Mek was once a nuclear scientist researching such things like explosions
During an invasion by marauding space vikings, the particular plant she was working in exploded
Mek wasn't there at the time but was reassigned to field medic duty while the plant was rebuilt
Her medical camp was bombed, severely damaging her right eye, she fashioned for herself a monocle that could help the eye see light and shadow again
She was reassigned to AI research, programming robots of various uses, including SIR units, video cameras, and robot prison guards
At this point she finds an old robot named MOOT v5, who is nearly eight hundred years old, she attem