Absolutely destroyed by this one on my first attempt, and thought for sure the second would turn out no better. Knyfe gets extremely violent with Progeny in both directions, so unsurprisingly she’s the first casualty both times; likewise, while OX and Benchmark both have the ability to stall Progeny forever if they get fully set up, neither had the right opening hands to get up and running before running out of HP. I remember OX lasting quite a while in the first game, getting Plating shenanigans up and running to very good effect, but took too much damage in the meantime, with Benchmark being pasted before he could accomplish anything. The second attempt went the other way, with X being totally demolished in no time at all, while a single-digits-HP Benchmark was one round away from becoming effectively invincible when a sudden blitz of boosted attacks from Progeny managed to put him down.
In either case, Bunker was the last man standing, and with bonus armor from OX on top of his Heavy Plating, he was hard for Progeny to touch most turns. Had it not been for O4 destroying Equipment, the fight would have been pretty easy; as it was, in game 1, OX had used Bio-Engineering Beam for several rounds, with bonus uses from Benchmark, to keep the Environment under control. Lacking that edge in game 2, the Environment got totally out of control, and I figured Bunker was doomed… but at the last moment, Bunker healing himself and a bit of extra damage on Progeny from KNYFE in the early game managed to leave them both at 5 HP, at a critical moment when a 4-point Techno-Pursuer was deciding who to techno-pursue. At the last second, the Partial Omni-Drone chose to classify humanity as the lesser evil, and a bedraggled Bunker watched as two Drones finished off the awesome goofy flying head.
