"Perhaps neutralization may be more the order than elimination. Apparently they are property of the research facility, which does not want them utterly eliminated. Yet I do not think it truly matters... they seem difficult enough to truly damage that I suspect, even were we to try, they might re-assemble or be easily repaired."

If Emet-Selch wants to try to blast these things to smithereens, Gilgamesh isn't exactly one to oppose the idea. Even in Wise King mode, he's never really been a great voice of restraint.

But, yes, in theory, they're supposed to try to disable rather than destroy outright. Property of research facility, scientific research, yadda yadda.

"But would you be willing to assist those of us on the technology affiliation?"

It's a little unorthodox, but this city was always going on about cooperation, after all.