Robot Design Format

By Robert S. Dean ·

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I have appended one robot design to this message, which I trust won't be enough
to offend anyone.  As you are all aware, the scheduled MegaTraveller robot book
isn't on any DGP schedule I've seen lately, so anyone wanting to use robots is
forced to limp along with Book 8.  The following is my attempt to lay out a
Book 8 robot in a format similar to the current "standard vehicle" format,
hopefully with enough info that anyone could "reverse engineer" the design if
necessary.  I did this a while ago, so I *think* that I laid out any components
in the Referee's Manual Vehicle system according to that system rather than
Book 8, and revised the Book 8 configuration numbers to match the vehicles.
Damage values are calculated as per the DGP ref's screen (Vol in liters/10),
so don't multiply them by 10 like you would for a vehicle.  This still means
there is a factor of 10 difference in damage points between a "robot" and a
"vehicle".  Should 'bots be tougher than cars?  I apologize for not doing
this to some more generally usable robot.  If anyone likes this format, I've
got a dozen or so more general purpose robots I could convert.

Rob Dean

  Imperial Glisten Navy Model 5 Warbot TL15

       This warbot is produced by ConTech of Glisten for use by the IGN.  Not
  substantially more expensive than the equipment carried by a marine in bat-
  tledress, the Model 5 can be used to supplement the capabilities of a human
  unit, and can be expended in suicidal attacks without qualms if necessary.

    RobotID: IGN Model 5 Warbot, TL15, Cr362,300
    Chassis: 10/25, Disp=150L, Conf=2SL, Armor=18G, Weight=231.4kg
      Power: 2/4, FuelCells=60KW, Dur=10/30
       Loco: 2/4, LPHvyGrav=0.4t, TopSpeed=860kph, Cruise=648kph, NOE=190kph,
             MaxAccel=0.72G
       Comm: Radio=Continental(5000km), MaserComm=VDist(50km)
    Sensors: 2 Visual (telescopic, light intensifying), 2 Audio, 1 Olfactory
        Off: FGMP-14

                        Pen/          Max     Auto   Dngr
                        Attn    Dmg   Range   Tgts   Spc    Sig  Rec  ROF
               FGMP-14  34/2    14    Distant   -    4.5     H    H    -

        Def: Extensive ECM
      Brain: CPU=1 Synaptic, 10 Parallel, 30 Linear, Storage=30 Standard
    Program: Low Autonomous, Full Command, Energy Weapon-3, Grav Vehicle-2,
             Infantry Combat-1, Tactics-1
      Other: Fuel=35.8L, Profile=7F83