The Sarciabeltans used industrial robots to dig through the sometimes impervious rock to create their habitats. These robots were also deadly fighters against the bulky land crawlers used by the Saracarthians. To an outside observer, it would seem that pitting metal monster against metal monster would mean a rather bloodless war, when the truth was completely the opposite. Because inside each monster, a living being sat at the helm—driving, directing, fighting. A human brain encased within the metallic skin.
Both species felt their machines gave them almost unlimited protection. But both kinds of mechanical weapons had their weakness, as well as their strengths. The Guardians clearly saw the war as evenly split, with neither side having any definite advantage over the other. Of course, t
