Disassembly Drones

This content belongs to the Murder Drones universe, which is not related to the SMG4 universe.

Disassembly Drones (referred to their prey as Murder Drones) are the titular antagonists of Murder Drones. They are bloodthirsty robots sent by the AbsoluteSolver to destroy the Worker Drones.

Disassembly Drones have to consume their oil in order to survive, otherwise they will overheat and die. This is because of their under-par cooling systems, causing them to be extremely hot to the point where simply touching them could adhere human skin to their metal. Said faulty cooling systems were developed as a failsafe for when Murder Drones complete their objectives. Not only would they be forced to consume oil to keep their systems running, they would eventually die of overheating once they had completed their objective.

They are deployed in pods (which are apparently actually spaceships), though N's Squad was apparently never taught to land properly and rendered their pod inoperable. Although it is not confirmed, it can be inferred that other squads also do not know how to land their pods, thus leaving them stranded on the planet.

It was revealed in Home that all of them were once regular Worker Drones working in the Elliott Manor, but were affected by the AbsoluteSolver due to the Zombie Drone, Cyn infecting them and transforming them into Disassembly Drones to drive the entire human race into extinction.

So far, only three Disassembly Drones have been introduced: Serial Designation N, Serial Designation J and Serial Designation V.

Appearance[]

Murder Drones are physically similar to Worker Drones, having a white coloration, with a black screen on the top of their face, a black waist, and hands with four fingers. However, Murder Drones are half a head taller than an adult Worker Drone, with white arms and wide forearms that end on yellow and black stripes, so do their legs, which have two lights on their shins. On their head is a black headband that has five sections of glowing sensors (apparently their real eyes), with a dark gray tongue and teeth and fangs. And they sport a long tail, which is attached to a neon yellow syringe on the tip.

Male Murder Drones have feet that end on yellow and black stripes, giving the appearance of soles/heels, while the females' shins are tapered to a point, with a curvaceous lower torso, and black markings giving the appearance of stockings, with yellow and black stripes that appear like footwear. Unlike Worker Drones, Murder Drones have silver hair regardless of their gender, and their eyes are neon yellow.

Murder Drones usually wear grayish/blackish short-sleeved attires with collars, yellow armbands on their left upper arm.

Abilities[]

Regeneration: Murder Drones possesses the ability to regenerate their lost limbs by using an unknown liquid-like substance. However, the ability has its limits, as N was able to regenerate his head after Uzi vaporized it with her railgun, while J wasn't able to regenerate herself after having everything from the waist up vaporized, thus ending her life. It is likely that the substance is stored in the torso or chest, explaining how N survived an attack from Uzi's railgun, while J didn't. It would fit the vampire aesthetic of the species, as vampires can only be killed by heart injuries.
Flight: All Murder Drones possess a pair of gigantic retractable metallic wings, which can be used to fly at high speeds and impale things with their "feathers". They don't need to move their wings to fly; there are moments in the pilot where the murder drones are seen floating midair, implying it's the wings' presence, not their movement, that allows flight.
Acidic Tail Stinger: The tails of the Murder Drones have a syringe on the tip, containing highly corrosive nanites that can eat through almost anything.
Healing Saliva: The saliva from the Murder Drones has the ability to deactivate the nanites in wounds inflicted by their syringes, usually meant to be used whenever they accidentally stick themselves with their tails.
Interchangeable Limbs: Murder Drones can change out their hands for various tools/weaponry, including a cannon that emits whatever the user is thinking about (lasers, bullets or hearts), an EMP, razor sharp claws, knives, and a screwdriver according to the concept art.
EMP: They have an EMP wave that can be used to temporarily disable Worker Drones. As a result, they also have an immunity to EMPs built in themselves to avoid knocking themselves out. So far, only J has used it, making it possible that only squad leaders have access to it.

Weakness[]

Overheating: Murder Drones overheat extremely easily, to the point where even exposure to the sun can kill them. They will also overheat if they go too long without ingesting oil.
Corrosive Nanites: The corrosive nanites found in their tails can damage them. This weakness can be overcome by using their saliva, but the heat of battle could make that difficult or impossible.
Personality: Murder Drones can be manipulated mentally and can be tricked or creeped out due to being sentient beings.
Tangling: Murder Drones can get captured by tangling them in their own tails.
Fragile Sensors: Their eyes (not their visors, the five lights on their heads) are easily the least durable parts of their body, getting poked through by a thrown pen. They also seem to be the hardest to fix when regenerating, as N's optics weren't fully repaired when his head regenerated as indicated by one of his lights being red.

Known Murder Drones[]

Normal[]

AbsoluteSolver[]

Trivia[]

The Murder Drones have similarities to a few fictional characters. Their healing factor is similar to the main antagonists of Terminator, as the liquid-like substance they used to regenerate is similar to T-1000 in Terminator 2. Their acidic tail, bloodthirsty nature, and climbing skills are similar to the main antagonist of the Xenomorphs in the Aliens franchise.
SMG4 counterparts seem to exist in the SMG4 universe. Unlike the canon counterparts, the SMG4 counterparts don't seem to harbor the same overheating weaknesses, as they're able to survive on Earth. Additionally, N was willing and fully prepared to drink human blood.
The Murder Drones seem to reference real life Asian giant hornets which are colloquially known as Murder Hornets which are infamous for devastation on honeybees which Murder Drones even kill in a similar way that the hornets do.
As the three Disassembly Drones seen so far have names pertaining to the letters of the alphabet, it is likely that there are other Disassembly Drones who have letters as their names.