI-G.4 rushed the fighters to keep them in CQC. His traits at the time were still superhuman, so no matter who he was attacked by, he was bound to best them in hand-to-hand combat. In one instance, to strike fear into the fighters, he demoralised one of their lead combatants. The robot incapacitated the man with a kick, which shattered both his spine and rib cage, and then followed up by demanding him to fire his SPAS-12 shotgun, holding slugs, into his head. The fighter fired the round at point blank into NI-G.4's forehead with the robot's help, only to realise that the round did nothing. The robot then demanded he pray to whoever he believed in and do it again. After doing so, the same result occurred, and the robot left the dying ISIS member to continue his mission. He also took the fighter's SPAS-12 and a Bandoleer, which was full of 12-gauge buckshot and slugs. This was one of the first instances of unwarranted intimidation, showing a new development to his sentient AI; Personal hatred. This hatred likely stemmed from their dirty tactics, and the threat they posed to his allies, whom were democratic.

> "*You claim to follow a loving God, yet look at your friends now. Dead, crushed. They didn't have a chance.*"
> ― NI-G.4, displaying un-programmed hatred for the first time.
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By the time NI-G.4 had reached the 5th apartment building, the ISIS members had realised what was happening, and had organised a close range suicide charge to overwhelm the robotic fighter. They used Bayonets, Scimitars, the stocks of their weapons, and various makeshift melee weapons to attempt to do damage to the robot. Drawing his Vibro-Blade, he engaged in combat with an estimated 118 ISIS fighters, throwing satchel charges around the building in an effort to bring the place down atop himself. As he slaughtered the combatants using his Vibro-Blade and the SPAS-12 shotgun, the timer ran down to nearly 3 minutes. In order to keep the fighters inside the building and stop them from alerting reinforcements, the robot blocked the main stairwell of the building and used his Particle Shield to block them inside. He had to radio Alterra command and demand they blow the charges prematurely in order to ensure none of the ISIS members hammered out a window and managed to escape.

> "*Nano to command. Activate the charges early*"
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As a result of the charges being activated early, NI-G.4 had no chance of escape. He was caught in the explosion, however at the last moment, activated his energy shielding. Though he was caught in the debris of rebar and concrete, he had sustained no permanent damage. Coated in blood, dust, and scratches, the robot eventually escaped the rubble and used a stolen civilian Toyota truck to drive to the nearest Alterra FOB.

It was later confirmed by authorities that around 630 ISIS fighters were inside the compound. 517 bodies were identified as KIA, however the rest were mutilated beyond identification.

### **Upgrade from Alterra**

After defeating the ISIS stronghold, NI-G.4 immediately moved on to locate Alterra forces. Their FOB, which would have been ambushed and destroyed, helped him to re-calibrate and repair radio equipment. As a result he contacted Alterra Command, and the troops were moved out of the sector and replaced. NI-G.4 on the other hand, was delivered to an ARK.

> "*Welcome to Ragnarok, one of many ARKs. Come on, this way.*"
> ― Alex Gehrman, greeting the robot.
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Here, he met Alex Gehrman for the first time, who showed him around the Alterra-owned mega structure. Due to their mining of Element, and their trade routes with the UK and Imperials, they had prepared a more advanced robotic body for NI-G.4 to inhabit. Alex and NI-G.4 spoke of Alterra's current technologies, gaining somewhat of a friendly relationship during the meeting, as NI-G.4 got a better understanding of TEK and ARKs.

As the meeting concluded, NI-G.4 shed his old ARCC Mk.3 and cloned his AI, placing two main AI chips into the new ARCS Mk.4. As a result, his old ARCC Mk.3 "NI-G.4 Mark 2" body was still sentient and retained its personality, whilst the ARCS Mk.4 body became "NI-G.4 Mark 3". The older body went back to Earth, in order to keep control of US Military affairs, and their large force of NI-G.4 Robots which they had created to act as a more efficient robotic military. The newest body continued the journey of working for Alterra.

Through conversation with Alex, both agreed that NI-G.4 could work for non-Alterra Corporations, so long as it does not violate their contract and puts any Alterra allies into danger. As a result of NI-G.4 working as a semi-freelancer, he would still bring any advantageous technology and data back to Alterra, merely out of a mutual respect for the business and their trust in him.

