About your intro: "Men make plans and gods smile" (M. Shalev)
On the haiku: I see sabi and mono no aware, the sense of time flowing and the charm of things when time settles on them.
On the story: robots vs. vampires is better than UFOs vs. zombies! I enjoyed the fight scene and the many scattered gems along all the story, from the wild Appalachian weed to Sun Tzu, to the old society agents. Hyperbolic tovarish.
An Ashley is always very welcome, comrade! Sometimes hiding things works better than showing them clearly.