Dark machines

Dark machines are machines created by the Disciples of Nog to serve as warmachines during their war with the Vortum High Council. Numerous different variants were created to serve various purposes.

History
The first dark machines were created around 3 years before the beginning of Arc 1 by the disciples. These proto machines simply funvtioned as guards and manual workers for the disciples. They had limited combat abilities but the disciples motly laid low during this time so they saw limited action.

After the creation of The Foundry roughly a year before the beginning of the series, production of dark machines was increased due to the Disciples now having access to better facilities for production. Many new variants were created and production continued smoothly for around 11 months, after which the Disciples began the first stage of their plan by attacking a number of villages in Vortum using Harvester variants.

Variants
The Disciples produced a number of different variants of dark machines, each fit for a different purpose. Commonalities between the different variants were that they each posessed a Yinkari core as their primary source of power and that each was linked to a synchronized intelligence which allowed them to communicate with each other almost instantaneously from across the planet. Each dark machine also had the capacity for sentient intelligence but they all posessed behaviour limiters to supress this possibility.

These are the different variants of dark machines as of Arc 1.

Harvester
These 3 meter tall machines were the most common variant during the beginning of the Yinkari crisis. They were created for the purpose of harvesting the life energy of Kashinis by collecting their blood. Harvesters posessed light Yinkari shielding to protect against attacks, A large claw on their left arm which served the purpose of incapacitating targets for the harvester to collect their life force and on their right arm they posessed numerous tentacle like apendages used to collect the blood of their victims.

A harvester designated as 737 was able to obtain sentience after suffering damage to its behaviour limiter during the crash of the front runner.