<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fictional	O
robot	B-Algorithm
created	O
by	O
Pat	O
Mills	O
and	O
Kevin	O
O'Neill	O
,	O
who	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
1978	O
as	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
Ro-Busters	O
in	O
the	O
British	O
comic	O
Starlord	O
but	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
ABC	O
Warriors	O
in	O
2000AD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
is	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
Mark	O
III	O
war	O
droid	O
and	O
was	O
commissioned	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
21st	O
Century	O
to	O
fight	O
in	O
the	O
Volgan	O
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
's	O
right	O
hand	O
is	O
a	O
hammer	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
hand-to-hand	O
combat	O
while	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
his	O
left	O
he	O
has	O
a	O
missile	O
launcher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
also	O
has	O
two	O
sockets	O
in	O
his	O
waist	O
to	O
attach	O
auxiliary	O
arms	O
but	O
he	O
finds	O
these	O
embarrassing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
do	O
this	O
they	O
created	O
expendable	O
robot	B-Algorithm
soldiers	O
-	O
ABC	O
Warriors	O
-	O
designed	O
to	O
wage	O
war	O
across	O
any	O
terrain	O
in	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
combat	O
,	O
atomic	O
,	O
bacterial	O
or	O
chemical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
their	O
number	O
were	O
called	O
Hammersteins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mk	O
I	O
robot	B-Algorithm
was	O
an	O
effective	O
killer	O
but	O
could	O
not	O
distinguish	O
between	O
targets	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
killing	O
civilians	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Volgan	O
soldiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
controlled	O
remotely	O
by	O
human	O
soldiers	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Volgans	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
seize	O
control	O
and	O
redirect	O
them	O
against	O
American	O
forces	O
,	O
driving	O
them	O
back	O
across	O
Wales	O
and	O
causing	O
the	O
American	O
public	O
to	O
protest	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
war-robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thousands	O
of	O
Hammersteins	B-Application
were	O
destroyed	O
for	O
fear	O
of	O
Volgan	O
reprogramming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mk	O
III	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
was	O
given	O
artificial	O
values	O
and	O
emotions	O
such	O
as	O
patriotism	O
,	O
believing	O
the	O
enemy	O
is	O
always	O
evil	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
war	O
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
protect	O
national	O
interests	O
-	O
just	O
enough	O
to	O
stop	O
him	O
slaughtering	O
civilians	O
but	O
not	O
question	O
why	O
he	O
was	O
fighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Mk	O
III	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
would	O
be	O
the	O
template	O
for	O
those	O
that	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
human	O
generals	O
were	O
pleased	O
by	O
this	O
and	O
began	O
to	O
withdraw	O
human	O
soldiers	O
&	O
mass-produce	O
robot	B-Algorithm
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
was	O
promoted	O
to	O
sergeant	O
and	O
began	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
new	O
war	O
robots	B-Algorithm
;	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
he	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
whose	O
movements	O
were	O
n't	O
remotely	O
controlled	O
by	O
human	O
generals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
his	O
programming	O
,	O
he	O
showed	O
a	O
paternal	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
other	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
units	O
under	O
his	O
command	O
and	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
disobeyed	O
orders	O
to	O
save	O
them	O
from	O
Volgan	O
Stalins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
became	O
disillusioned	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
constant	O
horrors	O
of	O
war	O
and	O
robots	B-Algorithm
being	O
used	O
as	O
cannon	O
fodder	O
by	O
the	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
and	O
Colonel	O
Lash	O
took	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
team	O
to	O
Mars	O
to	O
tame	O
the	O
devil	O
planet	O
and	O
finally	O
bring	O
peace	O
to	O
its	O
red	O
plains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
ended	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
head	O
and	O
a	O
different	O
personality	O
to	O
go	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
eventually	O
sold	O
as	O
army	O
surplus	O
to	O
the	O
much	O
feared	O
Ro-Busters	O
Disaster	O
Ltd	O
,	O
which	O
saw	O
him	O
serving	O
alongside	O
the	O
sewer	O
robot	B-Algorithm
Ro-Jaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
helping	O
to	O
save	O
countless	O
human	O
lives	O
(	O
and	O
once	O
going	O
on	O
a	O
rampage	O
in	O
London	O
after	O
his	O
programming	O
reverted	O
to	O
the	O
