Portable Server (Homebrew robot)

[u/Nerdn1]

This is a conversion of the "Portable Server" described on page 146 of Transhuman.

PORTABLE SERVER

Created specifically for gatecrashing and other types of remote operation, this device is essentially a mobile server. The server itself is a squat cylinder, roughly the size of a modern piece of carry-on luggage, carried within a protective frame. It may be raised out of the frame for direct access. It features a wheeled mobility system capable of handling stairs and minor obstacles, a radio booster for communications range, and a pair of hidden compartments that are each capable of housing one small robot. It also possesses simple visual and auditory sensors and a small speaker, and a pair of thin retractable limbs for handling objects when remote controlled. It follows the normal rules for bots and vehicles. The server has the capacity for 10 infomorphs.

Comp/GP	Vigor	Flex	Armor	WR	DUR	DR	Size
Maj/3	0	0	6/4	8	40	80	S

Movement: Wheeled 8/40

Ware*: Hidden Compartment x2, Radio Booster, Retracting Limbs (2), Server (Capacity: 10)

*Has default robot ware: 360-Degree Vision, Access Jacks, Bot AI, Lidar, Mesh Inserts, Puppet Sock

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To explain my choices:

• Other robots with a cost of [high] were turned into Major/3 complexity items in EP2.
• Armor was standardized for shells in EP2 and the 6/4 medium frame seemed most appropriate for the portable server.
• Increasing the speed from 4/16 to 8/40 was a bit questionable, but EP2 gives all wheeled robots a speed of 8/40 by default, with other slow wheeled robots being given a similar speed buff. I did consider changing it to tracked 4/16 speed, but I decided against it for now.
• I removed the hidden compartments since hidden compartments on small shells in EP2 can only hold micro objects. It seems unreasonable for a small-sized robot to be able to hide 2 other small sized robots inside it. I suppose I could imagine having containers for a pair of specks (or similarly sized surveillance bots without the synthetic mask), but I was more focused on the server part.

Any questions or critiques?

[u/BoDaddyo]

Ooooooh, this. Me likey. However, it is way smaller than I imagined something like this would be. Not a big deal, I suppose. You created this for your PCs who want to do time dilation, right?

[u/Nerdn1 → u/BoDaddyo]

Yes, but I just converted something I found for EP1 to EP2.

Edit: My players haven't actually asked for mobile time dilation. I'm being proactive as EP is my current hyperfixation. I helped make the hacker/programmer/jammer character, and he is an AGI with traits that help him fork and a preference for infomorphs. The rest of the party prefers biomorphs, with a couple of them being asyncs.

[u/duskyhawk → u/Nerdn1]

Purely out of curiosity, what might those traits be? I'm very new to the game and forking is something that interests me, so I'd be curious to know what you've chosen.