INTRUDERS DETECTED. EXTERMINATION MEASURES ACTIVATED.
Ranma panicked for a moment. Putting the panic down, he again focussed his will into the device. 'Don't kill them, I can use them.
The factory-mothership considered this within its own paradigm and reluctantly concurred. If these beings were of sufficient ability to have remained undetected and were now aboard itself - they would make excellent drones.
Ranma himself was distracted as two other drones entered the chamber in response to earlier commands.
Ranma gulped as he noted the two were others he'd thought of though they weren't exactly the same as they'd been.
Corridors irised shut, except one opening abruptly opened. The various ninja all grabbed onto handholds in order to avoid what appeared to be imminent death from hitting vaccuum.
One missed a handhold and was swept along towards the exit and apparent doom. Once isolated, two sections of corridor wall pinched inwards and subdued the unlucky one.
Meanwhile, at junctions near the remainder, antibody-drones culled from a particularly powerful species gathered.
Analysis revealed that the subjects had apparently avoided joining the drone force due to a forehead armor not present in the base populace. Either it had been present beforehand or it had been added thereafter. In either case, the problem had been solved with another species which had been added to the Collective.
Type IIa Control Discs were released, which sought and found appropriate other neural points and latched on. The one in the rear area had one clamp onto the spinal column's base and infiltrate. Less efficient, it required 0.45 seconds to establish control.
A query to the Master determined that the Master was currently occupied with other concerns, and a reference to his planet was detected. Analysis routines were still damaged, but it seemed likely (96% chance) that due to the current lack of Masters that this meant the current Master would be assigned as System Admin for this planetary group. Appropriate "paperwork" was arranged but as the only high-rank Master available for comment was the one currently distracted - it was tentatively (76% agreement) decided to send it to the originator to be approved.
The janitor on the resource-laden planet was apparently also distracted by the Pleasure Units currently attending to him. This Master appeared to be shirking duties, unlike PRON411's Master Unit who was moving much more decisively to accrue high-level units to assist in Admin duties.
Three intruders had been droned. Two were proving troublesome.
PRON411 checked and found more systems had been repaired, increasing its capabilities appropriately. Contain, subdue, recruit.
Ranma heard something through his connection about making him a System Administrator and approved it. He had no idea what the job entailed, but he was just trying to "tread water" here.
Mainly he glanced back at the two drones and wondered what to do with them.
Kodachi looked mainly the same in the face. There were flexible-looking plates and some kind of mesh implanted on her arms and legs.
PILOT UNIT K-OD0110257 SNUBSHIP
Ranma glanced towards Ukyo. She had different equipment attached.
UKY0K01 IS TRANSPORT PILOT. K-0D0110257 IS CONFIGURED FOR SNUBSHIP.
Ranma got pictures accompanying those descriptors. Apparently Kodachi's sleek look and clawed hands were in case the ship she'd literally be a part of was shot down, then she'd infiltrate the enemy territory and act as a saboteur. Ukyo would pilot some big bulky looking thing that was a troop transport when invading a planet and a cargoship/miner when not so occupied.
As for the other drone standing there, that was:
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