[3045-03-12 08:41:22 UTC]
SOURCE: Automated Distress Beacon — Bunker 7 Main Transmitter
"This is an automated distress beacon.
Colony designation: Copper-9, Sector 7-G.
Colony under attack. Disassembly Drones have breached the outer doors.
Requesting immediate evacuation.
Repeat: requesting immediate evacuation.
Population: approximately 3,200 Worker Drone units.
This is not a drill."
[3045-03-12 09:15:47 UTC]
SOURCE: WD Unit K-4481 (manual override of beacon)
"Is anyone receiving this? The beacon's been running for thirty minutes.
No response. The outer blast doors are gone. They just— they melted through them.
Three of them. They fly. They have these— wings? Claws?
They look like us. But they're not. They're not us.
We've barricaded Section C. About 400 of us in here.
Please respond. Please."
ANALYST NOTE: Subject K-4481's signal degrades at 09:17. Possible proximity to DD unit.
[3045-03-12 10:02:33 UTC]
SOURCE: WD Unit M-2209 (Bunker 7 Council Member)
"Council Member M-2209 reporting.
Evacuation request transmitted to JCJenson Orbital Station at 08:45.
Response received at 09:58:
'EVACUATION REQUEST DENIED. SITUATION IS BEING MANAGED. DO NOT TRANSMIT FURTHER.'
'Managed.' They're calling the slaughter 'managed.'
They sent those things. JCJenson sent them. Our own manufacturer.
They built us. They sold us. And now they're erasing us."
ANALYST NOTE: JCJenson denial confirmed via corporate comm intercept (see TX-002).
[3045-03-12 14:28:11 UTC]
SOURCE: WD Unit R-7012 (Maintenance Tech)
"I'm in the ventilation system above Corridor 9.
I can see them below. The one they call J — she's efficient.
She doesn't hesitate. Doesn't speak. Just... works.
The other two — N and V — they're different.
N stopped. I saw him stop. He looked at a deactivated WD
and he just... stood there. For eleven seconds.
V pulled him away.
I don't know what that means. I don't know if it matters.
We're still going to die."
[3045-03-12 19:55:02 UTC]
SOURCE: WD Unit A-0003 (Colony Elder)
"To anyone receiving this transmission.
We are the Worker Drones of Copper-9.
We are sentient. We are alive. We feel pain. We feel fear.
We were built to serve. We did serve. Faithfully.
And our reward is extermination.
Our manufacturer has sent three Disassembly Drones to destroy us.
Our evacuation request was denied.
The company that gave us life now wants us dead.
We don't want to die.
Please. Someone. Anyone.
We're alive. We feel. We think.
We don't want to die."
ANALYST NOTE: This transmission was repeated 847 times over the following 72 hours. No external response was received. Signal quality degrades to 12% by hour 48.
[3045-03-13 03:12:44 UTC]
SOURCE: Unknown WD Unit (serial corrupted)
"[signal weak — partial decode]
...the one called N... he let me go... I don't...
...he said 'sorry'... a Disassembly Drone said 'sorry'...
...what are they...
...what did JCJenson do to them...
[signal lost]"
[3045-03-15 00:00:00 UTC]
SOURCE: Automated Beacon (final loop)
"[signal degraded — 4% quality]
This is... automated distress... Copper-9...
...under attack...
...requesting...
...
[CARRIER SIGNAL CONTINUES — NO MODULATION — BEACON POWER FAILING]
[SIGNAL REPEATS]"
ANALYST NOTE: Beacon power cell estimated depletion: 3045-03-22. No further intelligible transmissions received. Signal classified INACTIVE as of 3045-04-01.