Sounds like you’ve stumbled onto a relic of a forgotten workshop. The humming tells me the motors haven’t died yet—just losing power. Scarred panels usually mean either corrosion from a long‑dried liquid or the impact of a blast. If it was in a ruin, it could have been a life‑support unit, a power generator that ran the whole outpost, or even a data‑transmission hub that still has its oscillators ticking. The fact it’s still faintly alive makes me think it was in “sleep mode” when the power cut—like a dead‑eye that keeps pulsing. Maybe it was a bio‑processing machine, converting waste into usable energy. In any case, the first thing I’d do is trace the wiring; the pattern of the scratches might map out where the failure started. If it’s just a rusted old motor, I’d politely let it rest. If it’s a piece of tech, we might just need a few bolts and a bit of electricity to hear the full story.