The Skimmer Hive

Buzzing with the droning thrum of a thousand Sand Skimmers, their hive towers above the surrounding sands of the Tyran Sea like an oases termite mound clad in chrome. Silvery Skimmers hug the metal spire as they ascend to and dive from their hangars high up in the hive. Powerful Daystone beams sweep the shimmering dunes for a league around, searching for any interloper foolish enough to intrude on this place most sacred to the rebellious machines. Luminous smoke belches from a cluster of lofty spindle stacks, painting noxious slicks upon the skies downwind.