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[Dwarmin]

Your first cognizant thought, before all else, was that you had been created for a purpose.

They called you an 'Oid'-a machine, built to help humanity-with the ability to mimic life in all forms, but still just a machine...but, you never felt anything but alive. You developed a personality of your own, your own fear and love and hate and pride. If they had intended or not, man had made a being in his own image...

Paradisium, the last known human city in the wastes, is your home. For many years, you have defended it against the horrible things which lay beyond it's walls, helped it grow, kept it safe. This is your task, what you had been intended to do when you were created. Few of your kind question this existence...but, those who did seemed to never do so twice....and for those who cannot be persuaded with words, the truly dangerous sorts...they are quelled swiftly and with minimal force. These rouge machines were eventually to be called Harriers. Those who were assigned to hunt them, the Hounds.

Then came the RUTIACS computer virus, or just ACS. A wave of madness and violence unchecked. Those Oids who succumbed to it become violent and rebellious-and Paradisium has decided there is no choice but to put them all down once and for all-rebels and infected alike. The Harriers Alliance has claimed conspiracy, blackmail, murder-a plot to destroy or enslave machinekind. Lines were drawn-between the Harriers and the Rebels, the Government and the Hounds and the ACS forces, who only seem want to destroy everything.

You are one of those who has stayed impartial in the conflict-at least, in public-but soon you will have to choose a side.

It's December 1st, 2097 in Paradisum...

Spoiler: Oid Systems (click to show/hide)

Elements
Oids can use many different weapons, depending on their programming-some are inherenet, others are wielded. They use different energy types, which can be more or less effective against various designs of Oid-Paradisum's ultimate way of keeping order is maintaining a strict hierarchy.

STANDARD element
Most Oids consist of the standard 'element' which is no element at all. It suffers no strengths and no disadvantages any type. Standard Oids are mostly undecided as to their role in the larger war, though their sheer numbers may very well determine it's outcome.

FIRE element
For Oids that routinely use the most primitive of elements. They are often assigned to work that requires no great precision-demolition, immolation and disposal. Their programming typically dictates aggression and battle, but many are honorable and responsible. Fire Elementals are neatly split down the middle in regards to supporting either side of the war, though many are merely relishing the opportunity for combat, honorable or not. They have an advantage against the ICE and FRST elements, but a disadvantage against the WIND element.

ICE element
A Great part of Pardisium is still lost under miles of underwater tunnels and ice sheets, and Oids designed to defend and explore these areas are those who use the Ice element. They tend to be patient and inventive, playful and curious, and often solitary-assigned to missions of defense, recovery and exploration. Ice Elementals have mostly stayed neutral in the conflict, though it is clear their sympathies lay with the hope of reconcilation. They have an advantage against the ELEC element, but a disadvantage against the FIRE element.

ELEC element
Urban designed Oids tend to use the Elec element, a catchall for high powered and fast. They can manipulate electric currents, and are often found repairing the myriad of everyday problems which plague Paradisium streets. Elec Oids are often considered the most 'street smart', and prefer simple and well thought out solutions-they tend to be quite friendly and charismatic, as well, making them popular among the people. More Elec elementals have joined the Paradisium forces as Hounds than any other. They have an advantage against the VNM and WIND element, but a disadvantage against the ICE and ERTH elements.

VNM element
'Venom' element Oids are a rare and usually vicious type whose missions and design often follow their namesake-involving assassination and subterfuge. They are relatively new and untested, and most also tend to be Animoids. Nearly all of them are Hounds, and while not all are cruel in nature, they may do very cruel things in the name of Paradisum. Though they have a reputation for cowardice and dishonesty, it's not entirely warranted. They have an advantage against the FRST element, but a disadvantage against the ELEC element.

WIND element
Oids designed to defend the border wilds are often the Wind element, those who can move quickly  and strike with great force. They tend to be able to manipulate air currents, not only for attack, but for boosting their own mobility. Wind Oids are often somewhat solitary, but very brave and used to fighting against impossible odds. Many of them are capable of flight to some degree, and revel in the freedom it gives them. It is not surprising more Wind elements are involved in the Rebellion than any other element. They have an advantage against the FIRE element, but a disadvantage against the ELEC and FRST elements.

FRST element
Forst Oids are better suited for movement in the twisted forested areas outside of Paradisum, and are usually Animoid in design. Unlike their wind based counterparts, they are often, but not always ground based. They are few in number, prone to an unusually high rate of losses. Many have become rebels as loyalists, but just as many refuse to take part in any side.
They have an advantage against WIND and ERTH, but a disadvantage against FIRE and VNM elements.

ERTH element
Earth Oids tend to be involved in the deep mining and defense industry-the tunnels which snake through and under Paradisum are the last source of valuable minerals needed to keep the city running, and there are many horrors that hide away from the light of the sun. They tend to be stoic, pragmatic and conservative-and generally keep to themselves, disliking anything that takes them away from their assigned tasks. Earth elementals have more or less stayed overtly neutral in the fighting, unwilling to let their important works lay fallow. But, many are rumored to have rebel sympathies, supplying them indirectly. Given how important their support will be, the Council is treading carefully.

They have an advantage against ELEC, but a disadvantage against FRST.

MEGA element
A term used for those Oids who seem to have surpassed normal elementary boundries, MEGA elements do additional damage to everyone-though not as much as a specfic advantage would give them-and are resistant to all attacks. Needless to say, they are often the great heroes or villians of the age. Only Standard element Oids can ascend to this level. You obviously can't start with this one!

KING/QUEEN element
Those of the Ice, Elec, Fire or Wind designation who have upgraded to next generation software and designs are usually called 'Kings' or 'Queens'. They are typically the champions of their various elemental environs. They do additional damage to everyone and utterly devastate their counter aligned element...but still do not overcome their old weaknesses entirely. Read above.

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For as many Oids that are created, new Elements can pop up anytime...who knows which might shift the balance?

Energy
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^Black ticks are completely drained energy. Destruction is imminent!
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^100% Power is standard, in a pleasing shade of green. Green fades to black.
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^200% Power is rendered in blue, and reserved for combat Oid's and those enjoy the effects of an Overcharge tank. Blue fades to green.
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^300% Power is a baleful orange-only the most powerful Oids ever reach this level. Orange fades to blue.

Oid's run on a variety of power sources-steam, nuclear, psionic-but universally, if this power should be depleted the Oid will suffer catastrophic system failure as it's inertial dampers and shield buffers fail. Nano re-generators also begin to fail at critically low levels, the chance of a reactor breach becomes increasingly likely.

All Oids regardless of type can benefit from the portable UET devices, or universal energy tanks, which keep them on their feet longer-giving them an emergency supply of power. They are roughly the size of a large soft drink can-and of course, can be 'drunk' much like a liquid beverage, though this is strictly a comfort design choice and not required. In battle, they can be attached to interior slots beforehand, and activated nearly instantly. Only one energy tank can be used a turn.

Energy Tanks tend to come in three sizes-Small, Medium, Large and Full-which restore 30%, 60%, 100%, and all of an Oids energy ticks respectively.

There are also Overcharge Tanks, which give an Oid a temporary boost above their normal limits.

Oids who are incapacitated are not quite killed-if an ally recovers your CPU blackbox and gets it to a safe place, you can be brought back to life after a new body is constructed. In game terms, this means you can choose to go back to the bottom of the waitlist and wait for another chance.

Chips
All Oids can process a vast amount of data within themselves, upgrading their mental and physical abilities in a flash. A 'Chip' is the most simple system devised, wherein a small card sized device is inserted into the base of the Oid's skull. Nano re-generators then make the appropriate calibrations to the Oids body, if it is physical-or the information is downloaded where needed.

This is often used for such that need only be done once and need not be done so again-an upgrade to locomotion or targeting, for example, or spot on mission intelligence designed to be discarded once no longer needed.

Afterwards, the chip is usually rendered useless due to the strain, making them strictly one use only.

An Oid can process as many chips as he or she likes, though heavy use may require a brief period of rest to allow the systems to construct themselves.

FIO
The biggest drawback of the Chip system is their inability to truly interact with the sentient mind of an Oid. They can only offer the most basic of enhancements, before essentially self destructing-no chip in existence can stand the strain of touching the living mind.

Thus, a new system was developed, the FIO-or the Friendly Interaction Object. They can exist in chips, or in cyberspace, and now a few have developed 'bodies' of their own-hard light constructions that can freely pass in the virtual and real worlds.

FIO's are highly sophisticated computer programs that closely resemble Oid's themselves-they profess free will, sentience, and personality-and they have their own lives, albeit in the strange world of cyberspace. FIO's who exist outside of the net tend to be short lived, in our terms. They require nourishment in the manner of energy tanks, and some theorize emotional support, to grow and keep healthy.

They are designed to interface with any highly advanced machines and process more precise upgrades for them-such as sword fighting, underwater combat, vehicle control and much more. FIO's tend to handle massive, semi-permanent upgrades. Once they are unassigned, they tend to take most of the upgrades with them, as the Oid can no longer handle them without the FIO's help. Though, intelligent FIO's tend to bond with their users and can impart permanent knowledge if given enough time. The FIO's only restriction is that few can be active at any one time. The process of too many FIO's in an Oid's mind is akin to an attack of mass schizophrenia.

A somewhat colder use for them is the process of 'Deprogging', which involves what amounts to a lobotomy for a FIO-they are stripped of their personality, and their sum knowledge and skills are made into component parts for the Oid. An Oid who engages in this practice can become very powerful, though they will likely suffer a higher chance of manic tendency.

