Glossary: Model One
Enemy Classification: Scout / Low-Threat / Seeder / Flight-Capable
Elimination Reward: 1 Point
Model Description: Model Ones are small avian entities resembling Corvus corone (common crow) in size and appearance, with an average weight of 400-600 grams and a wingspan of approximately 85-100 cm. Their bodies are covered in black skin, and they possess an anomalous circulatory system filled with green-colored blood. Model Ones exhibit high agility and aerial maneuverability, alongside an apparent lack of self-preservation instinct, engaging in aggressive behavior towards larger organisms and mechanical entities.
Model Ones do not possess a digestive system, leading to their inevitable death approximately seven days post-birth. Prior to expiration, Model Ones focus on scouting, gathering small objects, and initiating attacks on perceived threats to their hive. Notably, Model Ones death in a localized area contributes biological material necessary for the genesis of a new hive, a process that significantly complicates containment efforts.
Addendum M1-1: Samurai who have engaged in areas of Model One activity report these entities as low-priority threats due to their easy extermination and the minor reward. However, instances of Model Ones have been known to cause casualties when encountering unarmored personnel, due to their swift, kamikaze-like assaults.
WARNING: Samurai will often choose to place low priority, or outright ignore these models. The point reward for eliminating one of these is often considered too low compared to the point-cost for the munitions the samurai might have to expend in eliminating the threat.
Addendum M1-2: While the International Standard Nomenclature for the Model One insists that the model be called a Model One in all official writings, civilians and soldiers alike have taken to naming them in an unofficial capacity.
These names include:
Black Swarmers
Crows
Fuck Birds
Greenbloods
Ghost Sparrows
Meaner Magpies
Ohio Pigeons
Ugly Birds
Addendum M1-3: Transcript of Dissection Report by Dr. Evelyn "Dagger" Hargrove
Date: [Redacted]
Subject: Model One Dissection Analysis
Start of Transcript.
Dr. Evelyn Hargrove: Recording now. This is Dr. Evelyn Hargrove, though they've taken to calling me "Doctor Dagger" around the lab, for reasons that are now becoming ominously appropriate. Today, I'm performing the first full dissection of what the field teams are colloquially referring to as a "Ohio Pigeon." For the record, the subject is deceased upon arrival, consistent with reports of their limited lifespan. Official nomenclature for this little bird is... Model Type One.
[Sound of instruments clattering]
Dr. Hargrove: Initial observations confirm that the exterior is remarkably similar to that of Corvus corone, a common crow, in both size and plumage coloration. However, upon incision, the internal structure is... vastly different. There's a complete absence of a digestive tract. No stomach, no intestines. It's as if the creature was designed to consume nothing at all. The primary eyes, the forward ones, seem very small. I'm willing to bet that they have very limited capabilities. The second set of eyes, those on the sides of its head, remind me of a chameleon's. The larger eyeball and more complex structure might imply decent ranged vision from these.
[Pause, sound of notes being taken]
Dr. Hargrove: The circulatory system is present and... fascinating. The blood is indeed green, a feature previously speculated to be due to copper-based hemocyanin, rather than the iron-based hemoglobin found in humans and most terrestrial animals. This warrants further chemical analysis. I suspect that the reason might be entirely different. This smells like... freshly cut grass, not copper, certainly not blood.
[Sound of a microscope adjusting]
Dr. Hargrove: I'm now examining the wing structure... Musculature is exceedingly well-developed, indicating these creatures are built for extensive, if not exhaustive, flight. There's a notable absence of fat reserves, aligning with reports of their inevitable death by starvation within a week of birth.
[Longer pause, a deep sigh]
Dr. Hargrove: It's a profound thing, to hold a creature in your hands that seems designed for a singular, fleeting purpose. To scout, to gather, to attack, and then to die, seeding the future of its hive. There's an elegance to it, but also a tragedy.
[Sound of instruments being set down]
Dr. Hargrove: Final note for today's dissection: There appears to be a structure not analogous to any avian species known to Earth. They look like grapes stored in the chest cavity. This may be the key to their rapid hive-seeding ability upon death. Samples have been collected for genetic analysis, which I hope will shed light on the origins and mechanisms behind these... Ohio Pigeons, as the locals have named them.
[Recording ends]
End of Transcript.
Addendum M1-4:
Note from [][][][][][][], on []/[]/[][][][]
We can't have the average person thinking that a Model One alone can [Redacted].
There's nothing to suggest that they are capable of higher learning or critical thinking.
The death of Senator Maxwell was entirely coincidental. I don't care that the damned bird had to fly [Redacted] from its hive to get to him. We cannot have the public start thinking that one of the weakest of those alien fucks can think this far ahead.
They are stupid birds. They are weak. The American people have nothing to worry about.