Preview into the droids system

[HR-Zoz]

The droids are currently in an alpha stage of sorts, with all the bits and pieces nearly finished as well as a good deal of their functionality. Here's a look into what droids will be able to do, and consequently, why techs are the best profession out of them all.

- 6 different types of droids, ranging from the quick and stealthy AD (air drone) to the mobile fortress that is the MAD (massive armored droid).

- Currently more than 20 different weapons, including electrical weapons, lasers, guns, a flamethrower, and unarmed attachments.

- Espionage equipment that allows droids to find people, spy and relay visual information, and even CLOAK (smaller droids only).

- Technical equipment that adds bonuses to technical-based actions and assist with repairs and identification of wildlife.

- Every droid has a set number of slots in their head, torso, arms, and legs that can be filled with a mix and match of any kind of parts that you wish, be it weaponry or technical equipment. However, slots are limited so that very espionage-inclined droids won't have much room for weapons, and vice versa.

- Upgradeable core equipment (ie, fuel cells, power mills)

- Core equipment includes voice emulators, personality chips, and 'skins' (overall scheme of appearance for the droids). Coupled with the customizeability of each slot's equipment makes droids extremely custom-built.

Drooling? Come join the techs, then.

-Zoz

[Dragoonseal]

[PepsiKing]

<throws up a tent and makes camp>

Going to be sure to be first to be a techie <nods>

PepsiKing

[HR-Zoz]

[Durinthal]

Well, now I know my secondary choice of profession.

...

Trooper, of course.

[PepsiKing]

[Brokyn]

I'm just curious about something. Will Droids be usable by others that aren't Techies? My friend's going to be a Medic, and we were talking about how it'd be neat if the droids I'm going to be making could help speed up or decrease the margin of error during surgeries (assuming there's going to be a chance to mess-up on the more intricate ones, anyway).

And then it came up that if I couldn't login when she needed to do a surgery, if she'd be able to control the droid. I think it'd boil down to something similar to implants: we make them, we sell them, people can use them. Perhaps Techies would get some bonus to controlling the droids, but it still makes sense that others, after the proper programming of course, would be able to command/control them to do a few things (fish, forage, combat-ness, surgeries, et al).

--William, hoping that hasn't been covered somewhere before.. gwar.

[HR-Trevor]

That lucky bastard Zoz is going to the World Series tonight, but I'll defer a reply to his next chance to reply.
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[HR-Ragnar]

Trevor, Your just grumpy cuz you arn't going.



Ragnar

[HR-Trevor]

I admit it. I am.
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-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Durinthal]

And yet another business pops up.. the droid market.

Can we paint them too?

::considers a sentry droid covered in black and red warpaint::

[HR-Zoz]

[HR-Trevor]

[Brokyn]

[HR-Zoz]

For sure, if droids are restricted to techs only, you will still be able to help out your medic buds. All droids will have a technical mode of sorts (as opposed to combat mode) where they break out the tools and assist those in the room with tasks related to the types of tool kits they are equipped with. And if the droid is equipped with the proper gear to find someone, it can go stand with your friend and be useful while you're hackin' and slashin' or doing whatever. Yup, that means you can issue orders remotely. Send 'em over, activate a technical assistance mode, do whatever else you need to do meanwhile.

-Zoz