gearshift48 (Got an even number, no fatal hit for now.)
The axe slices through the drones front without much resistance, damaging the machine's main weapon in the process. However, few nanobots bot destroyed by the attack and P-07 simply dissolves the section it was grabbed at to free itself while having the damaged part reassemble, quickly gaining distance while charging its weapon, P-01 and -02 changing to the tank shapes to give it fire-cover while P-04 changes into a specialised soldier to deal with the axe-wielding enemy.
(I'm lazy and I'm not even trying to deny/hide it (too much work), so have a changed up/adjusted quote describing the new shape of P-04: )
CursedPh4nt0m It takes only seconds until the giant drone has shrunk down to a merely 2 meters tall exosuit complete with a rather large backpack with modular charging station for mobile weapons, a shoulder turret on the right side, an upside down sword sheat with sword on the other and a large energy rifle in the right hand, additional to the inbuilt plasma torches in both hands of the suit and the laser in the visor. The unit charges at the beeing with a drawn sword in the left hand, now looking absolutely identical to a normal trooper in one of the lastest generation exosuits, safe for the large amount of type two mobile weapons, equipped with a laser beam and minimal shielding. (Type one would be the smallest mobile weapons only equipped with a single weapon usually beeing a laser.)
Some of the one meter long mobile weapons attach themselves to the backpack to change into a magnetic holder for the other ones and some also plug into the backpack's holding cells, but the remaining ones keep flying midair and instead start shooting any enemy getting too close to 04.
With no more enemies shooting at them, the convoi can move way faster, P-10 now using flight mode to help the other drones while the dropships finally reach the airspace above the fortress.