I think you've got something there, MaxWilson. Suppose they had a summons, that wasn't *technically* a summons, high in the Construction field, that gave you an Aboleth "mech", built around a spawn that grows inside of it. The "mech" might be right along the lines of War of the Worlds-hulking amphibious mechanical towers filled with water, on four strong but spindly metal legs, armed with robotic tentacles tipped with manacle-like claws that hold opponents in place, and a psi-powered lightning field that does damage to an area, over time. They could have a second, more aquadynamic, waterform, something like the squid hunter-seekers in the Matrix.
Considering they'd be built around hyper-intelligent, hyper-evil squidforms, they'd be close enough to Daleks to suit me
