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Well, you can see now how this thing managed to survive with all of the conduit worms around - in fact, now that you think about it, that debris field it is was sitting in ... those were conduit worms that it had shredded, weren't they? While the thought of something clearing out the worms around here for you is a pleasant one, some of those chunks in the debris cloud were ... on the larger size. And those were the parts that survived the shredding.
Of course, you have more pressing concerns than the prospect of fighting another monster conduit worm right now. While its movement is unsteady and irregular the drone is not slow by any stretch of the imagination either. And though individually those legs might not be that strong, now that it is moving, you can see that it has more than the eight you originally counted. Twice that, maybe even more. If those legs were to all work in tandem ... then even without the razor wire it might be able to do some serious damage if it was to slam you against the floor. Now, it is worth noting, however, that is designed to kill worms ... not wreckers with torches. If you had to guess, you would say that there is current running through the razor wire, which in addition to baiting the worms to their doom, would also keep them away from the really sensitive stuff, like whatever is on the other side of that eye. Assuming you were smart and safe and maybe a bit lucky, you could get your torch close enough to cook the drone to death straight through the lamp ... assuming of course that it wasn't hardened against heat. But why the Hell would it be?
On the other hand ... the value in a console that <span class="mu-i">might</span> be in working order, and might have some proprietary software on it is nothing compared to a functional, useful drone. Now, to be sure, the drone looks to be bespoke, which does take away from its value a little - but still, it looks professionally made, and even if it wasn't, it is clearly <span class="mu-s">well</span> made. If it wasn't, then the worms would have eaten though it by now. If you could get the thing caught somewhere, and then somehow get inside of it and switch it off safely ... or if you could find something strong enough to spear the bale with, then figure out a way to get it out of these halls, to places where its legs couldn't reach anything to punt, then you could simply haul it over to the ferry as is.
Still, as much as this thing is worth, it is not conduit. And if you end the shift without enough conduit, then that means you aren't entitled to get anything for this. For a find this great, surely you will get something ... but it will be a pittance compared to what you would get otherwise. Odds are good none of the other wreckers on the <span class="mu-i">Highest Heaven</span> are this deep in the hulk, so this drone here will probably be waiting for you if you make your way back here. That is assuming though, that this drone cannot leave the wider hallway it is in now.
So what the fuck do you do?