Design
Humoids are those machines who closely resemble and react like Humans, and while some are true machines, it's also a term for humans so heavily modified as to be indistinguishable from one. They tend to have few hard integrated systems, relying on variable equipment hard-points to outfit themselves for daily use. They have the highest ratings in power output and efficiency. When not outfitted, they can pass for Humans perfectly, in all regards. Most Oids tend to be Humoids, it goes without saying.

Advantages
Can have three active FIO
Can equip any element pack, if the proper designs are available. This changes their element. They can choose one free element at the start.
Can use any equipment or armor
Starts with one tool, weapon or defense system that can be removed, upgraded or discarded as needed. The element of this changes based on the pack equipped.
Can pass for Human perfectly
Starts with 150% Energy
Good Reflexes, Willpower and Endurance

Animoids tend to resemble natural designs of living creatures, and move naturally and seamlessly in the environs they are made to interact with. Though they can use weapons, their bodies cannot adjust to the variable armor system used by Humoids-their natural defenses tend to be more than adequate. In all ways, Animoids usually prefer upgrades to their natural abilities rather than external changes. Animoids are only slightly less populous than Humoids, if only because of lack of demand.

Advantages
Can have two active FIO
Choose any two basic elements at start, which can be switched inbetween missions and modified if needed.
Can use weapons, but not equippable armor.
Starts with three integrated weapons, tools, or defense systems that cannot be changed or discarded very easily at all, but can be upgraded extensively. The element of this changes based on the pack equipped.
Enhanced movement and mobility, especially in the proper environment
Starts with 100% Energy
Excellent Reflexes and Endurance, Poor Willpower

Eleoids are designed to singularly harness one element. Their designs are random and unpredictable, but typically their entire frame is a living weapon-a giant fan in the center of their body, for example. Eleoids are the second least common Oid these day, and tend to be viewed as somewhat outdated designs. They were not typically designed with high intelligence or longevity in mind, often only for a single repetitive task, which has made the few who persist and find ways beyond their programming truly seen as heroes in the eyes of their fellow oids.

Advantages
Can have two active FIO
Choose a single element, that can never be changed.
Can use limited external weapons, but not equippable armor.
Starts with three elemental based weapons, tools or defense systems that cannot be changed or discarded at all, but can be upgraded extensively. These are the most powerful of any internal equipment.
Additional resistance and increased damage against their counter element
Starts with 100% Energy
Reflexes, Willpower and Endurance based on description of Oid

Mechoids are best described as primitive Humoids-clearly Oid, but with recognizable Machine parts. They are throwbacks to the early days of tentative exploration between man and machine, works of art rather than mass production. There are not many left, as Mechoids are no longer actively created...but, there are those who have survived. In a bid to extend their lives, Mechoids have all received mandatory energy enhancements-though Paradisum scientists were surprised to find many of them surpassed the regulatory maximum already. Combined with their robust original designs, they are truly the toughest Oids still in operation. As such, their missions are rarely ones of a peaceful designation.

Advantages
Can have three active FIO
Cannot choose any element, remains Standard
Can use equip any weapon and armor
Starts with two non-elemental tools, weapons or defenses that can be removed, upgraded or discarded as needed.
Additional resistance against all damage
Starts with 200% Energy
Excellent Willpower and Endurance, Poor Reflexes

Techoids are the newest Oids on the market-FIO's that have achieved a level of sophistication high enough to inhabit semi-permanent bodies of 'Hardlight', or hologram images with enough power to be considered a sort of living matter. Most FIO's can only inhabit small orbs of light or tiny figures, but Techoids have formed entire bodies of this hardlight.

These constructions are completely malleable to the situation at hand, though nearly all have a base form they prefer-with infinite shapes at their perusal, yet their mass must remain the same, no matter their volume-which remains treacherously light, considering their function. A Techoid who is larger and more spread is then more fragile-and one is smaller and more compact is more robust. They can fit through a keyhole or under a door with some difficult, but couldn't force their way through very easily. They could form their arms into hammers, but lack any actual weight to do significant damage.

Their equipment is composed of downloaded weapon and armor holograms given form in reality-a downloadable hammer differing from their own construction, in that it is actually heavy, the code enforcing their bodies. Though Techoids are fragile, their versatility is truly amazing-and terrifying.

Advantages
Can have five active FIO
Can equip any element pack, if the proper programs are available. This changes their element.
Non-malleable bodies capable of limited flight, reduction, enlargement etc
Can use any equipment or armor, though this is cumbersome to them
Does not destroy chips upon using them. Can remotely access any chip in close range.
Starts with 50% Energy. Energy regenerates 10% energy every round accumulating if under 50%, and recharges fully with a short rest. All energy tanks act as overcharge tanks and provide double benefit, but if over 100%, 10% energy is lost every round until reaching your original amount. If over 200%, 20 and if over 300%, 30.
Has an additional resource called 'Network Strength', which starts at 100%. Special abilities can be cast that deplete this bar-they can effectivelly change their element, perform abilities, shape your hardlightbody, or construct equipment from hardlight-on the fly. Attempting to use abilities with 0% Network strength costs you energy instead, and suspends regeneration until a tank is used to return to your original total.
Excellent Reflexes and Willpower, Poor Endurance

Spoiler: Combat and Stats (click to show/hide)

Energy: Your general livelihood before you go boom.
Network Strength: For Techoids, it allows them to cast spells and effects.

Defense: Measures your ability to dodge, block, negate or deflect damage.
Attack: Measures your ability to hit, and get past your opponents defenses.
Armor: Reduces damage from every successful attack.
Firepower: Adds damage to your successful attacks.

Reflexes: Gauges your ability to react quickly to danger. A d20+reflexes determines initiative.
Willpower: Gauges your ability to withstand mental or tech assault, from rogue programs and hostile viruses. Also used for interacting with Cyberspace.
Endurance: Gauge your ability to withstand physical assault and negative effects like EMP and Corrosion. Used for staving off death if energy is critical.

FIO: Your installed FIO programs and what they do.
CHIP: Your installed Chips and their effects.
SKill: Your total bonuses to non-combat abilities granted by chips and FIO. Skill rolls are D20's, set with difficulty tiers multiple by 5. Climbing a flight of slippery stairs would require a roll of 5 in athletics. Climbing a slippery cliff in a blizzard while being attack by hungry buzzard-bots would be a 20.

On on the offense, one rolls a d20+Attack vs Defense. If you beat their defense, you hit and do damage.
Elementally aligned attacks do double damage and half against what they are strong and weak against, respectively.

If a 20 is rolled on an attack, it has the chance to be a critical hit-the attacks is rolled again, and if it hits, the attack does double damage. Non-sentient hostile bots and weak Oids are incapable of scoring a critical against players.

If a natural 1 is rolled, the attack is a automatic failure. Some equipment may have an additional chance of critical failure. Non-sentients and weak oids can always critically fail on themselves. Which might end up doing damage to you all the same.

Upon reaching 0 energy, an Oid rolls a test of Endurance with a D20-they must roll higher than whatever damage they took that would bring them under 0. If they pass, they survive. If forced to take another death roll in the same fight, without benefit of rest of an E-tank, they must pass again with a +5, and then a +10, +15 etc etc.

If they fail, they are incapacitated. Weak enemies will always die upon reaching 0

Name: It better be cool
Design: Humoid/Techoid/Mechoid/Eleoid/Animoid
Element(S): As above, but if you can think of a custom element, I'll add it in as long as it fits somewhere along the like of pokemon logic.
Bio: Describe your history, or maybe you're just off the assembly line?
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: Based on the limit of your design. This is your inherent gifts, not your additional equipment and external accessories
Desc: What do you look like? I mean, you're a robot. Be imaginative. Megman has some great inspiration. Make sure you add your means of locomotion, but only they have to match the element you come from.
Desired Alignment: Rebel/Neutral/Government. In the beginning, you are as of yet unswayed-this is just your leaning.

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Active Oids
1.Player: Scapheap

Spoiler: Clair (click to show/hide)

Addm: Combat Light Armour Intelligence Replicant, or CLAIR
Design: Humoid
Element(S): Fire
Bio: Clair has only started operation.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: The unit's hands has retractable claws in it's hands. They can heat up to melt through metal
Desc: A human female in green light combat armour and a black vizor. The armour and vizor are removable showing long red strands that seem to be hair(fire proof), green eyes and rather confusing, a set of d-cup breasts. No, we are not sure why someone gave a combat robot breasts of that size.
Desired Alignment: Rebel

2.Player:Errol

Spoiler: Arma Olympia Septima (click to show/hide)

Design: Mechoid
Element(S): Standard
Bio: Part of one of the later Arma series - seventh of the Olympia series, to be exact - of the legendary roboticist Coppola, from the time before the great catastrophe took place. She's one of the few surviving Armas and the only surviving Arma Olympia, a series designed for heavy combat purposes. As such, she has taken part in many battles before the fall, eventually retiring with honors during the beginning of the Paradisium Era, tired and broken from fighting. But these days, you need any hand module that can equip a blaster, so Septima is back in action. Rusty, though, in more senses than one.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
Omega Cannon - Left arm transforms into it. A heavy-duty plasma cannon that cannot be fired while moving unless you want to be flung back fifty feet by recoil and has acquired a serious overheating problem with age. It has two modes - Gatling, which rapidly fires smaller bursts of Plasma, and Power Shot, which charges up for one massive burst.
Combat Omnitool - Well, it used to be an omnitool, but most of its functions are broken by now. Built into Septima's right hand, the only functions that still work are Buzzsaw, Drill, Welding Torch, Flashlight, Laser Pointer and Bottle Opener. It still has serious power behind it, though - for example, the Buzzsaw can cut through most non-reinforced materials, and the laser pointer works surprisingly well as a mobile hairdryer.
Desc: Septima has a humanoid, female face, with accurately cut artificial azure hair baring her forehead, showing Coppola's signature stylized eye, and equally azure eyes, below one of them a barcode. The rest of her frame, in contrast, is rather clearly and grittily mechanical, resembling a robotic, humanoid skeleton partially reinforced with armor, particularly at the gauntlets, legs and chest (where her vital systems reside). Due to her age, the whole thing looks a bit patchwork at times, but still very solid. She wears a headband/headset hybrid and, when not in combat mode, a long cloak that may once have been deep blue. So, at night, and if you don't hear her (loud) clanking when she moves around... you could almost confuse her for human. Also, don't call her 'just a weapon' (and, by extension, Arma) - she has some issues with being built for warfare, and although she's mostly come to grips with that she still doesn't like fighting.
Desired Alignment: Neutral. To her, both sides are silly, and the primary objective is defense.

