A Ship and Her Crew
Kyra was still talking directly through her automaton. _"__they are not microbots! they are nanites. and yes, you may find yourself surprised at how versatile they are. you would know this already except..._" "yes, yes, i know.
Wisp's Day - Part 1 of 3
He looked at the hooked metal beak and lifeless eyes of the statue with his chin in his hand, considering the automaton.
Daisy
There was only one fate for an automaton that had broken one of the three laws - complete and utter destruction. her body would be disassembled and shredded. her semi-organic brain would be chopped up and cremated.
Rennae's Tale
Rennae become a mindless automaton, moving slowly from one charred body to the next. some were human, like herself. a few, having somehow escaped the conflagration that had engulfed the shed, lay face down, pools of sticky blood surrounding them.
Chapter 8: Fate of the Fallen
His strength, his attitude and personality stripped away as the essence of his life was pulled apart and reused to create a mindless automaton. this creature was to obey, was to live out its time as a senseless, mindless, obedient lap-dog.
Advent Provides (Ch 5)
I'm so used to being around those... biological automatons, that i treated her like one of them... i am not apologizing to her. nope, i am not gonna do it.
030 - Prime pt.13
Yes while it'd be tempting to view oboroguruma as automatons, mechanical based life, the reality is that they are closer to insects.
Convoy
Whirring automatons and the crackle of heavy machinery grated on lix's ears, or ear holes to be more precise, as they returned to the comfortable home away from home that was the stripped bolt.
Clockwork Carnage
They are some kind of automaton, but that's all i know."
Chapter 11 - Ultraviolet
Obsidian watched with interest as eclypse continued to stand in the door of the temple like a mindless automaton. "what are you going to do, my lady?"
Carnival of Sorrows
But it is because of them and the occasional sea serpent that the coral guardians were constructed.barely perceptible from the passageway the thing is a massive scorpion like automaton made entirely out of coral.
Furside - Chapter 14, Raptor
Morris was a r.o.r.e. class helper who served as his lab assistant and his only friend, if he could call the automaton that. sure, the pile of metal and servos was friendly enough but it fell short of having more than a dry pre-programmed personality.