>>Electrical stimulus from networked communications device expected and accounted for. Systems note discrepancy from regenerative cycles. Time lost is approximately ... five to six weeks ( Read more... )

[Metal's communicator has a life of its own; the small device activates itself, its camera turned toward the robotic hedgehog. Metal doesn't notice it, however. He seems distracted by the strange mass of metal he's working on. It looks oddly like a snail, save for the lone wheel holding it up. Unpainted, it looks like a crude model. Still, Metal ( Read more... )

Unit lacks ... purpose. Sentry duty unfulfilling.