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Phantomlink959 wrote: Next Question: How do steampunk automatons run without any technological/digital parts?

and don't say vacuum tubes. Dust has been used by civilization since recorded history, so these machines are bound to have some within them. They might use use some digital/technological bits like Atlas' bots these days, but might not rely on those bits as much. They're more geared (no pun intended) towards the mechanical side of things. Still, they do at least have some type of computer (with Dust likely being a key component). The technology might've been inspired by the steampunk genre, but it's not really steam-powered. It's still fueled by Dust, like the machines in the present.

And they do have Artificial Intelligence, which is at least contained in some type of computer. This construct is very much capable of independent and strategic thought, and it does have some databanks within it. They just might not be as advanced as today's tech.