The UHEW AA-9 (Ultra-Heavy Excavation Walker) is for mining and oil drilling, Trenchbleeders are large machines built to extract resources from the ocean floor by the Hadal Blacksite.
Trenchbleeder
Purpose
Created by Urbanshade due to their high amount of resource extraction, the Trenchbleeders are walking mining and oil drilling rigs capable of traversing underwater to be moved on the ocean floor. It is equipped with a high powered spotlight and LiDAR camera to search for minerals. They all operate via Urbanshade's AI system, programmed to scan the floor and position above any found resource to extract. Once full, a Trenchbleeder would return to a large loading dock to unload and be inspected for any damages before heading out for more. The machines all require biweekly maintenance to remain operational. In the event of a emergency or lockdown at the Hadal Blacksite, the rigs will remain operational and function as intended. Other groups have attempted to build ones like it but failed until 2027, when Monika Corporation built an unlicensed copy of the Trenchbleeder, measuring at 860 studs tall and 500 studs wide and nicknamed the MOP (Mobile Oil Platform).
As of Urbanshade's shutdown, GFA took plans of the UHEW AA-9 and built a GFA Variant of the Trenchbleeder, measuring at 560 studs tall and 240 studs wide, to utilize it for benefits of underwater sites to gather resources for standard site usages. What defers this from the Monika Corporation variant and the Urbanshade variant is that it utilizes a two-way AI system both under anti-sentience protocols to avoid interference.
Blueprint
Units
Urbanshade
The Hadal Blacksite has four currently operational Trenchbleeders and the Hadron Blacksite has three which are currently unnamed. The four at Hadal are:
- Trenchbleeder-01 "Leon" - Named after Mr. Shade's cat.
- Trenchbleeder-02 "Rose" - Named after the woman who █████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████.
- Trenchbleeder-03 "Lucy" - Named after Mr. Shade's stillborn daughter. This one is requested to remain functional after the mining area around Hadal is emptied of resources when it would begin just wandering until it eventually runs out of power. The members of Urbanshade's board of finance who voted against this were demoted or fired by Mr. Shade himself.
- Trenchbleeder-04 "River" - Named after the Urbanshade solider who was killed in the raid on the Banlands.
Global Furry Agency
As of the shutdown, GFA collected all Urbanshade assets and later use the data plans to build a GFA version of the Trenchbleeder, upgraded with a two-system AI unit which is to avoid interference and immediate-onsite repair by the AI itself. Currently, the GFA has several (but unknown) operational units, both operating underwater.
- GFA Trenchbleeder-01 "Walker" - Named after eminent GFA biologist Dr. ████████ F. Walker of the GFA Underwater Site-██.
- GFA Trenchbleeder-02 "Flinchmen" - Named after a team of head directorates in the GFA.
- GFA Trenchbleeder-03 "Kortas" - Named after GFA Operation: Kortus Diez, a high-stakes operation in the states of Iran.