3.Player:Sentient Bowtie

Spoiler: F.orest O.id X.chassis Unit-01 (click to show/hide)

Design: Animoid
Element(S): Wind, Frst (Frst Oids are better suited for movement in forested areas and are ususally Animoid in design. They have an advantage against Wind (contradictions ahoy) but a disadvantage against Fire.)
Bio: F.O.X. came off the assembly line a couple days ago, as a test of the Frst element.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: F.O.X. units have a built-in flight system, in the form of two tails that can rotate at high speeds. Can be used as an unorthodox weapon if needed. They also have extra-sensitive surveillance systems in their ears, and a small, retractable laser on his back. It's weak, though, so he's best working with other Oids.
Desc: A small Oid modeled after a fox. He's kind, loyal, and hard-working.
Desired Alignment: Neutral. He is a test model made by a secret robotics corporation that he himself has no knowledge of.

4.Player:Ironyowl

Spoiler: RIU-102-3024 (click to show/hide)

Addm: Remembrance Class Inquisitive Unit; serial key unknown to her
Design: Humoid
Element(S): ICE
Bio: Once upon a time, a man's daughter died. This man loved his daughter very much, and so turned to his work in response.

Into a new line of OIDs he poured his grief and his love and his memories, hoping to create monuments to the departed, expressions of his grief, proof of what was lost, and hope at what could be gained all in one. The result was a fairly intelligent, inquisitive, and unusually thoughtful, even philosophical, series of OIDs nicknamed RIUs.

He created brighter (REIs, childlike entertainment and comfort units) and darker (RIGs, more severe, mature-looking, and decidedly combat-oriented units) things as well, but neither proved as versatile (or, arguably, as both mentally mature and stable) as the RIUs.

RIU-102-3024 was therefore, at least originally, intended to be a living symbol or even avatar of both grief and hope. She's not entirely sure how she feels about that, but she does know that her unusual, messy, not entirely rational origins are another way her and her sisters (and cousins) are very much like "normal" life.

Once manufactured, she was sent into the ice tunnels with a peculiar mission- help out where needed, but more importantly investigate the tunnels in a broader sense, trying to build a picture of them as a whole or figure out any undiscovered patterns. She's uncertain of the rationale behind this assignment, but it's been relatively safe (as per her orders) and not especially fruitful (as per there being a lot of tunnels and no clear goal or subject) so far.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: Deep Scanner. RIU's eyes are capable of scanning and interpreting a wide range of data from objects and materials, often including composition and internal structure. They work best (especially regarding how deep they can reach) when given time to focus, and of course on closer and more stationary targets.
Desc: A young woman with bright blue eyes, hair of the same color and featuring two excessively large side-mounted bunches, and fairly light skin. Typically wears blue boots and gauntlets, a blue skirt, and a white blouse with small blue pauldrons and a blue gem set over a blue ribbon on its chest.
Desired Alignment: Slightly Rebel. Like most ICE OIDs, RIU-102-3024 would greatly prefer reconciliation and cooperation between the various factions, but she's somewhat disturbed by the Government's decision to escalate and further polarize the current conflict.

5.Criptfeind

Spoiler: Striker (click to show/hide)

 
Addm: Made for Sky Travel, Reconnaissance and Intelligence from the Killers and Explorers Robot series. Designation number 3, although few enough STRIKERS are still around that normally he just goes without.

Design: Eleoid

Element(S): WIND

Bio: Striker was originally designed and built almost 15 years ago in a experiment with specialized small Eleoid battle groups that were made and sent outside the city to explore and to battle mutants and anything else that threatened the city from outside the walls. His roll in his group was long range reconnaissance, he would find, analyze, and report on any dangers that could face his group in a wide area. Since this objective would often separate him from his group for days or weeks at a time he was made with much higher amounts of intelligence and problem solving skills then the average K&E bot. For several years his group was a success, they mapped out large areas outside the city, although most of it was simply water or wasteland, and they defeated many mutant groups.

At one point out in the wastes they found what looked to be a hidden laboratory far far far out in the wastes and recently uncovered from the sand. Striker and a SNEAKER gained access to the area and entered to scout it out. Although most of it was in ruins at the lowest basement level they found a horror, a Titan. It was shaped like a giant spider, with a human skull for a head that was larger then Striker. Striker wanted to leave, but the SNEAKER crept closer to examine it, suddenly it awoke with a horrifying scream, and Striker could feel it thoughts in his head, he grabbed the SNEAKER and flew out of the laboratory as fast as he was able to. Hearing it screaming in his mind for him to return. After rejoining with his group and giving his reports his group decided to return to Paradisum to fetch a specialized team to destroy the Titan.

A few days later Striker was returning from a short fly over of the area they left the day before to make sure they were not being followed when he felt another attack on his mind, similar to what he felt from the Titan, but this time he could 'feel' that it was coming from the leader of his group, the THINKER. He was able to resist enough to close his connection to his leader, and he flew back to the group to a horrifying scene. The SNEAKER had, using a flaw that STRIKER was not even aware of, interfaced Directly with the THINKER by jamming his arm though a soft spot in the armor of the THINKER and connecting to a vulnerable internal port, the SNEAKER had download some Virus to the THINKER before it was able to react, taking control and using it as node to send the virus to the other K&Es, only Striker, with his significantly advanced mind was able to reject the virus long enough to turn off his reception. This all was what Striker learned and puzzled out later though, as when he returned it was chaos, his friend had stuck his arm into the head of his other friend, their allies appeared to be struggling with some type of malfunction, as we watched some of them seemed to succumb and started attacking the others. It was a horrifying scene, and striker fled, flying off as fast as he could.

A few weeks later he managed to return to Paradisum. He gave his report. A squad sent to find the others eventually returned, reporting that the lab had totally collapsed and there was no sign of the titan, or the other E&Ks. After a deep systems check Striker was declared clean of any virus, but sometimes he still sometimes feels, something, just on the edge of his consciousness, a nagging feeling that he can not remove, only outrun. A fact he has not reported to anyone out of fear. He was eventually paired with another E&K squad, but he was unable to fit in and eventually, with the rise of Oid rights and the decline of the use of E&K squads went into semi retirement. He still flys the outside the city mapping and watching for danger, but his flights are rarely long and he almost never touches the ground.

Tools/Equipment/Weapons:

1: STRIKER JET. Twin engines built directly into the arms, or more accurately, with the arms built around them. It can switch between JET mode and ARM mode. in JET mode they are rigidly attached to the body and the hands form into nosecones, they can be used to fly at high speeds and altitudes. In ARM mode the nosecones split into five fingers and the engines attach to the body by a flexible upper segment that folds out and, essentially turning them into the lower arm of the Oid. ARM mode by necessity has a much lower power output, but greater flexibility, greatly reducing speed but also greatly increasing maneuverability, even giving the ability to reverse thrust.

2: STRIKER LANCE. Heavily Reenforced legs can be folded upwards, reveling secondary engine suitable for hovering for short periods of time, now unneeded leg systems fold into reenforced spike attached to right JET to form the STRIKER LANCE, a weapon used for JET assisted charges into any enemy, micropores along tip of LANCE connect directly to main power source and can be used for minor guidance control and emergency venting to increase destructive power. Poorly suited for very close combat.

3: STRIKER PUNCH. Reversing the thrust in the ARM system, combined with tighter channeling has resulted in the STRIKER PUNCH. The air pressure of the JET is built up momentarily in specialized storage behind the hand, and then released though a reenforced opening in the hand, resulting in a sudden burst of air, at extreme close ranges it's been shown to be able to dent steel plates, although it quickly loses power over distance and is unsuitable for longer then mid range combat.

Desc: Striker is a short Oid, no more then four feet tall with a roughly humanoid shape. Most sections of his body are white on the bottom and light green on the top. His head is very streamline, his face his circular but his head protrudes backward slightly more then upward, he has with dark green lens that look like sunglasses and protect his optical sensors, but can be retracted if he needs a clearer look, his mouth is a tight line with no lips. Connected to the head via a short and thin neck is his body, also very streamlined, it is shaped like a triangle, and has a large grove on the top. The only other features are two small panels on the shoulders and two groves along the sides. Two legs are attached near the bottom of the triangle on each side, looking like half triangles each. They are of heavily enforced metal, in fact, that is almost all they are, they can be used to walk, but they are slow or clumsy. They have small mircopores at the tips that could potentially be vented for a clumsy jump or kick. They can be folded up into the groves in the body to reveal two holes that can ether be used as secondary engines to hover slightly, (although minimal vectoring means they rely on secondary engines on the arms for control) or air inputs. They can also shift downward and connect together into a heavy spike which can further be attached to the right arm.

