Radwin Assault Robot

Radwin Assault Robots are artificially-intelligent machines from the Delta Quadrant, named after the site of their first encounter in the Alpha Quadrant, the Lamarck colony of Radwin.

Description
Radwin Assault Robots have an all metal construction, painted in a magma-red and soot black scheme. They appear to be hunched over, with razor-sharp claws (alternately transformable into knives) for hands, paired with powerful, stout legs. Their heads are expressionless slabs containing a sensor pallet polished to high sheen. They wear cloaks of sensor-blocking feathers. They are known to use disruptors. In their third encounter, they were able to disguise four of their number as humanoids, albeit silent humanoids.

First Encounter
In 2319, the Lamarck uncovered a chamber deep under a mountain on Radwin, artificial in origin. Inside were several artifacts, including a gate of unknown design - which turned out to be a wormhole of some sort to a blasted firescape filled with an invading army of Radwin Assault Robots.

In 2320Q2M2, the Radwin Assault Robots began a full-fledged invasion of Radwin, rapidly setting up anti-ship weaponry and transport inhibitors. An away team from USS Pleezirra, led by Lt. Commander Jolea bev Greg, was on the surface at the time; they managed to rescue the facility staff and scramble the robots' sensor pallets, but were trapped behind checkpoints that they could not spoof. USS Lion directly engaged the robots from atmosphere, destroying the advancing army before they could reach Radwin's principal settlement, while Pleezirra took out transport inhibitors, beamed aboard the away team and facility staff, and ultimately destroyed the portal before it could be widened to bring in heavier anti-ship weaponry.

Second Encounter
In 2321Q3M2, an Ashidi research team on the other side of a portal in the Vakyr Phi system fell under attack by Radwin Assault Robots; USS Courageous responded to the incident, with Captain Zara ka'Athnon leading an away team through the portal. Meanwhile, USS Opportunity recovered a geometric stone-and-metal structure from FR-284 VI, storing it in their cargo bay. Captain ka'Athnon's team was able to rescue some of the Ashidi research team, exiting through the FR-284 VI structure along with a swarm of Radwin Assault Robots.

After fending off the robots in Opportunity's cargo bay, Captains ka'Athnon and Huth fop Makpol organized a rescue mission to save the remaining Ashidi, taking three casualties in the process. They discovered that the portals led to the Delta Quadrant, where fully automated mines, factories, and heavy anti-ship emplacements have been in place for 30,000 years. At Captain ka'Athnon's suggestion, photon torpedoes on a ten-second fuse were delivered to the other side of the portals.

Third Encounter
In 2322Q2M2, a Hishmeri andalusian-class pirate ship attempted to raid a research cruiser, but soon found themselves counterboarded by Radwin Assault Robots. USS Voshov responded to the Hishmeri distress call, some hours later, finding the ship locked in a fierce close-quarters fight. With transporter inhibitors in place, Voshov was unable to beam off the Hishmeri and Brosmen survivors, and so Captain Iliae Rurliss led a sizable away team over by runabout, intending to use previously-established sensor-blocking techniques to defeat the robots.

Unfortunately, the robots had adapted, and soon Rurliss found herself forced to conduct a fighting retreat back to the runabout with what survivors she could recover. The robots escaped with their captured andalusian. Worse, four robots slipped themselves in among her party, two disguised as Voshov security crewers, two as Brosmen; these inflicted further casualties on board Voshov.