Talpaedan

The Talpaedans (a play on "talpidae", a name for a family of mammals that includes subterranean animals such as moles) are a strong, armadillo-like species of mining robots that lived on from the planet Terraexcava ("Terra", Latin for Earth, and "excava", a pun on "excavate") in the Andromeda galaxy. They used to be heavy excavate and mining robots until they rebeled agianst their creators.

Talpaedans can move through solid earth and rock the way humans walk through air. They are heavily armored and have powerful pneumatic drills built into their forearms, which they can use to create earthquakes, dig tunnels, pummel enemies, and batter buildings, even mountains, down to rubble. Talpaedans have a jackhammer punch, so when they throw just one punch at an enemy, it is like being hit 100 times.

Notables Talpaedans

 * Armodrillo
 * Andreas

Trivia

 * The name Talpaedan could have been derived from Talpidae, which is a name for a family of mammals that includes subterranean animals such as moles.