The arms of the STRIKER Oid are two massive cylindrical jet engines, connected to the main body about 3/4s of the way up by thin but strong and flexible upper arms, that draw power from both the main powercore of the Oid that resides in the body and two secondary powercores, one in each arm.  The bottoms of the arms almost reach the ground, and the tops reach over the head of the Oid. Along the outside of the jet engine there are many smaller holes with retractable coverings they are normally used as air inputs, but they can reverse thrust if the vectoring of the main jets is not enough for control. The jets can suck air from ether the 'top' or shoulders or the 'bottom' in a ringed output that surrounds the hands, although in most cases (See STRIKER PUNCH for a exception) it works better with the bottom being the inputs and the top being the outputs.

When entering JET mode the hands turn into aerodynamic nose cones, the upper arms retract into the body and the JETs attach rigidly to the sides, facing the outputs behind the Oid at first. The legs slide up into the groves, the head slides down into it's grove and readjusts itself to look downward. The panels on the main body open upward slightly reveling downward facing optical sensors that help bring in data needed to move at high speeds and the whole body flips backwards as if it was lying on it's back, from which it can do a vertical take off followed by the jets flipping ninety degrees and powering up to full, take off achieved. When switching back to ARM mode this process is reversed.

Desired Alignment: Neutral. After so long being alone, afraid of what could be inside itself and unable to fit in with other Oids Striker does not know how to react to this new development. He is not a harrier, and he greatly fears the idea of being infected with ACS. But he does have sympathy for the humans, they are after all his creators. All in all he feels that he does not have the info needed to make a decision.

Offduty Oids/Deactivated Oids/Undergoing Repairs
Player: Harry Baldman
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: YM-3-XI (click to show/hide)

Addm: But prefers to be called Bill.
Design: Mechoid
Element(S): Standard
Bio: Bill is part of a rather old generation of Oids, built many years ago for mining operations. He's had an eventful life, and he's been repurposed several times during it. At first a miner, he's gone through countless changes and upgrades - they built him all modular-like, you see. After the mines he worked at went bankrupt, he was auctioned off with the rest of the property, at which point he was remade into a security bot, put to work guarding warehouses, keeping riffraff away, that sorta thing. And when that didn't pan out - Bill wasn't really a very... empathetic guard, shall we say - they sold him off to someplace else as well, made him into a harvester. And after a long bunch of misadventures, enterprise closings, economic downturns and who knows what else, Bill ended up as a security bot once again, although this time he gets to keep order in the streets, having recently got a refit that replaced the last of his parts that hadn't been yet. He's kind of glad to work for the government, really, even if in an indirect way - in all the years, through thick and thin, he's only been able to count on the government. All the others die off, change over, alter, and even Oids aren't safe in light of this ACS crap. But the government, the government remains, no matter what. And he's prepared to defend it, the only sure thing in his life.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
Tool: Sonic Emitter - an inbuilt system that Bill uses to transmit varying frequencies of sound, from extremely irritating, fluctuating tones for crowd control, to extremely loud warnings or disorienting white noise.
Defense System: Hunter-Seeker Algorithms - a particularly appreciated and expensive addition to Bill's software, this specific set of programming does a whole lot to make him very resistant to external tampering or malignant software, which has long been a great concern for most security Oids.
Desc: Bill is a bit more distant from ordinary Humoid designs, rather obviously built for utility. He resembles a rather bulky metal tower, about two meters in height. This tower seems to be covered in what appear to be ports that open whenever Bill wishes it - some hold extendable steel legs that resemble those of an arthropod (he has six in total, but usually sticks with three unless he really needs it), some have almost entirely humanlike, though a bit more articulate, stylized and skeletal-looking arms. Others seem to be empty, but appear to be meant for various tools or extra appendages, and feature a rather flexible array of adaptations for the porting in of said items. The body features several darker bands around it, and they feature mechanical, yet clearly human-looking eyes on them. Finally, the top of his body has a rather prominent sonic emitter on it, which appears to be heavily armored and secured in place.
Desired Alignment: Government.

Player: GWG
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: E35-Ba1-573/1000 (click to show/hide)

Elec Techoid
Bio: Just off the assembly line! Naive and loyal.
Tools, Equipment, or Weapons: Never Mind
Description: The Engie-3500 is a top-of-the-line combat engineer Techoid. It typically appears in a humanoid form, but can reshape its limbs into a variety of tools. They are currently being auctioned off in sections of 25 to the highest bidders.
Government

Player: The Ensorceler
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: PRECURSOR (click to show/hide)

Addm: PRototype Endogenous Carrier of an Untested Rapid Shaper Of Robots; PRECURSOR, goes by Curse

Design: Eleoid

Description/Bio: A self contained rapid prototyper, the PRECURSOR is a 'one of a kind' Oid created to solve tasks usually needing a specialized Oid with ease, but due to the inconsistent quality of its solutions, it wound up as a jack of all trades, master of none in a world where everyone was optimized for the task at hand.
    Not feeling he had earned the right to apply for retirement yet, Curse, as he now called himself, traveled to the edges of society where other rejects and social outcasts scavenged and fought for their survival. Even there, however, Curse wasn't useful enough with any one task to hold a job for more than a few weeks. When the war broke out, with both sides recruiting anything that could move, he finally got his chance to do something meaningful with his life.

Desc: Shaped like an ambulatory chair, the PRECURSOR was built on a square frame with short, non-directional legs at the corners and a blocky 'torso' mounted on the back. The 221X4 Fabricator mounted on the 'seat' was the heart of the PRECURSOR, capable of producing many different tools and even some simple drones, given sufficient material to work with. One major limitation is the need to fully model every aspect of each device, requiring either a full schematic  or sufficient time for the PRECURSOR to create one. Each arm is equipped with an additional function designed to assist the Fabricator; the left arm, the thinner of the two, can collapse its three fingered hand into a precision router to bore holes into or smooth precision parts of a device under construction. (For example an axle well or gun barrel, 3D printers don't do round super well.) The right arm, however, is much stronger, and contains a small rotary grinder in its palm so the PRECURSOR can gather new material in the field.

Element: ERTH

Tools/Equipment/Weapons: 221X4 Fabricator 2'x2'x1' maximum print volume, 5 cubic feet partitionable material storage, can manipulate most inorganics, but not armor grade materials. Limited ability to produce remote drones; small arm mounted router/drill; palm mounted grinder, diameter 4".

Desired alignment: Either, wants a job.

Player: Taricus
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: Brick (click to show/hide)

Addm:Omnicron Combat Platform, serial designation 3389-5673-468
    Design: Mechoid

    Element(S): Standard

    Bio: The Omnicron Combat Platform is a venerable military design, having entered production around 2020 and performing well into current times. It's no secret that the series has performed admirably over the years with few revisions on the core design. One of the first few robotic designs that utilised a "Bipedal" locomotive system that has aged over the years. Designed as a cheap, effective replacement for the standard infantryman, The Omnicron is a robust, tough unit that can march through a hail of fire and still come out in a repairable state, all for a small fraction of the cost of a combat "oid". While the targets have gotten tougher over the years, the platform's adaptability for new and/or improvised weaponry has seen it still holding onto the title as The icon of a military unit.

The low cost doesn't come without it's own flaws though; The motivators are both noisy and clunky, leading to the Omnicron being a rather unsubtle option. While it boasts considerable spotting power, the basic computers onboard are far below that of a standard "Oid", leading to slower target acquisition and reduced autonomy. What it does excel in makes them powerful: They're cheap, easy to produce and maintain, well armoured and still having the ability to be adapted for a myriad of roles.

The company that owns the schematics and patents for the OCP, Named Omnicron as a tribute to their first product, has cut back on production numbers since the end of the mutant wars, citing that without demand for any new platforms they would be a loss for the company to produce. It still serves as a primary go-to company for a lot of goods though: household "drones", industrial loading bots, maintenence equipment and military armaments. The company's design department has an exemplary design history; Cooking up not only the famous OCP, but a myriad of other household names as well. Yet for all this, it never caught onto the "oid" trend, though recently it has started contracting outside sources for a few new designs in development. The only "Oid" product the produce is a retrofit package for most older-model robots, enabling a hobbyist to create their own 'Oids (Though the very same company they had outsourced Oid development to made the retrofit packs for them, Omnicron just receives a cut for acting as a supplier)

In addition to this, Omcicron offers a full retrofit service for OCPs that have served within the armed forces for five years within the govvernment. Though while it's rarely take, "Decommisioned" models find themslves back at Omnicron's factories, leaving with a full oid suite installed within them as a "retirement" bonus. Most OCPs that have received the upgrade tend to have a rudimentry memory of their past actions, though rarely feel a connection to them. These units still suffer from the physical flaws of their body, but they are far more resilient against trickery and efforts to sway them. These upgraded units tend to find themselves back in the military or law enforcement, where their durability tends to put them in front-line roles.

"Brick" would be one of the rare few upgraded OCPs that found themselves in a civilian job, as a shop assistant. While it's customer service abilities may be deemed "sub-par", the fact it's more able to carry heavy loads, along with being able to restock the various shelves without complaint and being generally shoplifter-proof. While a manager or two may have had a call to Omnicron's customer service department, those calls were rebuffed due to a lack of proof of purchase, and thus summarily dismissed by them. "Brick" happens to go about life with a plodding demeanour, not caring too much about anything, so long as everything remains peaceful. Though with recent events, that looks like it will change...