war	O
years	O
)	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
and	O
Ro-Jaws	O
thwarted	O
a	O
plot	O
by	O
Ro-Buster	O
'	O
s	O
owner	O
to	O
kill	O
all	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
for	O
insurance	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
helped	O
mount	O
a	O
mass	O
robot	B-Algorithm
escape	O
to	O
Saturn	O
Six	O
,	O
a	O
moon	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
robots	B-Algorithm
years	O
before	O
;	O
he	O
felt	O
he	O
could	O
be	O
made	O
a	O
general	O
on	O
this	O
free	O
world	O
and	O
viewed	O
this	O
as	O
meaning	O
he	O
would	O
not	O
associate	O
with	O
Ro-Jaws	O
anymore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
threw	O
this	O
dream	O
away	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
escape	O
,	O
fighting	O
alongside	O
Ro-Jaws	O
and	O
ten	O
other	O
brave	O
robots	B-Algorithm
-	O
entering	O
Saturn	O
Six	O
legend	O
as	O
The	O
Hero	O
Dozen	O
-	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
other	O
robot	B-Algorithm
's	O
escape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
centuries	O
passed	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
realised	O
war	O
was	O
all	O
he	O
knew	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
re-join	O
the	O
army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
ABC	O
War	O
robots	B-Algorithm
,	O
he	O
was	O
brought	O
into	O
service	O
by	O
Torquemada	O
's	O
Terminator	O
armies	O
during	O
the	O
invasion	O
of	O
the	O
Gothic	O
Empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
was	O
thwarted	O
by	O
Nemesis	B-Application
the	I-Application
Warlock	I-Application
,	O
who	O
reformed	O
the	O
ABC	O
Warriors	O
to	O
help	O
save	O
the	O
Gothic	O
Empire	O
from	O
invasion	O
and	O
later	O
to	O
train	O
the	O
Goths	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Mad	O
Ronn	O
lost	O
,	O
their	O
numbers	O
were	O
bolstered	O
by	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
's	O
former	O
Ro-Busters	O
comrade	O
Mek-Quake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
mission	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
met	O
and	O
became	O
close	O
to	O
a	O
human	O
female	O
,	O
Terri	O
,	O
who	O
believed	O
herself	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
had	O
mistaken	O
him	O
for	O
Craig	O
,	O
the	O
father	O
of	O
her	O
baby	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
equally	O
infatuated	O
with	O
the	O
ageing	O
warrior	O
;	O
without	O
the	O
proper	O
modifications	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
had	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
return	O
her	O
affections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Terri	O
's	O
untimely	O
death	O
during	O
the	O
final	O
confrontation	O
with	O
the	O
Monad	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
realized	O
he	O
was	O
doomed	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
eternal	O
soldier	O
,	O
only	O
finding	O
pleasure	O
in	O
war	O
and	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
most	O
of	O
this	O
mission	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
was	O
bewildered	O
and	O
disgusted	O
by	O
the	O
task	O
and	O
the	O
lunatic	O
excesses	O
of	O
his	O
comrades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
agreed	O
to	O
let	O
Blackblood	O
(	O
now	O
an	O
arms	O
dealer	O
)	O
give	O
him	O
a	O
service	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
find	O
himself	O
welded	O
to	O
a	O
workbench	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
testing	O
new	O
weaponry	O
and	O
deliberately	O
tortured	O
for	O
five	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Deadlock	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
escaped	O
and	O
pulled	O
the	O
Warriors	O
together	O
again	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
Terran	O
ship	O
Hellbringer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
struck	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
spirit	O
and	O
kidnapped	O
human	O
Mars	O
President	O
D.W.	O
Cobb	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
did	O
n't	O
know	O
Deadlock	O
planned	O
to	O
turn	O
Cobb	O
into	O
a	O
Martian	O
as	O
an	O
act	O
of	O
appeasement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerstein	B-Application
led	O
the	O
ABC	O
Warriors	O
in	O
attempting	O
to	O
force	O
a	O
peace	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
Confederacy	O
hiring	O
a	O
seven-strong	O
robot	B-Algorithm
mercenary	O
gang	O
called	O
the	O
Shadow	O
Warriors	O
to	O
assassinate	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
battle	O
saw	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
infected	O
with	O
parasitical	O
brain-eating	O
robot	B-Algorithm
snakes	O
,	O
forced	O
to	O
be	O
killed	O
or	O
let	O
them	O
kill	O
his	O
comrades	O
,	O
and	O
though	O
he	O
escaped	O
the	O
situation	O
he	O
was	O
left	O
severely	O
wounded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Hammerstein	B-Application
is	O
leading	O
the	O
ABC	O
Warriors	O
to	O
rescue	O
Zippo	O
,	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
comrade	O
from	O
the	O
Volgan	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
