Sputnik

The Sputnik program has diversified over the years and eventually, as sci-fi stories demand, it came out of human control. These days the Sputniki are given a wide berth as they tend to react aggressively towards living beings. Most of the time, however, they mind their own business and track space to their own ends.

The rad paint job on some of the units suggests that there are some individuals out there who have come close to a Sputnik without being impaled on one of its arm antennas. Indeed, some teen gangs make it a part of their initiation rite to "put some paint" on a Sputnik. These gangs tend to sport very few members and a staggeringly high body count for obvious reasons.