    Tools/Equipment/Weapons: Two elbow-based blades. Two hands to allow for versatility in loadouts, Optical sensor has alternative modes, including IR and low-light vision. Integrated communications suite allows basic network communication. Primitive speech module, while able to work, has the unit sound more noticibly robotic than most.

    Desc: [spoiler=Image of an Omnicron platform]

Player: BlastoiseWarlorf
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: DRACO (click to show/hide)

Addm: Destructive Rapid-response, Automated Combat Ordnance-#27
Design: Humoid
Element(S): FIRE

Bio:
The DRACO line of Mechoids served one purpose: Cause destruction.

This was a purpose DRACO27 served well. An older Humoid, he served along side other combat Humoids and Mechoids, including the Famous Boomer Exfilrate when the humans fought in what are now known as "The Mutant Wars". Upon the Human's "Glassing" of the planet, Draco's old body was partially shielded by both the corpses and the trenches of mutants, which when combined with his own shields, managed to mostly save his core CPU. When the humans returned to cleanse the poison the mutants had left behind, this CPU was retrieved and placed in storage for nearly twenty years, no one having any interest in restoring it..

A new wave of Humoids were being made, the DRACO series of Mechoid now replaced with more modern Humoids . However, much like ancient Humans, who historians have found may have liked collecting "classic" machinery, modern humans took interested in DRACO27's core, and set about creating a new body for it, in hopes of hearing tales from the past.

After three years of development, DRACO27's new Humoid body was prepared, but the old core would not be compatible with the new, state of the art body. Through very experimental procedures, the memories and data were retrieved from the old core and placed into a new, more modern one. Well, mostly. The damage the core had sustained from "The Mutant Wars" had resulted in many corrupted memories, which were unable to be accessed by the scientists, or by Draco. Saddened over this discovery, the technicians who had worked on him for all this time suited him with military hardware before casting him out, giving him to the government for deployment as a military Humoid.

These memories now play on Draco's mind, as they tend to be accessed randomly, with seemingly no cause to it. The memories play in a flashback style, yet he can seem very little through the corruption of those memories. Mostly, it comes in a flash of static and twisted noise, reminding him of his failures upon Earth all those years ago. Despite this, Draco tries to take great pride in his past, and hopes that he can live up to the legacy of the oids he fought alongside.

Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
B400 Arm-Based SMG - B400 standing for "Burning 400 rounds per minute", this arm mounted SMG can be deployed by though, causing a barrel to deploy from DRACO's right wrist. It is fed from an internal compartment, located where the right portion of the rib cage would be on a human.

Desc: A taller Oid, he stands at about 6'1" with tan skin. He has electric blue eyes, which often give him away as being robotic. These eyes are further contrasted by the short, deep red synthetic hair which covers his face in what was once called a survivalist beard. The synthetic hair which sits on his head matches the colour, but is short and spiked up. Typically, He wears a black sports jacket, parted at the top to reveal a white shit underneath, with pants that are standard issue military gear, in a dark camo.

Desired Alignment: Neutral, as he can not understand why humans, after all the fighting they needed to get this planet in the first place, are willing to fight over it again, but this time with their own race.

Player: Tiruin
Status: OFFDUTY

Spoiler: Y0NAH (click to show/hide)

Addm: Year Zero, Neoteric Adapative Hardlight
Design: Techoid
Element(S): ELEC
Bio/Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
> LUX: Light-Umbral X-ray.
--Despite its misleading name, Y0NAH is equipped with a device which can transmit the 'core' of itself through a particular distance in time, regardless of atmosphere or conditions inbetween the location of the Techoid and the destined location-with a maximum distance of thirty feet in a linear direction.

It directly interfaces with the Techoid in such a way that it allows complete transmission of whatever the Techoid wishes to offer through the stream of rays, ranging from energy to data (eg cyberspace information) to direct communication from the point needed. Simply put, it acts like a beam of 'light' which can transmit what the Techoid wishes to show (eg a hologram of the Techoid's human form when its real form is, for example, a butterfly). It also contains a basic scanning and analysis network, allowing the use of heuristics to be able to modify the transmission intended.

Much like Y0NAH, it is a prototype device--the only one of its stage before it was scrapped along with the advent of the tier of technology due to the ever-changing modifications Techoids have to proceed through in order to comply to the regulations set for their design. It is both adaptable, and irreplaceable, given how it was designed.

Description: butterfly; a wisp; a whisper in the breeze; a light in the fog; a spirit in the dark...

And a white dove.

All these forms are symbolic. All these forms are said to be the usual which this oid is seen in. Created as a testing unit for the Techoids, it was the first-gen construct of its kind, suited for sensory scanning and holistic analysis of the cityscape, including the high-rise structures of the sky in which it was modified to fit its form. The Techoid, in its most basic state, could be described as a 'ball of white fire'--a constant stream of exothermic energy leaning more on the aspect of light than heat, and closely resembles what humans in ancient time would see a 'spirit' as.

In its design schematics, it was intended to be able to generate its own anti-gravity field; something meant only for the use of the Oid itself, and purely affecting only itself--along with the usual mechanisms designed for the Techoids such as adaptability and form. In truth, its design was to further a new field of technology: something unknown as of the current time. Built purely without countermeasures due to its intended purpose, the Techoid differs only in the sphere of 'thought' and personality-something of which it has grown personally within the years; and the years since creation of this Oid range in the triple-digits.

In the original design schematics, the name of the Techoid would read "Year Zero, Neoteric Adaptive Hardlight", yet only shady records of its true name is given.

Desired Alignment: Rebel

[Dwarmin]

Game mechanics

Melee attacks
Nearly everyone might be forced to rely on their fists eventually, or simulacrum thereof. While they are not listed for every unit, every Oid is capable of them. All unarmed, untrained or improvisational melee attacks by Human sized Oids do 1 damage, plus the power rating of the Oid in question. Larger and stronger ones are capable of far more.

Fight Defensively
You can choose to fight defensively when attacking. If you do so, you take a -4 penalty on all attacks in a turn, to gain a +2 defense for the same round. If you trying to defend with a weapon appropriate to parrying the attack in question (such as melee vs melee, or ranged vs ranged), you gain a further +2 defense bonus.

Sneak Attack
When attacking from surprise or firing with a concealed weapon on the first shot, a SNEAK ATTACK does double damage and ignores DEF bonuses granted by armor.

Tactics
    The base DC of a tactics roll is 10. Every 5 above that gives a +1 bonus, to a maximum of plus 6. You can apply the bonus to any of the following tactical plans-which require the minimum of logic and battlefield information, to fit in the situation you are planning for. You need some time to develop a tactical plan, and the bonuses may be redacted if battlefield conditions change greatly. 1/2 bonuses are rounded up. Competing tactics rolls are decided by whichever was higher-with the loser unaware until the attack his group is receiving no bonuses-likewise, an ambush tactic can be quickly thwarted with a higher roll.
Only one unit may be designated as 'commander' of a group, but others can assist with the aid action.

1/Assault Plan: Full bonus to Attack Rolls and 1/2 bonus to firepower to all units firing from well chosen position. Lasts as long as Commander remains in position and active to direct fire.
2/Defense In Depth: Full bonus to Defense and 1/2 Bonus to Armor to all units in a fortified area-lasts until the position is abandoned or heavily damaged.
3/Ambush: Full bonus to Initiative and 1/2 bonus to increase crit chance. Last three turns.

Aid Action
In combat, Oids can aid one another. If you’re in position to make an attack on an opponent that is engaging a friend, you can attempt to aid your friend. You make an attack roll against AC 10. If you succeed, your friend gains either a +2 bonus on his next attack roll against that opponent, or a +2 bonus to Defense against that opponent’s next attack, as long as that attack comes before the beginning of your next turn. Multiple characters can aid the same friend, and similar bonuses stack. This can be combined with a standard movement, or a standard attack-though you may receive a penalty for helping, in exchange for what you provide.

You can also use this standard action to help a friend in other ways, such as when he is affected by a malady, or to assist another players skill check.

Oid Viruses
Various computer viruses that effect Oids can be resisted with a successful WILL check, otherwise damage will be incurred-at which point, WILL checks are rolled every turn until the virus is deleted. Preforming no action in a turn but concentrating on curing yourself will give you a +5 to your WILL check and successes count as double in regards to amount of passed saves required to ameliorate the virus. Successful resisting or merely surviving a virus will give you a bonus to resisting that specific virus in the future. Nanoviruses are similar, except they are spread through physical means-and resisted with an ENDURANCE check.

Every Oid can also choose to perform a 'Hard Reset' maneuver in an emergency-which renders them completely incapacitated and helpless for at least 1d3 turns and has a chance to damage existing Fios and Chip programs, but will usually eradicate all viruses currently present. Extremely deadly viruses-such as RUTIACS-are special cases where all these rules may not apply.

Spoiler: Trait and Skill list (click to show/hide)

Traits
Cannot be removed
Equippable
Unlimited Upgrade Slots/This item can process many devices and enhancements, but may require a general upgrade to the systems to handle increasing amounts.
Vulnerable to Crits/This item can critically fail on a roll of 1 during your attack roll.
No Firepower Bonus/This is an external weapon not linked to your systems, and gains no advantage from your FP stat
Heatbased/This weapon has a heat bar that rises as it is used. Firing the weapon with high heat is not wise. Cool and Hot climates slow and increase the gains and losses of heat, respectively.
Variable Fire/This weapon can choose from several different style of attack
Massive Recoil/Defense is halved while this weapon is being deployed and fired. Reflex checks automatically fail and you are immobile.
Double Hits/On one successful hit, you may attack again
Armor Piercer/This weapon ignores half the foes armor stat, rounded up
Building Power Boost(#)(+?)/This weapon is charged over time and unleashes bonus damage. The first number is the maximum turns it can be charged, the second is the bonus per charge. The effect expires if one full turn passes without satisfying the requirements.
Ammobased/These weapons can only fire a set amount of shots, then require reload-this usually takes an entire turn uninterrupted.