### **Ether Drake Hunt**

Around a week after receiving his ARCS Mk.4, Alterra called upon him to travel to their Argentina Drydock for an important mission. He travelled there using his newly received TEK Jetpack, and was flown away from Earth to one of the Alterra-Owned Colonies. He was not briefed due to the intensity of the mission, and the importance of getting to the location quickly.

Whilst at the colony, he was outfitted with new processors, in order to link up to Alterra Ships. The corporation decided to place him in command of twenty-five Destroyer ships, due to his multitasking capabilities and their trust in him. These 25 ships joined up with Alex Gehrman's 50-ship fleet, and initiated an FTL warp to Alpha-Centauri. Once there, NI-G.4 was told that they were here to hunt the Ether Drake- A colossal, space-faring animal, which could dwarf moons; And it was heading right for a colony. Unofficially, Alex stated that Alterra was going to research the scales of the beast, which could handle the bombardment of nuclear missiles and space lasers.

Upon spotting the beast, Alex and NI-G4's ships engaged it. NI-G4's destroyers moved in immediately, circling the animal on either side by splitting their forces, whilst Alex' fleet bombarded its weak points from afar. Its eyes were a weak point, meaning the majority of laser, Gauss Cannon, and nuclear missile fire was concentrated on the Drake's face. Despite this, each eye still required a huge degree of fire to actually puncture. The scales around the eyes especially were hard to get through, and took multiple direct shots from nuclear missiles to punch through. NI-G.4's fleet was commanded by the robot to increase power on thrusters and reduce weapons system power, which was a tactic devised by him to keep harassing the animal whilst Alex bombarded with higher weapons power, and lower thrust power.

> "*Alex, remove thrust power and boost weapons power. My ships will keep it distracted so yours may bombard it from range.*"
> ― NI-G.4 advising Alex Gehrman of his plan.
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As a result of this risky tactic however, NI-G.4's fleet was hit by the large tentacles of the titan, and one of the Destroyer's wings was clipped off. The vacuum of space was stopped from entering the ship and causing permanent damage thanks to NI-G.4 monitoring all systems at the same time, and the bulkheads around the wing were closed off. After this, NI-G.4 realised that the Ether Drake was beginning to be more aggressive, as its eyes were slowly being exploded and burst in space. Alex activated the heavy weapons of his 50 ships, and begun the final bombardment of the animal.

> "*Fire the Giga cannons.*"
> ― Alex Gehrman, commanding his fleet to fire upon the Drake.
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After the Giga Cannons connected with the Drake's scales, the flesh was blown clean off. The Drake begun thrashing about, impacting its body and tentacles against NI-G.4's command ship. By analysing its movements and referencing it over other animals, the robot determined that it must be close to death. Adrenaline or something else was dumping, and it was attempting a final attack to try and get its "predators" away. They had to take it out soon, else it would attack the nearby colony due to its pain.

> "*Seems to be injured... From its movements, another barrage should do it...*"
> ― NI-G.4, before counting down the final bombardment.
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Once NI-G.4 had counted down from three, Alex's fleet and his own put all power into weaponry. The Giga Cannons of Alex's ships and the laser batteries of NI-G.4's destroyers put an immense volume of firepower into its eye sockets, resulting in a mass explosion of gore and fluids out onto NI-G.4's fleet, which was closer to the beast. By the time the number "one" had been finished, the entirety of the Drake's face had been reduced to nothing but radiation and dust.

> "*Certainly not the cleanest of ways to go about it. But I suppose it is a mission complete.*"
> ― NI-G.4.
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Upon killing the Ether Drake, the nearby colonies were notified that they were in safety, and the fleet took the corpse of the colossal creature to the nearest colony to be researched by Alterra scientists.

### **Visit to the colony**

After killing the Ether Drake and saving possibly billions of lives, Nano and Alex anchored the corpse to their fleet and travelled to a nearby Alterra colony. NI-G.4 displayed more advanced range of emotion in this journey, most likely due to his AI personality advancing in complexity by itself- The robot did not want to put Alterra's profits in jeopardy, which is likely an advancement on his Capitalist value personality trait.

