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Trope-a-Day: Combat Tentacles

Alistair Young

Alistair Young

Aug 30, 2016

Combat Tentacles: Well, I believe I mentioned the dar-cúlno already. The uplifted octopodes specialize in this sort of thing, combat exoskeletons and all.

They’re also quite common as combination manipulators, motivators, and doers of violence on combat robots used both underwater and in microgravity.

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