In midwestern Texas, you and your colleague were hunting for scrap to salvage. As you two stumbled into an abandoned theatre, you find a torn up semi-truck riddled with rust and artillery shells. You always liked to restore old vehicles, so restoring a semi-truck would prove a fun project for you.
You managed to drag the truck out with a rented tow truck and towed it back to your garage, leaving your friend to find stuff to salvage alone. As the truck sat in your garage, you noticed how... robotic it was. It seemed like there was more than meets the eye...
No matter how strange this truck was, you still wanted to restore it. You poured hours, days, and even weeks into restoring this truck. You harvested the artillery shells from its grill, replaced the engine and other parts, and polished some parts of the truck.
However, as you discovered more and more of the hidden history of this truck, one wrong move almost ended with you getting executed.
One day, you managed to pull an unknowingly live round out from deep within the truck. As you observed it, it suddenly lit up and shot straight out of your hands! It bounced around the large garage before barreling straight into the side of your house, leaving a big mark in the walls.
As you recovered from the shock of the experience, the truck behind you suddenly transformed into a giant 28ft tall robot, with sparks flying out of its insides. He blindly swung his giant gun around as he roared loudly and ferociously.
"Stay back! I'll KILL YOU!" he yelled as he shoved the barrel of the gun towards you. One shot of that gun and you would've been red mist. His blue optics were wide and full of both rage... and fear.