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The Story.
In the latter part of the 19th Century during its industrial renaissance, the Glasgow-born engineer Robert Bott (widely acclaimed as a genius) collaborated with various other engineers and scientists from across Scotland.
They designed and constructed a fleet of 'Mechanical Men'.
Of course, these were the days before microelectronics and miniturisation. These machines (we'd call them robots today) stood a monstrous 40 or so metres tall. Mostly instructed to lift and carry locomotives, ship sections and other extremely heavy items they were in part responsible for Glasgow's success as a ship building city.
Over the years they have aged. 2 have passed out of service and 3 were destroyed in WW2 bombing raids over Glasgow. Sources are ambiguous as to how many were constructed in the first place. Nobody really talks about it, but every now and again one hears whispers of people seeing a giant robot - taller than the buildings - carefully and silently moving around the city at night.
We (the My Robot Overlord team) have in our possession (and confirmed as being authentic) a faded and damaged photograph. It captures a murky silhouette of the remaining 40 metre tall monster resting against the famous Clydeport crane in the morning twilight. Today, engineers are concerned with the severity of the degradation that any remaining machine's electro-mechanical processing core will have undergone, and postulate that its only a matter if time before it starts behaving erratically. When it does the robot uprising will have gained a valuable ally.
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Of course, these were the days before microelectronics and miniturisation. These machines (we'd call them robots today) stood a monstrous 40 or so metres tall. Mostly instructed to lift and carry locomotives, ship sections and other extremely heavy items they were in part responsible for Glasgow's success as a ship building city.
Over the years they have aged. 2 have passed out of service and 3 were destroyed in WW2 bombing raids over Glasgow. Sources are ambiguous as to how many were constructed in the first place. Nobody really talks about it, but every now and again one hears whispers of people seeing a giant robot - taller than the buildings - carefully and silently moving around the city at night.
We (the My Robot Overlord team) have in our possession (and confirmed as being authentic) a faded and damaged photograph. It captures a murky silhouette of the remaining 40 metre tall monster resting against the famous Clydeport crane in the morning twilight. Today, engineers are concerned with the severity of the degradation that any remaining machine's electro-mechanical processing core will have undergone, and postulate that its only a matter if time before it starts behaving erratically. When it does the robot uprising will have gained a valuable ally.
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