Friday, 18 February 2011

Cartomancer: MOTRAN Fixbot 127-Space-AATX-1601-4T6H

Campaign Setting: Fantastic (Hand Rank 7)

Knowledge: 5 (Experienced)
Strength: 5 (Olympian)
Finesse: 5 (Agile)
Psyche: 1 (Naive)

Willpower: 6
Endurance: 10
Health Levels: 15

Virtues: Ambidextrous, Courageous, Internal Compass, Patient, Photographic Memory
Vices: Unattractive Appearance

Skills: Repair 3, Repair: Spacecraft 3, Navigation 1, Navigation: Space 2, Firearms 2, Engineering 3, Mechanics 3, Mechanics: Repair 3, Intimidation 1, Computer 3, Computer: Repair 1

Extraordinary Abilities: Body Armour Level 1, Flight Level 1, Night Vision

Equipment: Inbuilt laser gun, repair tools, communicator, MOTRAN robotics programming

Story: When it comes to robotics, there's really no company that does it better than MOTRAN - company name in all-caps for the aesthetic value. While some screamed about the danger of a robot uprising when the 125 models came out with "limited independance protocols" that allowed them to act without direct instruction in crises, only one case of a 125 model endangering humans ever came to pass, and it turned out the humans were saboteurs, and the worst any of them got was a bad burn on his leg. With the increased safety of the 126 and 127 models, no vehicle worth its insurance costs would dream of going out without a MOTRAN fixbot. 127-Space-AATX-1601-4T6H (1601 for short; it's easier than AATX to say as a single word) was one of three fixbots on the luxury liner Red Hook, which came across the bad side of a Cthulhoid star-spawn and has now crashed on the planet Danforth. 1601's limited independance protocols have informed it that repairing the spaceship itself is impossible; its task, therefore, is to protect and obey the surviving passengers, and try to build a craft that can take them offworld!

Description: A boxy, four-legged robot with a one-eyed horse-styled 'head', and a package of tools and manipulator arms in a blister on its back. The laser gun is, strictly speaking, a surprisingly long-ranged spot-welder, but there have been many, many ships whose captains have used their MOTRAN fixbots to help shoot down space pirates...

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Mostly pretty easily described, this one. I decided I wanted to make a robot.

Yes, there are a few redundant skills in the Skills area. Honestly, single-purpose robots don't get much chance to diversify, skill-wise, but it's also a flaw of the system.

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