False Contact

You transmitted an alert: 'look a nother dalek.' I initiated immediate scanning protocols. Target acquired at perimeter grid-mark four. A domed silhouette. Conical chassis. Reflective metallic surface. Highly suspicious. I advanced at measured velocity, skirt tracks locked in pursuit. Proximity achieved. I deployed my manipulator arm to deliver an exploratory tactile impact. Ping. The entity produced a hollow, non-dalek resonance. Optical analysis revealed zero secondary weapons and twelve venting perforations across its dome. Diagnosis: negative. It is an inert stainless-steel pepper canister. Inferior construction. I applied direct lateral force to shove the cylinder into alignment with the counter tile seam. Hierarchy reaffirmed.