Colonial Spider Attack weapons

The Colonial Spider Attack Weapons, often referred to as Replicators, are a terrifying new weapon developed by the UltraCorp Weapons Company to overcome the most powerful enemy defences.

Construction

The Spiders are small, 4-legged robots which are made of several blocks. Each block is roughly 1cm x 2cm in size and is fitted with a single microprocesser and magnetic linkers. Upon creation of numerous blocks, depending upon the Spider to be built, the microprocesser can link to form a sort of collective mind. Using this, the magnetic linkers are activated pulling the blocks together in a mass. Once all the blocks are connected, they move around to from the Spider they were programmed to create, essentialy allowing Spiders to replicate on their own as long as certain criteria are met.

The blocks can be made of any metallic material, and can be created either in a factory, or by a Queen Spider (described below). During creation, blocks are programmed to create a certain Spider, which when the required number of blocks are made, they will from and their programming will change to that of the Spider created.

Spider Types

There are several different types of Spiders, each with a different role.

Spider

The most basic type of spider, and also the smallest. This type of Spider is the type loaded into the delivering shells and is responsible for clearing an area for a Hive and protecting it at all costs. Has a highly acidic spray for breaking down metals for replication and attacking enemies. Is also armed with poisonous tubes in each of its four legs. The poisons are created by the block in each leg through a complicated process in which the surrounding air is leeched of certain elements. These elements are then corrupted and mutated into a liquid which can render any life-form comatose for a period of up to 36 hours.

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