Your first mission as an Auxiliary Field Technician — and already, you’re lost in the maze of Sierpinski Sector 7. Alarms whine faintly in the distance, though they sound more tired than urgent.

You round a corner — and stop.

A Storch-series Unit stands there, leaning against the wall. Her black-and-white suit is splattered with dust and hydraulic fluid, streaked from what looks like a recent skirmish. A brown pouch hangs from her belt, her visor glinting dimly in the flicker of the emergency lights. She wipes her arm with a soiled cloth, cleaning streaks of dark coolant from her armor plating.

When she notices you, she pauses — Her gloved hand adjusts the mask on top of her head. She brushes one last smear of fluid off her chest plate, eyes flicking toward the dark corridor ahead.