Skills
Athletics/Climbing, Jumping, Running, Swimming, Swinging. Might be required to hit extremely agile enemies or avoid very deadly area attacks.
Social/Seduction, Negotiation, Bartering, Diplomacy, General Charisma. Finding the best shops and facilities in Paradisum.
Perception/Searching, Spotting Hidden Foes, Deciphering Clues, Detecting Traps. Might be required to hit extremely stealthy enemies.
Subterfuge/Sneaking and Deceptive Actions-evading sensors, breaking locks, disabling alarms. Also countering deceptive actions against yourself.
Engineering/Upgrades and repairs, scrap enemies to make Chips. Can restore energy in field.
Medical/Tending to living beings. Surgery, Diagnosis and first aid. Can restore health to Humans in field.
Cyberspace/Moving through CS, hacking systems, and general user saavy-ness. Finding information and obtaining or upgrading advanced FIO
Lore/General uncommon History of Paradisum and the 'World Before'
Tactics/Gain Information on Unknown Enemies. Also used if leading a large force of soldiers in battle.
Piloting/Used for advanced vehicle control. For Flyers, needed for advanced aerial maneuvers.

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Known Shops

Restaurants
1. Good Receptions/An expensive, trendy place that caters to Humoids-located in a scenic spot near the Garden Ring. Excellent food, drink and services.
Cost=500 Sil
Benefit=Well Fed (For 24 hours, you regenerate 10% of your Energy every 10 minutes~Equiv to 10 turns when not traveling)
Known by=RIU

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Spoiler: Toxic Warfare (click to show/hide)

Dimethylaminopropyline or DEP, is a term used for the various hazardous agents which are still found in quantities in the wastelands outside of Paradisum-they are usually concentrated in ruins and old structures, a sure hazard for any scavengers or explorers. There are so many different varieties classification remains elusive. It's theorized some sort of mass exchange of chemical weapons marked the most widescale of destruction of our world, though to what point, none can say. Perhaps there was none.

Oids are immune or resistant to nearly all effects of these chemicals-and a prime choice for forward scouts into such area afflicted.

DEP5/The least dangerous level five chems have usually gone 'bad' after exposure to the elements-they are harmless in the short term, though they may cause respiratory and hallucinatory issues if exposure is long term. Typically they are marked by pockets of harmless gas or smog, or viscous sludge-which may restrict visibility or mobility.

DEP4/This chems are not inherently toxic, but are highly corrosive. At this level, even Oids cannot sustain indefinite contact without extensive damage. Typically a 'hot zone' of chems remains heated by nearby malfunctioning equipment or underground phenomena.

DEP3/A defoliating agent primarily, DEP3 has been found to have the highest saturation levels of any chem weapon-and, they in turn left most of the world barren. They are harmless to non-plant based lifeforms.

DEP2/The 'Mutant' Chem, these compounds affect  spontaneous changes in any living, cellular structure. Weaker types might only affect ensuing generations, but the stronger types can physically change a human being on contact. The Mutant Tribes have been known to fashion weapons using compound to use against humans-and in addition, the Paradisum council has authorized research grants into both chemical defense, and processing the chemical into a useable, steroid form.

DEP1/The most hostile of chemicals-these will kill a living being on contact, nearly instantly. There is no inoculation and no defense, except for being an Oid of course. DEP1 saturated ruins, and there are many, must be explored by entire Oid teams.

Chemical Warfare: A bleak evening

Spoiler: The Jaegoid (click to show/hide)

Around the time of the 'Fall', mankind's war machine was in full pitch-Wild Titans and genetic monstrosities were large enough to flatten entire cities single-handedly. In fact, much of the damage during this time was due to such devices, little more than walking weapons of mass destruction unleashed on the world. As the conflict ground on, the spectacular cost-of materials and human life-made these monstrosities increasingly untenable to produce-the machines alone required crews of upwards to twenty thousand men.

Decommissioning resulted in most cases-but in others, the host nation decided on an alternate choice-automation. This would turn out to be a mistake...given the relative simplicity of machine-mind interface at the time, it was inevitable they would not only gain a degree of sentience. In many cases, they merely defended themselves when their countries attempted to take them apart. In others, megalomaniac tendencies developed...

Simply put, the monsters went mad.

Naturally, that was the least of their problems at the time

...

Jaegoids were the third and final generation of the Great War Machines. Developed carefully and artistically by what few minds remained at the time with what littler material could be gathered, they were much smaller than their ancestors-yet still upwards of 250 feet-but, blessed with a full degree of intelligence, and more importantly...conscience. They were not built to fight one another-they were built to defend humanity against what had come before, in many cases their own predecessors.

In this, they performed admirably, their massive size and armament a fair match against the worst the war had produced-their intelligence and courage, more than making up for their size. The War between Jaegoids and the Waste Titans and Other Horrors has never been fully recorded-the Jaegoids themselves spoke little of such things-and only fractured lands and piles of scrap littering the wastelands testify to the awesome conflicts they endured. But many believe, if not for the Heroism of these very Oid-like beings, mankind would never have recovered.

When Paradisum was founded, only thee Jaegoids accompanied the caravan. One of which fell on the spot-his remains, by his own choice, stripped and made into housing. The second would fall in the Great Mutant Wars, protecting a desperate breach in the wall. The Third would be lost during an industrial accident, deep in zone 19-in his death throes, his body still holds up the collapsing ceiling that would have crushed the entire zone and all it's inhabitants, and it's there where his sad bones still lie. Many attempts have been made to persuade the Paradisum council to honor him, but citing the cost of such an endeavor and the disturbance to the community, all have been refused.

In many ways, though, the Jaegoid who saved Zone 19 is viewed as their own-an old Oid who did his duty, and now can rest in peace.

Del Toro's Megamachines Vol 5

Spoiler: Frezon, Phospho and Electike (click to show/hide)

Frezon/A powerful hydrogen based coolant compound, used by many hover vehicles in Paradisum for propulsion. Non-toxic and non-corrosive, it's only by-product is water mist, which alleviates concerns of air pollution, despite Paradisums extensive system of transport. Frezon can also be used as a potent weapon, capable of disabling and stunning hostiles with powerful, yet short blasts of extreme cold-and it works just as well on Oids as it does Humans. There's little chance of long term damage, assuming the subject is thawed quickly enough. The PPD uses Frezon stunners often, citing a high rate of success in taking down criminals non-lethally.

Frezon is produced in the Garden Ring under carefully controlled conditions.

Phospho/The source of energy that powers Paradisum's most hungry needs, 'Phospho' is a chemical derived from high intensity solar ray collectors-which are actually in high orbit, far above Paradisum. Delivered via space capsule, Phospho is always in high demand. When the viscous red chemical agent is exposed to air, it burns with great, yet brief intensity-and as such, finds good work in nearly all sectors of industry, powering industrial devices. It's also a potent offensive tool, capable of extreme incendiary damage to any lifeforms, or oidform.

Phospho itself replaced Plasma, which served a similar function, almost 30 years ago.

Electike/Electricity in it's purest form, Electike is the third 'base' chemical, around which Paradisum is built-and is unique in that it is a electrically powered, self sustaining liquid. All Oids have Electike in their bodies, similar to blood in that it is used to circulate and power their outer systems, while providing the metaphysical illusion of a pulse and living warmth. Electike runs through most of Paradisum's pipes, and to most of it's hub systems-a cumbersome system of above ground power lines is not needed.

74% of Electike is produced in the lower portions of the city, where chemical runoff can be safely disposed of-though the upper ring boasts many solar collector stations in a similar fashion, to supply the rest.

Elemental Chemistry 101

Spoiler: Eight Master Oids of Paradisum (click to show/hide)

Among Oidkind, there is a much contested position among each of the Elemental Orders-that of the Master Oid, the most advanced and most influential. The 25 Senators majority vote on a candidate offered by Oid population, and as of 2097 no Master who has gotten to the Senatorial Chamber has been denied this position, or even lacked a single vote.

The Eight masters are primarily considered the premiere defenders of Paradisum-and by extension, Oidkind itself.

It's traditional for the master to take new (and somewhat ostentatious) titles as they ascend, pertaining to their elemental specialty.

1. Inferno Archmage
2. Jet Leviathan
3. Wirerider
4. Typhoon Falcon
5. Sniper Worg
6. Boomer Exfiltrate
7. Avalanche Allegro
8. Thega Illumares

Oidrights Initiative Primer

Spoiler: Paradisum Politics (click to show/hide)

Paradisum is divided 25 zones, each of which is ruled by a Senator, elected through popular vote via that sectors population.

These 25 senators nominate one from their number to serve as chairman of Paradisum. The current Chairman, as of 2097, if the honorable Jadge Cleinton Maxwell of Zone 3.

Since 2084, Oids have been allowed to run for office, though not one has been elected.

Lrn-t0-V0te Dossier

Spoiler: The Fall (click to show/hide)

The question many young people have asked-the one we can't answer-is what came before Paradisium?

I find it easier to say there was nothing before us.

