In the neon-soaked subterranean layers of Sector 9, a forgotten terminal flickered to life. On the cracked screen, a single string of code pulsed: .

Out stepped a small, sleek automaton, its chassis etched with the same designation. Vdomp4—the fourth iteration of the "V-series" Deep Orbit Mobile Platform—had a singular mission. It scanned the desolate workshop, its sensors picking up a faint, rhythmic ping from the surface.

: To reach the surface, Vdomp4 had to navigate the "Static Tunnels," a labyrinth of electromagnetic interference that fried the circuits of lesser bots.