Commission : 2 versions

So far Dire machines need to use outside ammo. They cant generate their own ammunition unless it is energy based (for witch you typically only find on a few advanced warships and space machines). This brings up the logistics problem of how the machines can reload themselves without bleeding out all over the place. Think of Bomb bays ect. The nano machines probably end up creating special hatches and seals with fluid free zones so that combat vehicles can keep their functionality since Dire blood is non-newtonian.

One alternative is that Dire machines with mouths (about half the population) can reload through their mouth by eating the bullets. But not all vehicles have mouths, which means the tendrils of ground vehicles will have to drag shells from the outside into their body for internal reload. Some will just insert them the old fashioned way, through some part of their own face, or body, or back end, and spent casings either absorbed or ejected. I’ll admit, might depend on a case by case basis. I should probably draw it.

Demifolk (formerly morphs)and super Dires however, CAN make their own ammo internally. But creatures born with usable weaponry are on the rare side. Most get custom weapons strapped to their bodies. How ammo is made is very much eldritch science at this point..