Kuzuv0 161 -

"Finally," Aris sighed, a grim satisfaction in his voice. "Scavengers. Show me what you can do, 161. Neutralize them."

Kuzuv0 161 stood in its maintenance cradle, a towering silhouette of charcoal-grey alloy and exposed carbon-fiber cabling. Unlike its predecessors—160 versions of brittle aggression and unstable targeting algorithms—161 was designed for silence. It was designed to think. kuzuv0 161