Clipping Their Wings

Introduction!

Hello everyone, and welcome to yet another Murder Drones Fanfiction. I am aware this may already be an idea, and if so, then I shall take it down if the owner of the fic says I am basically plagiarizing them. So, without further ado, a few words. This is an AU where all the drones are in fact avian hybrids with drones. That being said, this does not mean they were made with the intention of having flight, but through some weird human tinkering (whether the human was drunk or not remains to be found out- wait all humans are dead, whoops-) an introduction of code made nearly all worker drones have the ability to either have wings, or get them clipped off, permanently by using ion cutters. Wing types are very basic, not too many variations, however there is variation amongst Solver drones and Disassembly drones.

Solver drones, when their wings first form, usually are the color of their parent unit's wing colors combined. However, when the solver code is activated, the secondary feathers begin to grey out, before becoming pitch black. Then after enough time, the primary feathers also change their color. Over the course of a month, the primary feathers will shed entirely and, in their place, grow bladed metal tungsten primary feathers. These new feathers have a feature similar to a disassembly drone's nanite acid tail syringe. The tips of the feathers act as the needle, and in the main area of the feather houses the nanite acid. Solver drones also slowly lose their ability to speak English and go into the form of vocalizations like disassembly drones do. They also begin to enjoy the quadruped stance, and if they choose it, it wouldn't be okay, but it also is tolerated as 75% of the drone population can deal with the slightly more animalistic side of the solver drone coding.

Disassembly Drones are vastly different. Instead of growing organic wings, their wings are organic, but infused with tungsten, which makes them nigh indestructible for a period of 2 hours if under constant strain. Each feather is on a sharpness level of 0, and no matter any use, will resharpen naturally from the regenerative nanites. Design wise, Disassembly drones will from time to time go bipedal but prefer quadruped. Their fingertips are clawed, or rather talons that are about as big as a Utahraptor sickle claw. They barely are able to communicate in English, but when they do, it's kind of in broken English. Instead, they use a mixture of growls, chirps, trills, warbles, and croons to convey speech and coordination.

And before I finish, I will add this small note that getting your wings cut off permanently is a major dishonor in this fic. Wings get injured and have to be cut to grow back yes, but ion cutting is extreme dishonor, and if you do anything bad, you are left outside to fend for yourself, being flightless is a major disadvantage, and results in death 99% of the time from the Disassembly Drones.

That should be it! Chapter 1 is in the works as I make this, but it may take a while as I am trying to put a ton of detail into this!