Visitor Seeker

Visitor Seekers were weaponized robotic drones developed and used by the extraterrestrial race known as the Visitors. They were tracking devices capable of low-level atmospheric flight that could scan and analyze selected targets. Seekers were also outfitted with crystalline projectiles, which they could fire at targets to bring them down.

The Visitor Seekers were first used on Earth in 2009 to ferret out pockets of anti-Visitor Resistance members commonly referred to as the Fifth Column. A seeker tracked down members of the resistance to a secret meeting held at an empty New York City warehouse. Once the location was determined, a Visitor response team executed a raid, killing several members, though most of the Resistance in attendance managed to escape. The seeker pursued two of the escapees, FBI agent Erica Evans and Father Jack Landry, but they managed to avoid being struck down by the seeker's crystal darts. The seeker followed them outside and photographed Erica and Jack while they were placing an anonymous 9-11 call. Erica spotted the seeker and swung a pipe at it, destroying it.

A few weeks later, another seeker was deployed to the town of Reedsville, New York. This seeker was activated by an undercover sleeper agent named Grace, who had failed in her attempts to gain information from James May, the stepson of Fifth Column founder John May. The seeker attacked the Resistance members at a storage facility, but Erica Evans managed to bring it down with a single well-placed gunshot.

Notes & Trivia

 * It is unclear exactly how a seeker is deployed and controlled. Presumably, it operates autonomuosly once it has been programmed with specific instructions or targets.


 * The resolution and spectrum of the recording device within the seeker seems to be limited, as the data retrieved from the attack does not lend itself to ready identification.