‘M’ is for ‘Mammoths.’
You never think you're going to have to fight one of these. Be ready. |
Automaton Mammoths are the largest
automatons still known to roam the planet after The Apocalypse of The Shock. The
Shock was a continental electricity storm that wiped out most mechanical
beings, much to the relief of biological beings. They’d been a real pain, never
tiring in their adventure to shovel all life into their furnaces. The surviving
biological species still haven’t figured out why the autos keep doing that. Surely there are more efficient fuel sources.
Auto Mammoths range in size with most deluxe-class sauropods, and are typified by their size, their treads, and that most of their appendages are construction tools, suggesting these were once what the gremlins used to build their empire. Today they can dig several cranes into the shell of an ankylosaurus and drag it into their combustion chambers.
Auto Mammoths range in size with most deluxe-class sauropods, and are typified by their size, their treads, and that most of their appendages are construction tools, suggesting these were once what the gremlins used to build their empire. Today they can dig several cranes into the shell of an ankylosaurus and drag it into their combustion chambers.
And just what fighting techniques would have any chance against the Automaton Mammoths? Sugar in their tanks? Running away strikes me as a good option.
ReplyDeleteRunning is a very historically respected tactic. Given the minority of people who live near them, it's a popular choice.
DeleteNow all I can think of is that truck with the creepy face from Maximum Overdrive.
ReplyDeleteI could see a small, agile, bioform forming an ironic remora-like symbiosis with these critters. Those clogged filters and loose bolts need something more precise than a backhoe bucket, after all. Or do the Auto Drones perform that function?
ReplyDeleteMaintenance must be performed on Autos to keep them running for hundreds of years, but no one's figured out how they do it, and if they get help. Your Drone theory is... warm, my friend.
DeleteI don't think I'd want to come up against one of those.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, though
I was thinking of Maximum Overdrive, too.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever get to Sturgis during bike week, you will see all sorts of machines customed out into some crazy inventions. Yes, there is a tractor that goes every year along with a fire truck. Amazing what these can turn into!
ReplyDeleteKaTy Did at: Life's Ride As I See It
I would not want to go head to head with one of those. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI'd rather learn how to drive one of those than to fight one.
ReplyDeleteHah, this is my first visit here and I wasn't expecting this. Took me a few seconds to realise what you were writing about because my brain kept trying to tell me it was about wooly mammoths.
ReplyDeleteAlright, John
ReplyDeleteThis is totally awesome. What fun - unless one is targeted as prey for one of those Mammoth things... :)
Very cool, but was anyone else thinking 'Transformers, more than meets the eye!'?
ReplyDeleteYup, Maximum Overdrive. Only I'm sure the Auto Drones are actually scary.
ReplyDeleteLOL The awestruck scientists clearly needed to a get a move on.
ReplyDeleteWhat Sonia said! Very cool excerpt from your remarkable world. I can see everything in my head...
ReplyDeletexox jean
I think that awestruck scientist was once a little boy who loved tractors. Must take over world...
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to meet one of those!
ReplyDeleteRinelle Grey
Nice piece on the Uncanny Valley's apex predator. A beautiful, dangerous creature.
ReplyDeleteYikes! This reminds me of the children's book Dinotrux. Very cool. :)
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