After executing multiple simulated scenarios, the simple onboard AI reroutes power from affected systems and reprograms the unit's behavioral patterns to either allow it to complete its mission, or return home for repairs. If the widow mine sustains crippling damage to any of its systems, an advanced heuristics recovery algorithm quickly begins the process of determining what's the best course of action to restore operative efficiency. Initially, the system worked as intended, but it didn't take long for casualty rates to rise once again. After numerous friendly fire incidents, widow mines were outfitted with a powerful friend or foe identification system, which is loosely based on the operative algorithms present in all Crucio smart shells. The missiles are assembled in an automated manufacturing plant located in the 'thorax' of the unit. These sentinel missiles are of short range and pack a fragmentation warhead, that delivers superheated shrapnel to the target and the adjacent area on detonation. Once triggered, the widow mine launches a missile designed to explode in a firestorm of shrapnel, eliminating its primary target as well as any foes that might be nearby. It is controlled remotely, piloted into a contested area and then set to activate when enemy units draw near.
It is just under half as tall as a terran wearing CMC armor. A support unit, the widow mine is a quadrupedal device that represents the next step in Dominion automated weaponry.