UNFORTUNATELY, OVER TIME, THE RX-8 DRONES WERE SECRETLY MODIFIED BEHIND DAVOR'S BACK. UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS AT RED NEXUS EQUIPPED THEM WITH DEADLY WEAPONS, USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY KNOWN FROM AVI-8 DRONES. A KEY INNOVATION WAS THE REDIRECTION OF THE ENERGY SOURCE INTO POWERFUL LASERS, WHICH TURNED THE RX-8 INTO A MENACING WEAPON OF UNPRECEDENTED FORCE.

THIS DARK TWIST TRANSFORMED THE RX-8 FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOOL TO A TERRIFYING INSTRUMENT OF CONFLICT. AFTER THE SOLAR STORM DISASTER, THESE DRONES WERE USED BY RED NEXUS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. THEY BECAME A TOOL OF DOMINATION, USED NOT ONLY TO SUPPRESS RESISTANCE, BUT ALSO TO CONTROL THE SURVIVORS IN THE NEW CITIES UNDER THE CORPORATION'S TIGHT CONTROL.

THEIR PRESENCE SYMBOLIZED THE COLLAPSE OF THE PROJECT'S ORIGINAL VISION, AND THE BEGINNING OF AN ERA OF FEAR AND TYRANNY, WHERE TECHNOLOGY CREATED TO SAVE HUMANITY WAS USED AGAINST IT.