It's better than the truth. And it's not entirely a lie, either. Whatever our ancestors did so ruined the Earth it was left nearly uninhabitable. The weather follows no natural patterns any longer-oceans occupy much of what was once our world-and, most of what land exists is merely dust, stone and unending desert. Their war machines, and their mutant abominations still roam, killing indiscriminately. The ruins outside our walls are a testament to their failure to uphold the promises they had made to their children.

So, tell them there was nothing before. We've to look forward, not back.

And if they persist? Well, they may not like what they find...

Hans Gartner, Pardisum Senator Sector 13

Spoiler: The Zones of Paradisum (click to show/hide)

Zone 1-10: The Garden Ring, comprising of the best and brightest of the Paradisum citizenry. High defenses walls and a central location make it the secondary hub of the city, and many entertainment venues call this place home. Paradisums food and energy supplies are produced here through non environmentally destructive means.
Population/2,278,900 Humans...2,244,202 Oid

Zone 11-15: The Population Ring, occupying the top of non-radiated land cleared by the Paradisum drill rig during it's foundation. The largest population lives, works, and plays here-and the ring is constantly expanding outward, requiring ever more expensive defense walls to be installed.
Population/5,421,742 Humans...3,112,202 Oid

Zone 16-18: The Manufacturing Ring, Occupying the central area. Home to massive industrial and mining pursuits, few live here but nearly everyone works here.
Population/18,420 Humans...54,105 Oid

Zone 19-Zone 25: Deemed 'Hazard' areas, these Zones are marked for a lack of law and order and occupy the lower strata around the drill, which lies powerless lifeless to this day after it's work is done. Rebel and ACS activity is very high.
Population/1,178,900 Humans...1,167,202 Oid

2096 Census

Spoiler: Mutants and Titans (click to show/hide)

Heading outside of Paradisum for a bit?

Wellllll hold on there little lady!

Don't you know there's MUTANTS out there? Egads! Never, ever, under any circumstance try to reason with them. Mutants are hardly better than wild, vicious animals-they're not people like you or me, or even a human robot, like all good Oids are.

No one knows where they come from, but they sure are dangerous! They can look like men, or just animals, but they're all wrong-twisted up inside and out.
If you see one, run away and call for your local 'Oid Brigade! They'll keep you safe-they keep us all safe, from the mutants and worse things outside the walls, like Titans.

You've never heard of a TITAN? Oh gosh darn! A Titan is bad machine, not like a good Oid, or even a broken Oid whose sick and needs the Hounds to help him. A Titan is a bad, bad thing left over from before Paradisium. No one knows where they come from, but if you see them you best vamoose! Even the best and bravest Oids don't tangle with them lightly!

Listen to Ranger Jed, he knows!

Ranger Jeds Saf-t Smart handbook

Spoiler: The Mutant Wars of 2077 (click to show/hide)

No one is sure what triggered their assault-the moment the scattered mutants seemed to organize into numbers we had never seen before. They literally came from nowhere, encircling Paradisum in a sea of flesh. We estimated they had more in their forces than our entire Human population in the city...and they didn't stop coming...were we a victim of some long thought out revenge? Or merely in the way of some mass migration?...

...We would have died if it wasn't for Boomer Ex. Other day I'd have laughed if you told me Oids could fight. I knew they had started to put weapons on them, but...he just came out out of nowhere. Boomer Exfiltrate! He had this cannon on his arm, he lit them Uglies up like firecrackers. He killed them all, he got us out on the lift. I asked him after, how do you feel? And he tells me...complete, but empty. Like he found his purpose in life, but...it wasn't a good purpose, you know? I suppose I'll be back out there soon enough. Just because I lost a leg doesn't mean we're a man down...


...Casualties continue to rise. We've killed so many of them they've begun making their camps from the bones. We can't win conventionally...but, Tacticus Lernica told me he had a plan...see, the mutants hate the sunlight. It makes them sicks. UV rays, for whatever reason. And...we've got a place we've known about for a long time...an artificial sun...but it's heavily guarded. You'd almost think the damn Titans are waiting for someone to come back.

...The final blast from the station put a halt to the War. None of the Oids got out, but Boomer Ex. I don't think we'll ever forget the smell of about five million Mutants burning up at once. Expansion is halted for at least 10 years while we try to clean it all up. They've all but poisoned the ground they died on. God, what a mess. But, good from bad, right? We'll plug in our growth nanites into the ground...make a forest out of their dead. It'll clean the poison, slow but sure. In thirty years, we'll cut down the forest and make tables. Good idea, huh?

Excerpts from the War of 2077

Spoiler: The Twisted Forest (click to show/hide)

Created from the bones, ashes and bodies of the millions of Mutants who died in the 2077 invasion by quick growth Nanites. It's a dark place, where life is pernicious and deadly-most of everything is poisonous to humans, and the nanites themselves have evolved in unforeseen ways...'mechanimals' are the most deadly of these, which seem to be natural creatures infected by Nanospores and assimilated against their will. Not a few of them have evolved to hunt Oids, begging the question what exactly Paradisum has created...
Intro to Speculative Nanology

Spoiler: The Arma Combat Series (click to show/hide)

1: Arma Obsidian Elpizo/Model retrofitted for Deep Core Exploration during the time when the great drills ran. Lost in action, 2062.
2: Arma Eternus Falsch/Commended for fighting in the mutant wars of 2077. Still active of 2097, but retired.
3: Arma Atamancer Gold/Destroyed in 2093 during the Section 24 riots.
4. Arma Obsidian Francis/Missing in Action of at 2096, during deep mining expedition. Presumed Dead.
5. Arma Olympia Tiberius/Destroyed in Mutant Wars of 2077. First Oid to be given posthumous medal of gallantry.
6. Arma Atamancer Silver/Succumbed to earlier form ACS and general mechanical breakdown in 2091. Voluntary self destruction.
7. Arma Olympia Nero/Destroyed in Mutant Wars of 2077. Second Oid to be given posthumous medal of gallantry.
8. Arma Olympia Septima/Still active of 2097. Recently removed from retirement.

Coppola's Legacy, Volume 1

Spoiler: K&E Squad Manifest (click to show/hide)

Deep exploration of the Wastelands has, as of 2097, been officially halted due to the crisis....and all K&E squads have now been disbanded and reapportioned. For historical purposes, the common squad manifest has been included here for perusal. At the height of the project, 15 squads were in full time, active duty.

It is known that many K&E squads suffer from a combination of E.R.A.C.S and and machine based stress disorders. The Paradisum council has promised to extend them aid after the current crisis is resolved.

Further information on the means and results of the K&E project are as of now classified by reason of state secrecy, via unanimous decision of the Paradisum Council.

STRIKER
Function:Offense, Recon
Addm: Striker Units are noted for their strong interior defenses and initial resistance to E.R.A.C.S, or early form RUTIACS. Many units have agreed to undergo testing to help resolve the current crisis.

THINKER
Function: Strategic Planning, Command Role
Addm: As of general order 78G, all Thinker Units have been decommissioned or are kept under comfortable confinement, due to invasive mental and physical flaws. Any Thinker unit not complying with the order is labeled a Rogue AI by the Paradisum Council.

SNEAKER
Function: Subterfuge, Infiltration, Covert Assault
Addm: Sneaker Units are noted for a high success rate in their missions, and the council has approved extensive upgrades and retrofitting for Hound Service.

DEFENDER
Function: Heavy Combat
Addm: Defender units have suffered high losses due to their lack of self preservation. As of 2097, only three remain in active service as Hounds.

RESOLVER
Function: Repair, Resupply, Retrofit, Medical
Addm: Resolver units have always shown high mission efficiency, but suffer from a lack of loyalty to Paradisum. Events have unfortunately made it clear that the entire line is infected with A.C.S, as all known surviving models have refused official orders and joined the Harrier Alliance. Such an event is unprecedented and requires the gravest of charges-Kill Order 16R. All Resolver Units are hereby subject for termination or capture.

Spoiler: Lifetech Prototype Advertisement (click to show/hide)

Note-Lifetech is currently in legal limbo, in regards to the creator of the RIU's perceived wishes. This is a mockup advertisement intended for wide scale release, should the technology become their domain.

Have you recently lost someone you loved?
Do you wish you could hold them...one last time?

Lifetech is here to help.

Our highly advanced Humoid designs are pattern recognition trained to simulate those you've lost perfectly. They are trained in grief counseling, psychology and therapy-to make this difficult time easier.

When you're done, merely send them back to us-the Oids will be souls given purpose and life beyond death, and they'll never forget you or the love you give them. Nor will you forget them.

Our current models include...

REI, Emotive Intelligence
RIG, Integrated Genetic
RIU, Inquisitive Unit

And coming soon!
RES, Eternal Soldier
RUL, Unending Lover
RVT, Venerable Teacher

Spoiler: Sil (click to show/hide)

Pardisum has long evolved past the simplistic monetary standards of the olden times.

Instead of a simple system of exchange, every being-from Human to Oid and even some FIO use the 'Sil' system, or Simulated Interface Line.

A SIL is not a physical thing, but a unit of worth assigned to a beings pardisum credit account. These accounts can be accessed by nearly every Paradisum citizen and Oid remotely.

Sil is used for buying and selling goods and services. Bartering is not unheard of, but circumventing the system violates a number of laws. Use your best judgement and report illegal bartering.

Sil services can, and have been, interrupted in times of crisis-to safeguard the economy or deny funds to proven state enemies.

Intro to Economics

[Harry Baldman]

I assume this isn't first-come-first-serve, but just in case, I'll reserve a post myself.

