She shook her head with a weak smile as she opened the airship's door. Inside was a miniature workshop/MASH unit, with many obscure instruments and machines.

"Stalkers are mechanical soldiers brought to life from...from the recently deceased. Their nervous system is used in lieu of of an AI system, meaning that elite soldiers can serve again. It's...it was often all that could be done against the predator cities."

Two of them are propped against the wall.