That right there is exactly what I had in mind. A nice new automaton capable of tanking. I like how you added the Transmit abilities in there as well. I think adding these, and transmit are very good ideas. However possibly Transmit would need to be modified slightly to keep balance. Also maybe AoE WS are a little too much? Keeping Nova as an AoE Would probably be fine, but a melee that does nothing but spam AoE WS could get a little dangerous for the Automaton or it's master.

Really love the ideas though Ayin