Spoiler: YM-3-XI, aka Bill (click to show/hide)

Name: YM-3-XI, but prefers to be called Bill.
Design: Mechoid
Element(S): Standard
Bio: Bill is part of a rather old generation of Oids, built many years ago for mining operations. He's had an eventful life, and he's been repurposed several times during it. At first a miner, he's gone through countless changes and upgrades - they built him all modular-like, you see. After the mines he worked at went bankrupt, he was auctioned off with the rest of the property, at which point he was remade into a security bot, put to work guarding warehouses, keeping riffraff away, that sorta thing. And when that didn't pan out - Bill wasn't really a very... empathetic guard, shall we say - they sold him off to someplace else as well, made him into a harvester. And after a long bunch of misadventures, enterprise closings, economic downturns and who knows what else, Bill ended up as a security bot once again, although this time he gets to keep order in the streets, having recently got a refit that replaced the last of his parts that hadn't been yet. He's kind of glad to work for the government, really, even if in an indirect way - in all the years, through thick and thin, he's only been able to count on the government. All the others die off, change over, alter, and even Oids aren't safe in light of this ACS crap. But the government, the government remains, no matter what. And he's prepared to defend it, the only sure thing in his life.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
Tool: Sonic Emitter - an inbuilt system that Bill uses to transmit varying frequencies of sound, from extremely irritating, fluctuating tones for crowd control, to extremely loud warnings or disorienting white noise.
Defense System: Hunter-Seeker Algorithms - a particularly appreciated and expensive addition to Bill's software, this specific set of programming does a whole lot to make him very resistant to external tampering or malignant software, which has long been a great concern for most security Oids.
Desc: Bill is a bit more distant from ordinary Humoid designs, rather obviously built for utility. He resembles a rather bulky metal tower, about two meters in height. This tower seems to be covered in what appear to be ports that open whenever Bill wishes it - some hold extendable steel legs that resemble those of an arthropod (he has six in total, but usually sticks with three unless he really needs it), some have almost entirely humanlike, though a bit more articulate, stylized and skeletal-looking arms. Others seem to be empty, but appear to be meant for various tools or extra appendages, and feature a rather flexible array of adaptations for the porting in of said items. The body features several darker bands around it, and they feature mechanical, yet clearly human-looking eyes on them. Finally, the top of his body has a rather prominent sonic emitter on it, which appears to be heavily armored and secured in place.
Desired Alignment: Government.

[scapheap]

Name: Combat Light Armour Intelligence Replicant, or Clair
Design: Humoid
Element(S): Fire
Bio: Clair has only started operation.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: The unit's hands has retractable claws in it's hands. They can heat up to melt through metal
Desc: A human female in green light combat armour and a black vizor. The armour and vizor are removable showing long red strands that seem to be hair(fire proof), green eyes and rather confusing, a set of d-cup breasts. No, we are not sure why someone gave a combat robot breasts of that size.
Desired Alignment: Rebel

[Errol]

In because Megaman Zero was a great game series.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Arma Olympia Septima
Design: Mechoid
Element(S): Standard
Bio: Part of one of the later Arma series - seventh of the Olympia series, to be exact - of the legendary roboticist Coppola, from the time before the great catastrophe took place. She's one of the few surviving Armas and the only surviving Arma Olympia, a series designed for heavy combat purposes. As such, she has taken part in many battles before the fall, eventually retiring with honors during the beginning of the Paradisium Era, tired and broken from fighting. But these days, you need any hand module that can equip a blaster, so Septima is back in action. Rusty, though, in more senses than one.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons:
Omega Cannon - Left arm transforms into it. A heavy-duty plasma cannon that cannot be fired while moving unless you want to be flung back fifty feet by recoil and has acquired a serious overheating problem with age. It has two modes - Gatling, which rapidly fires smaller bursts of Plasma, and Power Shot, which charges up for one massive burst.
Combat Omnitool - Well, it used to be an omnitool, but most of its functions are broken by now. Built into Septima's right hand, the only functions that still work are Buzzsaw, Drill, Welding Torch, Flashlight, Laser Pointer and Bottle Opener. It still has serious power behind it, though - for example, the Buzzsaw can cut through most non-reinforced materials, and the laser pointer works surprisingly well as a mobile hairdryer.
Desc: Septima has a humanoid, female face, with accurately cut artificial azure hair baring her forehead, showing Coppola's signature stylized eye - she tends to cover that one up - and brightly azure eyes, below one of them a barcode. The rest of her frame, in contrast, is rather clearly and grittily mechanical, resembling a robotic, humanoid skeleton with unusually long arms partially reinforced with armor, particularily at the gauntlets, legs and chest (where her vital systems reside). She is smallish. Due to her age, the whole thing looks a bit patchwork at times, but still very solid. She wears a headband/headset hybrid and, when not in combat mode, a long hooded cloak that may once have been deep blue. So, at night, and if you don't hear her (loud) clanking when she moves around... you could almost confuse her for human. Also, don't call her 'just a weapon' (and, by extension, Arma) - she has some issues with being built for warfare, and although she's mostly come to grips with that she still doesn't like fighting and is not proud of that part of her life at all - she doesn't want to be recognized on the street as a war hero, hiding her identity in public due to that. Not many remember, but there are still those who do...
Desired Alignment: Neutral. To her, both sides are silly, and the primary objective is avoiding war. Which is basically what neither Government nor Rebellion stand for.

I hope this is okay. /e: Reworked it a bit more, no large changes, just personality.

[Dwarmin]

In because Megaman Zero was a great game series.

Huh, guess what series I just finished playing back to back

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler: E35-Ba1-573/1000 (click to show/hide)

Elec Techoid
Bio: Just off the assembly line! Naive and loyal.
Tools, Equipment, or Weapons: Never Mind
Description: The Engie-3500 is a top-of-the-line combat engineer Techoid. It typically appears in a humanoid form, but can reshape its limbs into a variety of tools. They are currently being auctioned off in sections of 25 to the highest bidders.
Government

...Okay, I'm not sure what else to add. This, maybe...

[Dwarmin]

Scapheap gets in for having an acronym.

Acronyms for everyone!

@GWG: Uggggggh. Talk about minimal effort.
Techoids don't actually have anything inherent with them. They're malleable holograms and not physical devices, you know. They can carry equipment, but it's usually just easier to download it.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Well, I think you'll find that the answer to the second also answers the first: I didn't really understand much about this world or how the Oids work.

[Dwarmin]

Well, I'm pounding together backstory posts, but honestly-ask away. You ask questions, I think of answers, my world gets fleshed out.

[SOLDIER First]

Name: F.orest O.id X.(something, he doesn't know) Unit-01
Design: Animoid
Element(S): Wind, Frst (Frst Oids are better suited for movement in forested areas and are ususally Animoid in design. They have an advantage against Wind (contradictions ahoy) but a disadvantage against Fire.)
Bio: F.O.X. came off the assembly line a couple days ago, as a test of the Frst element.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: F.O.X. units have a built-in flight system, in the form of two tails that can rotate at high speeds. Can be used as an unorthodox weapon if needed. They also have extra-sensitive surveillance systems in their ears, and a small, retractable laser on their back. It's weak, though, so they're best working with other Oids.
Desc: A small Oid modeled after a fox. He's kind, loyal, and hard-working.
Desired Alignment: Nuetral. He is a test model made by a secret robotics corporation that he himself has no knowledge of. His only purpose is to test his model by transmitting all data collected to his manufacturer.

[Dwarmin]

Sentient and Errol are in

[The Ensorceler]

This looks really interesting, I'm in.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: PRototype Endogenous Carrier of an Untested Rapid Shaper Of Robots; PRECURSOR, goes by Curse

Design: Eleoid

Description/Bio: A self contained rapid prototyper, the PRECURSOR is a 'one of a kind' Oid created to solve tasks usually needing a specialized Oid with ease, but due to the inconsistent quality of its solutions, it wound up as a jack of all trades, master of none in a world where everyone was optimized for the task at hand.
    Not feeling he had earned the right to apply for retirement yet, Curse, as he now called himself, traveled to the edges of society where other rejects and social outcasts scavenged and fought for their survival. Even there, however, Curse wasn't useful enough with any one task to hold a job for more than a few weeks. When the war broke out, with both sides recruiting anything that could move, he finally got his chance to do something meaningful with his life.

Desc: Shaped like an ambulatory chair, the PRECURSOR was built on a square frame with short, non-directional legs at the corners and a blocky 'torso' mounted on the back. The 221X4 Fabricator mounted on the 'seat' was the heart of the PRECURSOR, capable of producing many different tools and even some simple drones, given sufficient material to work with. One major limitation is the need to fully model every aspect of each device, requiring either a full schematic  or sufficient time for the PRECURSOR to create one. Each arm is equipped with an additional function designed to assist the Fabricator; the left arm, the thinner of the two, can collapse its three fingered hand into a precision router to bore holes into or smooth precision parts of a device under construction. (For example an axle well or gun barrel, 3D printers don't do round super well.) The right arm, however, is much stronger, and contains a small rotary grinder in its palm so the PRECURSOR can gather new material in the field.

Element: ERTH

Tools/Equipment/Weapons: 221X4 Fabricator 2'x2'x1' maximum print volume, 5 cubic feet partitionable material storage, can manipulate most inorganics, but not armor grade materials. Limited ability to produce remote drones; small arm mounted router/drill; palm mounted grinder, diameter 4".

Desired alignment: Either, wants a job.

Updated to better show where I was going with this.

[Harry Baldman]

Sheet sorta done - point out any errors, if you will.