Colony Drone

The Colony Drone was a small, simple RahiRahiThe Rahi were the biomechanical wildlife of the Matoran Universe, built largely by the Brotherhood of Makuta, ranging from background fauna to engineered war beasts. of the Matoran UniverseMatoran UniverseA civilization of biomechanical beings living inside a colossal robot, destroyed when Teridax seized control., one of the many species the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. created. Harmless and docile, the drones became valuable to the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe., whose hordes kept them captive for the energy their RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners produced. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts; BIONICLE: Makuta's Guide to the Universe)

A food source for the Visorak#

Colony Drones were captured by the Brotherhood of MakutaThe Brotherhood of MakutaAn organization of Makuta created by Mata Nui to build Rahi and keep order in his universe, later seized by Teridax and turned into the instrument of the Plan that overthrew the Great Spirit. after the MakutaMakuta (Species)Shadowy Antidermis beings and the Brotherhood's elite, Makuta commanded darkness and shaped the Matoran Universe's fate. fought and conquered the VisorakVisorak (Rahi)Spider-like Rahi employed by the Brotherhood of Makuta whose name meant 'Stealers of Life' and whose swarms threatened the Matoran Universe. horde. The drones were then forced to use their RhotukaRhotukaRhotuka were wheels of pure energy generated by living beings, shaped by the user's nature, and launched through natural or artificial launchers. spinners, which produced energy the spider-like VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. could feed on. Wherever the hordes went, they brought the Colony Drones with them, keeping them penned up in containers. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

The drones were completely docile and never objected to their treatment. Either they weren't intelligent enough to know they were being mistreated, or they had been cowed by the Visorak for so long that they knew no other life. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

Targeted in the war against the hordes#

Because the drones supplied the VisorakVisorakSpider-like Rahi created by Makuta Chirox, conquered for the Brotherhood by Gorast, broken at Metru Nui, and ultimately destroyed in a volcanic eruption on Artidax. with food, they became a point of weakness that the hordes' enemies considered exploiting. During the Visorak invasion of Metru NuiMetru NuiThe city beneath Mata Nui functions as the Great Spirit's brain, housing the Matoran whose labor keeps the god alive., the RahagaToa Hagah and RahagaThe Toa Hagah were appointed to guard Makuta Teridax, mutated into hybrid warriors, and mysteriously restored. debated whether to send Metru MantisMetru MantisNocturnal insectoid hunters with sedative venom, bred as a secret Rahaga strike force against the Visorak. after the enslaved drones and so weaken the hordes. They decided against it. NorikNorikToa of Fire and leader of the Toa Hagah, who broke with the Brotherhood of Makuta to recover the Avohkii and led his team through a thousand years of mutation as a Rahaga before being restored. in particular refused to believe the only way to beat the Visorak was to behave like them, since the drones weren't to blame for any of it. (BIONICLE: Rahi Beasts)

When the Visorak invaded the homeland of the ToaToa (2001)Biomechanical heroes bonded to elemental powers and masks. Not born, but chosen and transformed. ChiaraChiaraChiara is a blue and white Toa and former Vo-Matoran who wields the element of Lightning and possesses the power of Stealth. She carries a spear and wears the Great Volitak, replacing the Powerless Volitak she wore as a Matoran, and serves as a Protector of Matoran on Bota Magna, Spherus Magna., they brought their colony drones with them. Chiara sneaked into the drones' enclosure and electrified them, so that any Visorak that tried to feed from them got a shock. As the hungry spiders went looking for food elsewhere, she picked them off one by one. (The Yesterday Quest)

Freedom and recapture#

The Visorak hordes were eventually lured to the island of ArtidaxArtidaxArtidax was a volcanic island in the southern islands where Makuta Krika imprisoned Miserix instead of killing him, and where the Visorak horde later met its end. by the Heart of the VisorakHeart of the VisorakA golden crystal that compels every Visorak in the universe to converge on its location when activated. and destroyed there by a volcanic eruption. (Dwellers in Darkness)

What happened to the Colony Drones after that isn't told in the story. (Dwellers in Darkness)

The Colony Drone was also a 2005 combiner model, built from the Rahaga sets 4877, 4878 and 4879, with a Rhotuka launcher on its back. (Colony Drone combiner)