Tougher Than I Thought

Dr. Topip,
 
I sit here reflecting on today's events. A food eating contest, scorpion wrangling, and a shootout at the O.K. Corral. Let me reassure you that I am ok. It was an interesting day with a lot of firsts for me, which is no surprise really. First of Gambit really wanted to eat bee farts beef hearts, so we went to a festival that had a contest to see who could tolerate the hottest food. Obviously I could not enter, but I observed and learned that people will cause themselves incredible pain and suffering just to win a contest that really didn't have much for a prize other than hubris essentially. Although the little one named Xhoya seemed to not be much bothered by even the hottest things she had to eat. It was an interesting event, but I did not learn much from it.
 
Next, Jaxion wanted to hunt. So we went to a place that had a contest that paid you money for each scorpion you captured. They were not giant scorpions like it seemed like we'd be hunting, but rather just felt more like wrangling sheep. I was ill suited for the task and do not feel like I contributed much. Jaxion seemed to enjoy himself though and that seemed to infuriate the scorpions. While most of us caused them to scatter, they attacked Jaxion with fervor. Kiíellièn seemed to have the ability to speak to them and get them to follow her like a farm dog wrangles sheep. It was fascinating to watch. I learned much more from this task and even caught a few myself.
 
After that some individuals rushed Jaxion and implored him for information on their family members stationed at Scorpion Point. They had received no contact from them for days and were worried something had happened to them. Jaxion talked to his superiors and was ordered to investigate. So off we went, only to find the road to Scorpion Point damaged and the roads impassable by vehicles. Luckily Gidget had transportation that didn't rely on wheels. It used mechanical legs. I was incredibly impressed and studied the machine as we went along.
 
We made it to Scorpion Point to find that the walls had been breached by something with artillery. We hastened inside to find smoke pouring from an opening. We went inside and found patrolling robots that attacked us. I was able to get several good shots in to help take down two droids. Gidget disappeared in the process and something took her to a teleportation portal where she fell unconscious from an attack from another robot. Jaxion sprang into action to help her while I used some magic to help protect him. With their help and some help from Lux we took down the robot that attacked Gidget. The ghost person that took Gidget wasn't seen again after this. I did some quick scans of the robots and found something interesting (see attached).
 
We helped a few military personnel out and proceeded to face another robot with artillery that was trying to bust down a door that was barricaded by the rest of the military personnel. I made an error at this point I learned a lot from. I did not position myself well and underestimated the robot. The wound I received is healed now and a lesson was learned. My compatriots were able to take down the robot even without my help and Kiíellièn was able to heal me. We ended up saving quite a few military personnel but not all, as some were deceased when we arrived.
 
I inspected the robots and found something interesting. Most of the metals were from this area, so whoever made them isn't far. I also found an image (see attached). We think it belongs to a group called the Deremitru. They seemed to be searching for an entrance to something under Scorpion Point. A giant machine of some kind possibly. I think we are going to investigate further. There were some classified files at Scorpion Point that I was unable to access. Any information or theories you could provide would be most useful.
 
Attachments:
1. Scans of all three types of robots.
2. Image of symbol on robot that is assumed belonging to the Deremitru.
3. Video logs from Scorpion Point that I downloaded.
4. Personnel list of who survived and are deceased.