Hell's flames, that was a terrifying robot. A suspiciously human one too, what with its apparent sense of humour and the relish it seemed to take in its job. Some AI engineer somewhere in the world deserved a raise, he thought.
Back in the real world where said robot was trying to kill him, there were way better things to be thinking about right now. Falcon stayed back with the other rogues, watching the robot warily, his improvised shield still raised. That machine just radiated power, and he sure as anything wasn't going to charge it. That wasn't to say he couldn't attack it though. He just needed to be subtle.
A machine like that would have a lot of moving parts all working perfectly in concert to allow such deadly precision, not to mention how complex its electronic systems would have to be. An interruption of any of those delicate systems could affect the robot's performance if he did it right.
The robot took a step forward, and as it moved he got a look at gears turning in its knee joint. He selected one of these and grew it slightly. The cog now pressed tightly against the ones around it altering their alignments as well. If too much strain was put on that joint, they could easily lock up or break entirely if the robot put to much power through that leg. His next target was a cable underneath the colossus's upper arm. He shrank it a little, so that the shortened support wouldn't allow the whip arm to extend fully. It would grate to a halt a few inches short, still bent slightly. He hoped that that could throw off its attacks slightly. It was small, but anything that heightened his chances of escaping that weapon was worth the effort.
Growing bolder now, he reached out to the robot's launchers and guns. He shrank their barrels slightly. The changes were tiny, barely a couple of millimetres difference in their diameters, but if his knowledge of ballistics held, the narrowed rifling would be enough to stop any bullets and jam them within the barrel.
One of the other rogues (he assumes that was what the thing was, his eyes had been on the robot) charged the beast, so Falcon took a slight breather to see if his work had been effective. He doubted that the robot would have noticed, but if it did, then it might only be when it was too late and it had overreached itself.
Back in the real world where said robot was trying to kill him, there were way better things to be thinking about right now. Falcon stayed back with the other rogues, watching the robot warily, his improvised shield still raised. That machine just radiated power, and he sure as anything wasn't going to charge it. That wasn't to say he couldn't attack it though. He just needed to be subtle.
A machine like that would have a lot of moving parts all working perfectly in concert to allow such deadly precision, not to mention how complex its electronic systems would have to be. An interruption of any of those delicate systems could affect the robot's performance if he did it right.
The robot took a step forward, and as it moved he got a look at gears turning in its knee joint. He selected one of these and grew it slightly. The cog now pressed tightly against the ones around it altering their alignments as well. If too much strain was put on that joint, they could easily lock up or break entirely if the robot put to much power through that leg. His next target was a cable underneath the colossus's upper arm. He shrank it a little, so that the shortened support wouldn't allow the whip arm to extend fully. It would grate to a halt a few inches short, still bent slightly. He hoped that that could throw off its attacks slightly. It was small, but anything that heightened his chances of escaping that weapon was worth the effort.
Growing bolder now, he reached out to the robot's launchers and guns. He shrank their barrels slightly. The changes were tiny, barely a couple of millimetres difference in their diameters, but if his knowledge of ballistics held, the narrowed rifling would be enough to stop any bullets and jam them within the barrel.
One of the other rogues (he assumes that was what the thing was, his eyes had been on the robot) charged the beast, so Falcon took a slight breather to see if his work had been effective. He doubted that the robot would have noticed, but if it did, then it might only be when it was too late and it had overreached itself.