The robots of Iron Curtain Call

File: Chapter 1 · Fodder

Tin Grunt

The Chancellor's foot soldier. Salutes first, thinks never. Arrives in rows, in crates, and in a mild panic about his paperwork.

Halt! Or do not. I am not paid either way.

Punchable

File: Chapter 1 · Rusher

Tick-Tock

A wind up alarm clock bomb with a lot of love to give. He sprints at you, arms wide, fuse lit. He only wants a hug.

Tick tock! Hug time!

Hugs fatal

File: Chapter 1 · Heavy

The Boiler

Pressure cooked and furious. Spits flame, lobs mortars and does not respond well to being told to calm down. Aim for the weak points, then dash like you mean it.

Handle with mitts

File: Chapter 1 · Flyer

Peeper

A camera on wings. He saw nothing, reported everything, and when he is shot down he spins out of the sky like a bad review.

Camera shy

File: Chapter 2 · Ambusher

Jack

A jack in the box that has never once been invited to a birthday. Look closely before you walk past anything cheerful.

Guess who!

Surprise

File: Chapter 2 · Shield

Paper Pusher

A bureaucrat who hides behind a stack of forms and a rubber stamp. Flank him, splash him, or file a complaint. It will be denied.

Please hold. Your death is important to us.

Denied

File: Chapter 2 · Support

Morale Officer

A gramophone bandleader who makes every robot around him braver. Priority target. Silence the band before you do anything else.

Chins up, lads! Give him the old tin and glory!

Kill first

File: Chapter 2 · Elite · Sniper

The Critic

Stilts, tuxedo, rifle. He hates everything you do and reviews it from a safe distance. Get close. He hates that too.

Two stars. I'm being generous.

Two stars

File: Chapter 3 · Flyer

Clickbait Drone

A tiny drone with a single headline for a soul. Number seven will shock you. It is a bullet.

Doctors hate him!

You won't believe

File: Chapter 4 · Heavy

Ballot Box Bruiser

A walking ballot box with opinions. Counting! Still counting! Always counting. He will see that your vote is received.

One voter! One vote! One punch!

Turnout: 140%

File: Chapter 5 · Support · Elite

The Commissar

Keeps Kelvingrad in line by denouncing it. In triplicate. Hold still and be heroic, he says, which is exactly the one thing you must not do here.

I denounce you! In triplicate!

Denounced

File: Chapter 6 · Disarmer

The Litigator

Throws a paper plane CEASE & DESIST that locks the gun in your hands. Swap weapons and shoot the lawyer first. The Colonel has been waiting years to say that.

You will be hearing from our lawyers! I am our lawyers!

Served

File: Chapter 7 · Hopper

Jury Kangaroo

It's a kangaroo court. The jury really are robot kangaroos. They deliberate for nine seconds, find you guilty, then hop out to help the Judge carry out the sentence.

The jury has... deliberated. Thoroughly. For nine seconds.

Guilty

File: Chapter 8 · Ambusher

Undercover Agent

A lamp post, a postbox or a newsstand, right up until it isn't. In Peeper Prefecture, be suspicious of the street furniture. The Whistleblower's scope gives them away.

Nobody suspects the postbox. Nobody!

Not a postbox

File: Chapter 9 · Flyer

Heir Apparent

A crying baby on a hover throne who has never once touched the floor. Throws pocket money, screams for the guards and is telling Daddy.

Ew! Daddy, there's a poor person!

Telling Daddy

File: Chapter 10 · Pest

HOA Inspector

A clipboard on a unicycle. It fines you for heroism, unapproved mailboxes and unauthorised gravity. Punch its pink citations back; scrap one and every fine is cleared.

Unauthorised gravity! Citation!

Citation

File: Chapter 11 · Thief

Refund Bot

A cash register on one wheel. It steals your ammo, charges a processing fee and makes a run for it. Aim for the receipt printer.

No receipt, no problem! For me!

All sales final