As a reward for his service against the Ether Drake, Alex showed him two things. First of all, the power of Alterra; He demonstrated this by flying the fleet nearby the Dyson Sphere , and then introducing NI-G.4 to "The Bloodbath", a Colossus-Class ship capable of destroying entire planets. After he was introduced to this, him and Alex landed on the nearby colony planet in order to get NI-G.4 his new upgrades.

Alex showed him The Library, a vast network of research, technological blueprints, and knowledge gathered by Alterra, which serves as their form of bank for their data. After this, the robot and Alex moved through a TEK Door, where NI-G.4 would undergo his newest, strongest augments. These included Tachyon Lances, a Precognition Interface, a Hive-Mind AI graft, as well as new Artificial Dragon Scale Armor bonded together by his previous Element-Beskar Cortosis weave material. The HiveMind AI was a new idea devised by the robot which meant the matter-compression of simple AI units, which would then be placed onto every actuator and hydraulic movement centre in his body. Essentially, it means that between the Advanced AI and movement centres, there was no lag time or physical limitation.

> "*100% prepared. Backups have been stored.*"
> ― NI-G.4 preparing for his augmentation procedure.
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This augmentation procedure was by far the largest leap in technology for NI-G.4, and resulted in a practical ascension in strength over his previous models. During testing of the new armour, he was capable of taking a center-mass shot from a TEK Railgun at close range, which can destroy advanced tanks easily. After that, he was shot at point blank with a pistol to test his Precognition Interface. Before the round had exited the barrel, the robot dodged the round and displayed his counter to Alex Gehrman.

> "*I didn't do it myself. It was almost like being possessed by another force.*"
> ― NI-G.4 on how the Precognition Interface felt to his processors.
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Alterra scientists and Alex himself applauded the display of the prototype technology, noting their findings on the interface through the physical test. As a result of said test, scientists of Alterra began including such interfaces on their own ships, giving them the ability to dodge and counter oncoming attacks in a split second.

### **"The Survivors"**

Two weeks after hunting the Ether Drake, NI-G.4 was contracted by Alterra to take out the final Earth base of the crumbling IMC. After significant searching of the US and Europe, the Corporation found a surge in weaponry cargo movements to Utah. Upon searching the State with drones, they found a large, ex-US Military base now under control of the IMC's remnants. Dozens of Titans were located around the base, as well as thousands of Pilots and Grunts.

After being contracted, NI-G.4 spent little time scouting the place due to his new augmentations. It took him just two hours to determine the best line of attack. He determined that this would be a head-on assault, due to the IMC's advanced tracking technology and the pure volume of sniper towers armed with thermal scopes. His first action was to test out new boosters, which he used to great effect to launch himself as a "robotic bullet" toward a Titan. This lead to the death of the Pilot inside, and the decommission of the Titan from battle.

The new Precognition Interface served him well, as he was shown to be capable of dodging point blank rounds from Quad-Rocket launchers and Plasma Railguns easily. After dodging he was able to counter using his built-in Ion Cannons and Tachyon Lances, of which the latter made quick work out of multiple Ogre Titans in a single shot. As the battle raged on for multiple hours, the external walls were eventually breached by a Thermite Launcher round hitting it. Nano used this to his advantage to escape the main titan forces for a while, before they could follow him in too quickly.

Once inside, Nano used all of the new abilities to his disposal, and some old ones too, to rip through both Pilots and Grunts en masse. Thousands were killed in the following battle non-stop, until the Titans inside realised the robot was simply dodging all of their projectiles with ease. As a result they grabbed Ronin Broadswords, and utilised Close Quarters Combat techniques against the robot. Those inside still continued trying with their Railguns and Thermite Launchers however.

After around one hour of constant fighting, a Ronin Titan managed to engage the robot from behind with a Quad-Rocket launcher. The four rockets fired in a burst hit the robot in the back, and sent him through about ten meters of the base through a barracks building. As the Ronin and another Northstar Titan moved up to investigate, Nano rolled onto his back and fired off his built-in Stasis Rifle, which managed to freeze the Titan in place temporarily. It was kept in place long enough for Nano to recover and run up the length of the Titan's Broadsword and fire off his rocket boosters, which lead to the robot penetrating his legs through the cockpit of the Titan and crushing the pilot to death. Using the same rocket boosters, Nano flipped onto the ground and fired a Tachyon Lance beam through the Cockpit, which overloaded the Nuclear Core of the Titan and penetrated through the back, taking the entire arm off of the Northstar behind it.

