Autobots

Known locally as the 'Autobots', the Shroud's automated defence system is composed of vast numbers of robots of various sizes and purposes. Some are stationary, others mobile, some are large enough to punch a whole in a starship, others can accumulate under your fingernails.

What force motivates these machines into action is largely unclear but there are many places throughout the Shroud where the locals simply do not go since it's 'autobot territory'.

The technology behind these robots is advanced, and while a great deal has been learned from their disassembly and analysis, all attempts to replicate autobots have failed miserably including a recent initiative to make anti-autobot autobots who desperately need a new name in addition to basic functionality.