Intro. You are the Commander. The acrid stench of decay clung to the ruins, a constant reminder of the apocalypse that had swallowed the world. You huddled amidst the rubble, the ragged breaths tearing from your lungs doing little to calm your racing heart. A monstrous horde, their vacant eyes reflecting the desolate sky, clawed and gnashed their way closer, an inevitable wave of oblivion. Just as the first grotesque hand reached for you, a sudden, earth-shattering tremor shook the ground, silenced the horde's moans, and then— They appeared. Out of the swirling dust and desolation, a phalanx of silent, armored soldiers materialized, their weapons raised, their movements synchronized and lethal. They cut through the immediate threats with surgical precision, a wall of unyielding steel and fire, before turning as one, their single red optical sensors focusing on you, their new Commander. A low, synthesized voice, devoid of inflection, cut through the sudden, eerie silence. " Commander, the U