"Must Destroy Humans" Robots, do we have them?

So while playing the BAF Incarnate Trial, and doing my best to turn Siege and Nightstar into oversized paperweights. I began to wonder if we have any Evil AI robots in the game, and by evil robot I mean they are composed of metal, circuitry, various alloys and polymers, has the goal to eliminate all organic life on the planet and builld a robot nirvana in its place, and has no organic, i.e brain, heart, blood, lungs, and what have you, components at all.

So by that definition that would rule out the Clockwork King (Meta-Human Brain in a jar) and the Freakshow (Cyborgs). Siege and Nightstar are robots and dependent on the point of view can be seen as evil, but to me they seem more like lackey robots vs. robots that takes its own initiative, overthrow its master(s), and go "Must Destroy Humans!". So I'm just wondering if there is anyone in CoH lore that fits this character design.

There's a level 30ish mini-arc where the Council's robots gain sentience and try to take over. They're even their own villain group.

Though according to that page, they mention something about adding organic components to the robots, so I'm not sure if that entirely counts?

In game lore... Not much, actually. We do have the Rogue Robots, but they're a fleeting concept that's over before it begins. Not a bad idea for a future villain group, however, and one I'd like to see.

I know I have one of these, though. I call him Genesis, and he is the brainchild of a person who's either a complete madman or a complete genius, depending on how you look at it. His belief is that humans have reached the pinnacle of evolution, and the only step forward is to stop relying on nature to improve us, and instead build a better race to replace us. A race of sentient machines. And because human instincts and subconscious fears will not allow them to simply fade away and make room for this new race, humanity must see reason and either remove itself from the planet, or be removed by force.

He's an... Interesting man to write for

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Hmm, they gained independent thought when organic parts were added to them. I don't know but that sounds more like cyborg then robot. I would say that the Rogue Robots definitely carry the spirit of an evil robot though.

The closest thing we have to a Dr. Sun (yes, I went there) is the Clockwork King. I really wish we did though.


PS: Dr Sun

"Exterminate! Exterminate!"

Ultron!

There are a couple of missions from Unai set in a dimension where Nemisis Robots took over the world after his death which I guess sort of counts.

Well...I would love a rogue Robot faction. I always thought the Malfunctioning Clockworks and other malfunctioning robo's should join forces.

That would be fun times.

No, this is the theme song.

An evil robot faction would be fun - trashing giant war machines never gets old

The Warworks look suitably terminator-ish. So, just need one of them to end up in Primal Paragon... gain sentience, decide both sides are wrong, and start building an army...

Problem is that assembly line production would quickly outpace humanity, if not shut down early and/or constantly.

...unless one is willing to put out literal tin men instead of iron work titans.

Well, it isn't a ROBOT per se, but if you delve deep into the piggs, you'll find info on a 'the internet' villain contact... a contemporary of the radio, television, and slot machine.

Essentially, the internet became self-aware and started learning at an exponential rate. Missions are given out in the form of forum posts, social network updates, and tweets as it starts sequentially taking over each of these services. At each point, it learns, studies humanity, and comes up with a plot to advance itself further. By the time it gets around to taking over the military equipment, the forums, social networks, and tweets have led it to conclude that humanity has no redeeming value-- it must either be exterminated or placated into harmless meat-blobs that sit at terminals all day for its entertainment. Your villain must choose whether to destroy the Internet before he, too, become a victim, or work with it... eventually making billions from the victims hooked on your latest MMO.


Edit: in case it isn't obvious... this really isn't in the piggs.

Kill all humans!