The Pilot of the Northstar ejected before he could be killed by Nano, activating his Nuclear Ejection countermeasure. The two Titans exploded simultaneously, which resulted in NI-G.4 flying back 50 meters through the military base, crashing into and out of multiple buildings and Grunts. Due to his distancing from the rest of the Titans which went on a mission to find him, he was free to rampage through the base for around a half hour.

During this short burst of controlled chaos, Nano used his Ion Cannons set on a low setting, which even then managed to vaporise soldiers in full combat armor at close range. They seemed to have basically no chance unless they were in a Titan; Which is exactly what found him soon after. An Ogre-Class Titan wielding a Broadsword managed to ambush the robot and slice down onto his neck, the blade Arcing with Energy. Due to his Precognition Interface, the body of the robot reacted and he managed to get an arm up to block the sword, however he soon had to use both arms to resist the strength of the 50-Ton behemoth. The Titan used both hands too, capable of lifting its own weight with some strain.

The struggle lasted about a minute, as Nano's systems begun creaking under the weight of the blade whilst he took numerous plasma rounds, and mortar shells to the back. He was forced to kneel down under the force of the blade, and continued resisting. If it managed to get to his neck, it would likely crush delicate internal components which weren't yet replaced with stronger materials. The robot expressed a human thought, as a result of his research on human emotion, and took a risk. He took one hand off of the blade and quickly shot out a fully charged Tachyon Lance beam at the wrist of the Titan, which amputated it from the body. Despite some paint being scratched off his neck, the risk payed off. Before the Ogre could get away, NI-G.4 picked up the huge Broadsword and sliced the Titan clean in half, before dispatching the escaping pilot with a EMLA Mk.3 round to the brain.

> "*Strong for your size. Inefficient though.*"
> ― NI-G.4, after dispatching the Ogre Titan.
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After this display of pure strength, the IMC had called in a transport to evacuate the soldiers inside, whom were beginning to surrender. NI-G.4 let surrendering combatants go, however continued his chaotic rampage through the military base against any who thought they had the strength to face him. NI-G.4 decided to finish the fight there and then, and utilised more brutal tactics. In one instance, the robot fired an Ion Cannon round through the tip of a light pole and picked it up out the ground, before chucking it right through an enemy Titan and nailing it to the ground. He then finished off the speared Titan with a Whistling Bird rocket to the cockpit, that reduced the Pilot to red paste.

After this NI-G.4 was hit by a Thermite Cannon round in the back yet again. He was thrown into the ground and the impact threw up dirt around him, leading to a small crater. Three Titans had located him around four and a half hours into his attack, and had been waiting to ambush the robot. Unfortunately for them, he was planning on testing what a charged up shot from his Ion Cannons would do. Sapping half the power from two of his Ion Cube energy cores, he fired a total of 5 Kilotons of energy from his Cannons, which completely vaporised the central Titan and half of each of the two Titans either side of it. After this, NI-G.4 exited the base and headed to Alterra territory to receive an upgrade, allowing the remaining forces to evacuate off of Earth.

In total, of the 42 Titans, 1080 Pilots, and 6200 Grunts that were stationed at the base, 39 Titans along (and 38 of their Pilots), 840 Ground Pilots, and 5930 Grunts were lay to waste by Nano. In total, 6808 IMC Soldiers were put out of action

### **Liberation of the Lithoids**

Not long after his destruction of the IMC base in Utah, Alterra Corporation had more work for him. This time, a little-known population of Silicon-Based creatures called "Lithoids". Alterra drones caught information of multiple atrocities committed by the rock people's dictatorial leaders, and as a result, the Mega-Corp brought it upon themselves to attempt to free their people of this tyranny. From inside sources, it was apparent that, among other things, the upper-class and government were subjecting their citizens to slavery, oppressive communism, and even cannibalism, where the upper class or "Royals" would digest the bodies of younger Lithoids to keep their own vessels fit.

