Modifications were made to the Spritebot line so that fewer Spritebots could patrol more of the Wasteland and gather intel more effectively, and these modified machines served as her eyes and ears. Calling them Eyebots was meant to be a temporary measure while she tried to think of a better name, but the name stuck. Using magic-enhanced radio waves undetectable by radar or magic, they mapped out the area around them for miles in every direction, becoming aware of living organisms and major threats long before they could get within shooting or striking distance. Able to transmit large amounts of information across long distances through focused magic-enhanced radio waves, these served as scouts for Celestia's machines, and where the Bearers and Assaultrons were needed most, they were deployed in defensive formations. To protect their powerful and expensive inner mechanisms, each generation of Eyebot was given a successively stronger coating of armor, and soon enough, the experimental Eyebot Duraframe line was ready for the field.





The walled trading outpost and town of Eaden would not lose its eyes and ears again.



Once upon a time, in the magical land of the Southeastern Equestrian Wasteland, there was a pony that noticed how often her reprogrammed Spritebots were attacked by Wastelanders and scrapped for parts, or destroyed by monsters out of spite. Though nopony is sure who this was, the screens of her mighty Bearer robots displayed an image of Princess Celestia's face, and when they spoke, it was with her voice. Some believed it was the spirit of Celestia, returned to the world. Others were sure that if Celestia really was back, she would not need an ever-shrinking army of robots to defend the few free settlements left around the pre-war town and trading outpost she had chosen to make her home. Surely, she would have the power to do something about the Tribals and Raiders warring over the scorched, barren lands, and the Vault Hunters searching for bunkers filled with young and innocent ponies to enslave and force into this harsh new world.And then a young stallion from Stable 17 got his hooves on one and decided to make some "minor" improvements, improvements which became greater and more excessive with each trip to his primary settlement's workbench after another raid on raider camps, annother profitable scavenging mission, or another battle with Tribals and Gunners. Some magical recolouring here, a small eyebot laser replaced with a powerful heavily-upgraded magically-miniaturized gauss rifle there, some arms salvaged from enemy Assaultrons forced into the sides, some software modifications with custom high-accuracy drivers for the additional arms, an armoured and empty replica Balefire Egg Launcher for intimidation value, a large pair of magically-crafted decorative sunglasses, and a black star painted onto its face. Prototype Intel Eyebot Duraframe Mk I Subject I had evolved, and I-DM was born.Statistics:S 5P 7(+3 Eyebot enhancements)E 7C 1I 5(+1 Enhanced Database)A 10L 5(+1 Paint Job)Weapons:B-L: Focused Gatling Laser upgraded with modified and fine-tuned Star Blaster parts for massively enhanced damage and shield-piercing properties. Each laser blast deals 550 damage and has a 60% chance to crit, and a 40% chance to turn the target to ash regardless of health remaining. Fires 2.7 shots a second, and takes 1 second to spin up. Each shot creates a small explosion on impact dealing 25 points of additional damage.B-R: Three rapid-fire Pulse Guns arranged on a modified Minigun to resemble a more mundane weapon. Each of these weapons can fire 3.5 high-speed pulses of electrical energy per second, without needing to spin up before firing. These electrical pulses are powerful, with a base damage of 450 per shot, and each deals 600 points of additional damage to metallic foes such as Cyberponies, Turrets, and foes in Power Armor. While it does not need to spin up to fire, I-DM can do so if it wants. Each shot creates a small explosion of electrical damage on impact, dealing 75 points of additional damage and 25 points of additional damage on top of that to metallic foes. These pulses also disrupt and bypass magic, obliterating magically-crafted minions and beings of pure magic, dismissing the magically summoned, immediately shorting out enemy energy shields and magic shields(including reflective barriers), and negating beneficial magical effects/enchantments on targets/the clothing and weaponry of targets.U-L: Sniper Laser modified to fire a long-range laser beam every 0.7 seconds. Each shot deals 220 Laser damage, pierces 35% of the foe's armor, has an additional 25% chance to crit, and can be bolstered with 200-250 damage points from any element of the user's choice, including Taint.U-R: Sniper Laser modified to fire a long-range laser beam every 0.7 seconds. Each shot deals 220 Laser damage, pierces 35% of the foe's armor, has an additional 25% chance to crit, and can be bolstered with 200-250 damage points from any element of the user's choice, including Taint. Its user is not sure how to upgrade these lasers so they can use different elements from one another at the same time, but he's working on it.Not pictured: Small homing missile launchers on right and left sides of lower rear, designed to launch barrages of thin homing missiles into the air, which begin homing in on targets. An enchantment on the launchers, in additional to the usual power boosts, cause launched missiles to gradually grow in size, power, and speed as they seek out targets.Core: "The Magic of Fucking Friendship", fine-tuned high-density energy core.Shoulders: Shield Generators, designed to reduce the damage I-DM and nearby allies take, and provide emergency temporary shields to any target within 2KM. These shields have a lifespan of eight seconds, and can block up to 1200 points of damage.Lower Body: Enhanced Gauss Rifle. Heavy and heavily modified battleship-mounted Gauss Rifle magically lifted and shrunken so it can be mounted on this robot's undercarriage, rather than some sort of flying mechanism multiple Pegasi would need to carry. This weapon magically and magnetically fires a thin and magically-resistant durable metal rod enchanted with a field that weakens all in its proximity before it hits with incredible force. This weapon can swivel and aim at anything a 360 degree horizontal and 240 degree vertical radius. To hit anything above that, it needs to rotate its body upwards, which it can do quickly and easily.Upper Body: Enhanced Sonic Blaster. 300 points of irresistable Sonic damage can be delivered into a target's face or general vicinity every 1.2 seconds, or spat out in a rapid-fire five-shot burst before disabling itself for three seconds. This weapon can also fire a constant focused beam or cone of deadly sound that deals 350(Or 300 if fired as a cone) points of damage per quarter-second, playing the user's choice of music(Sunrise prefers recordings of the metal played by his old band, the Sunfuckers), though this disables the Sonic Blaster for 10 seconds once the beam ends. The Sonic Blaster can also harmlessly broadcast pre-recorded messages to all around the target, all in a cone in front of the target, or whoever the Sonic Blaster is aimed at. I-DM constantly records everything around it, and is gradually piecing together a database of all words and syllables used in the Equestrian language, so it can play them with its Sonic Blaster and communicate with words instead of its usual semi-coherent bleeps and boops. It can also repeat pre-recorded two-part phrases programmed into it, such as "I fight for... Friendship!" and "What's that sound? ...Nothing!", but it has no control over what these phrases are or when they are played.Back: Armoured Replica Balefire Egg Launcher. Currently houses a counterfeit explosive-filled balefire egg that contains no radiation, this weapon is only really good for intimidation. However at a moment's notice, it can be refitted with real mega-nuclear balefire eggs, or gimmicky alternatives like genetically-modified Draconic Balefire eggs, Cheeky Chick(tm) Mini-Balefire Eggs, remote-detonated half-slimepony Sticky Balefire Eggs, and more.