The Doomachine (called "Kalifikus 48K Brutzler", literally "Caliph-icus 48,000 Sizzler" in the German pre-NS original history) is a huge, mechanic spider (or rather, beetle, considering it is hexapedal, not octopedal, despite the rest of the body bearing a greater resemblance to an arachnoid rather than insect) which is deployed by RvneTek as a siege and assault weapon, and a shock troop to break heavy resistance. These units also make good guards. Essentially, they are steam-powered robots, but by the use of an elaborate combination of Runes, a basic "intelligence" has been grafted into the liveless steel, allowing them to react to simple stimuli with either "engage" or "don't engage". The magic nature of their sentience also gives them "Pure Perception", the ability to perceive reality "