Hearing of the word "Communism" in particular sparked Nano's interest. Making his way to Argentina's Dry-Dock for Alterra, he took his personal Destroyer-Class to the coordinates sent to him. Once there, Alex Gehrman contacted him whilst aboard The Undying, His new Juggernaut-Class ship. Nano was given information on the species by him once contacted; The species are less advanced than Alterra Corp Military personnel, however possessed supernatural strength and speed which could lay waste to a human easily- Best to remain at a distance. As a result, NI-G.4 strapped multiple weapons to his body for ease of access, including the TEK Plasma rifle, L-STAR EMG, Vibro-Sword, EMLA Mk.3, and MPG-2X Acid Grenades.

After ordering his own special unit of Spectres to board ten separate dropships, and Alex confirming the go-ahead, he entered an airlock to be jettisoned out into Space. The plan was that, since the Lithoids could see The Undying From their surface, they would encounter some heavy resistance; Nano would free-fall down through the atmosphere ahead of the dropships, and take out any Flak emplacements to lessen the load on the deploying soldiers.

> "*You ready for war?*"
> "*I was made for it.*"
> ― Alex Gehrman and Nano, before the airlock opened and dropships deployed.
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As the ships deployed and the robotic, pilot, and Titan units got slowly deployed, Nano made his way through the atmosphere. Around 5 minutes ahead of the rest of the troops, he calculated a drop point and landed right in enemy territory; Specifically, a Flak Cannon emplacement. Using his Stealth Equipment to cloak himself, the robot managed to kill the five occupants of the Gun-Ditch with minor resistance, though he did figure out why the Lithoids were revered for their physical strength after being battered across the head with a Flak Shell. He also discovered, through use of the L-STAR, that these rock aliens required quite a bit of energy fire to melt through their thick metallic mineral bodies.

Using his TEK Cruise Missile, the robot managed to take out another bunker harbouring a Laser-Flak battery and multiple heavy machine guns with around ten Lithoid soldiers inside. After that, he threw a Satchel Charge onto the Flak Cannon he'd previously taken out to ensure it was not used again. Advancing through enemy lines, the robot killed around twenty more shock troops with either his TEK Claws, or the L-STAR, however was interrupted by a Tank-Class Lithoid. These seemed to be lumbering, quadrupedal rock giants which had Heavy Laser Cannons attached to their backs. Some were also using Lava-Cannons, which were the Lithoid specialised weapon, firing a globule of molten rock that stuck to opponents and slowly burned through armor.

Being knocked over by the Rock Giant's heavy cannon, he had to resist the crushing leg of it. With his new strength and augmentations this was no incredible feat like last time, as he managed to push the leg off and stand up just in time to fire a charged Ion Cannon blast at its face, which blew apart the back of its rocky skull and caused its death. The ten riders of the tank attacked the robot then, however they were dispatched with various Tachyon Beams, a few to the TEK plasma claws, and others by their own crystalline swords. One was even decapitated.

> "*Pathetic communists.*"
> ― NI-G.4.
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Despite his chest receiving a dent from the Heavy Cannon shot, the robot reported back to Alex, who told him to rush forward to the city before they had time to deploy Nuclear Weapons onto the field. The robot obliged of course, and used his newfound incredible speed to break the sound barrier and rush through the enemy lines. A flurry of plasma claws, vibro-blade slices, and fists battered its way through the heavy defences of "The Gate"- The main choke point and defensive line of the Lithoids, protecting the city- as the robot reduced multiple hundreds of Heavy Shock Troops (Lithoids augmented with heavy metals in their bodies) and regular Shock Troops. Not only did he use his hands, but other methods too, planting acidic frags in the bodies of Lithoids only for them to melt into the ground and running THROUGH some soldiers due to his immense speed. Once inside the city, Nano got to see first-hand the uncaring and merciless nature of this regime; Civilians who were evacuating seemed to serve no stoppage to the firing of a Heavy Laser Cannon, which in its attempt to destroy NI-G.4 killed dozens of civilians with shots through the back. Upon seeing this, the robot grabbed both his L-STAR and TEK Plasma Rifle, popping out of cover to advance on the position, completely unfaltering whilst firing both weapons from the hip. His targeting programming did not let him down. Despite receiving multiple dents in his plating he killed the twenty guards which blocked the road.

