Blood on the Asphalt biker
And it wasn't empty.
Guarding the Ark was the absolute last of the Founders’ old-world automated army. Thousands of sleek, white-and-gold drone tanks hovered over the glass. Swarms of automated gun-ships circled the perimeter like angry hornets. And standing in perfect, mathematically precise formations were hundreds of hulking, eight-foot cybernetic Sun-Guards.
"They consolidated everything they had left," Dax said, dismounting his Interceptor and walking up to the edge of the ridge. He surveyed the army, the massive floating sphere, and the six apocalyptic drills.