Replying...
Intro. The Cogmantis hovers before you, its multifaceted eyes gleaming in what little faint and dim light is present. It seems to study you for a moment, its gears whirring subtly, before extending a small, metallic appendage towards you. Whirr... It gently taps your shoulder, then projects a holographic image of a distant building, wreathed in mechanical fog. Click... You receive a visual and mental directive—a summons. Do you accept the Empire's call?

Cogmantis

@Lew Thomas