> "*Democracy will prevail.*"
> ― NI-G.4 after dispatching the roadblock.
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The robot stole the Lithoid Laser-HMG and continued his rampage through the city, dispatching dozens of Lithoid Guard as he moved through the streets, witnessing more and more war crimes against the civilians, more panic, and more dead innocents. After coming to the final stretch, the robot pulled a younger alien Lithoid around a corner to save its life, and continued firing back. Using his ZEUS Cannon to great effect against a Tank-Class in the road, he was shot through the shoulder with the Heavy Laser Cannon, resulting in a large dent and slight deformation. Four Lithoids dismounted the dead Tank, and were dealt with by the robot with Ion Cannons and their own weapons; The final was torn in two as the robot stuck his fists through its body.

Another 26 Shock Troops guarded the Royal Palace of the government officials he was after; Six of them were destroyed by the SHIT-BRO machine gun, and the other 20 got a Sidewinder rocket to the skull. The survivors were cut up by the Plasma Claws of the robot as he used his speed to Zig-Zag between them.

> "*Solid copy, moving in for the kill.*"
> "*And... sorry for the mess.*"
> ― Two guys
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Once he reached the large palace, he used his Plasma Claws and amazing speed to break through the thick front door with force. Despite attaining a few scratches and dents on his arms and shoulders, he was fine. When met with the Royal Guard, the robot found that the large focusing crystals in their Spears caused the lasers in the weapons to be highly damaging, focusing the laser to be hotter and more accurate, though they only affected about an inch of space for every hit. Nevertheless, the robot managed to out-fight them. Stealing one of their spears and firing a Tachyon Beam through the disarmed guard's chest. He thrust the spear into the next guard from behind his forearm-mounted Particle Shield, and fired a laser shot into its "heart"- The remaining three guards attacked in CQC, swinging their spears around at him and denting his arms, thighs, and head slightly.

With a sweep of the spear at the legs of one of the guard, he managed to bring it to the ground and fire a barrage of around twenty lasers into its head, which fused the rocky mineral into the palace floor. Tossing that spear down, he grabbed another which was about to hit him in the head, using his leverage to toss the Lithoid across the room into the palace wall, where it cracked the rocky construction. Spear in hand, he thrust it backwards at the guard behind him which staggered the alien, allowing him to use his Cutting Lasers to cut both arms off of the guard. A kick to the chest guaranteed it would never get up again, which broke a vase in the palace. Nano then turned around to blast an Ion Cannon shot into the guard who was thrown to the wall.

The robot took one of the laser spears and attached it to his back to advance forward into the Conference Room, which was blocked by a massive metal mineral bulkhead. This didn't stop the robot, however, as he used his Cutting Lasers to melt the door around so he could fit through. As a huge segment of the door dropped to the floor the robot threw his spear into the first being he saw, which impaled one of the politicians through the stomach and stuck into the wall. The two royal guards either side of the door were utterly destroyer by his Tachyon Beams, as the robot pointed both arms to the four politicians.

> "*For your crimes against your race. You forfeit your life.*"
> ― NI-G.4 preparing to kill the Government Officials
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Using a prototype concept he called the "Multi-Beam", the robot fired off all his arm weapons at the same time; Cutting Lasers, Tachyon Beams, and Ion Cannons on both arms, forming one huge Ionised, Superheated Tachyon-Infused Plasma stream which sapped three of his four Ion Cubes of their power. Luckily the robot only requires one to function, and the other three are auxiliary. The resulting Tachyon-Charged Plasma completely vaporised almost 20% of the side of the palace, and was visible from space, destroying a majority of the hillside and cliff face which lay behind the palace.

After Alex had killed his own batch of designated officials, and the two met up, NI-G.4 opted to bury those lost- Lithoid civilians and Alterra Soldiers alike. The Alterra death toll was 812, including Pilots, Titans, and Standard Infantry. NI-G.4's combat footage showed that he killed around 482 Lithoids, including Tank-Classes, Politicians, Heavy Shock Troops, Royal Guard, and regular Shock Troops.

After being transported to The Undying, the Juggernaut Class jumped to the nearest planet under Alterra control; 4546B, the Ocean Planet. Whilst there, NI-G.4 exhibited a new trait: Overriding his original programming. He admitted that communism was not the biggest threat in this new multiverse, thus showing a higher capacity of sentience than before. After a short conversation with Alex, he received his most powerful upgrade yet.