From: Zaidfeld Subject: TL-8 Odour Supplant-Janitorial Robot [OS-JR] v0.9b Hello, Here is a robot design that I worked out using the new robot rules from VF+FF&S. This article is almost finished (Just a few more adventure hooks to add) and I might even send it off to Challenge. Please, read it over and let me know of any comments/errors/adventure hooks/anything that you might come up with. Thanks. Enjoy, -Shalom Zaidfeld ---- TL-8 Odour Supplant-Janitorial Robot [OS-JR] The Odour Supplant-Janitorial Robot [OS-JR], commonly called Hos-Jar, was one of the first models introduced to the vacated automated maintenance & upkeep market in the Reformation Coalition. Hos-Jar has been developed and manufactured back in mid-1200 by a small and unknown company called Barzel Manufactory [BM]. Barzel Manufactory started out in early 1200 as a family run electronics repair facility, which provided its services to the expending population of Delios Tradestation, Apollo's orbiting Class-E Starport. Due to Apollo's status as an Administrated Territory by the Reformation Coalition, there were barely any restrictions in the way of design and implementation of robotics by the RCSA. This cemetery world provided Barzel Manufactory with most of the components and electronics needed, thus supplying virtually a free and a steady replenish of scavenged electronic apparatus. Many market analysers, on Aubaine and elsewhere in the coalition, attribute it as the reason for their relatively high pitched earnings in sales. --- Barzel Manufactory first released this model in an attempt to suppress the growing numbers of vermin in Delios's inner hull and service conduits. They produced a small array of Hos-Jars to patrol and exterminate the vermin. The Hos-Jar's low and semispherical hull, together with it's tiny arm enabled it to reach into the vermin's hideouts easily and brought to a successful & triumphant victory. Thus, the first introduction of Barzel Manufactory's robots designs became a favourite addition in Delios. Their celebrated high speed chases after vermin in the empty fuel tanks resulted in numerous gambling pools in the bars. Scores were kept for each Hos-Jar's performance, and later, even a tri-d Hos-Jar simulator game was released by Barzel's expending venture into the electronics commodity market. Hos-Jar successfulness in controlling the vermin situation also attracted a number of transient Free Traders and Coalition Merchants to acquire the model for treatment on their vessels and as merchandise to trade around the coalition. It is also rumoured that some Guild vessels obtained the model, but this information is not conformed. Of course, exterminating vermin was only one component of Hos-Jar multi-operational capacity. Barzel Manufactory added many diversified optional odour canisters to their Hos-Jar product line and transform it to an Air quality enforcement tool. For example, here's Barzel Manufactory's ad for the Hos-Jar: "...be it in a marines' changing room after a raid, aboard a scout ship with a shabby lavatory or a Ithklur-infested bar with no elbowroom, even in the maintenance bays of Aubaine's Starport, Odours can make you and your customers feel uncomfortable and interfere with their enjoyment of your facility and products. That means loss of revenue and produces a bad name for your business. -So how can I solve the problem?, you ask. Why, here at Barzel Manufactory, we came up with the appropriate tool for the job. Our Odour Supplant Janitorial Robot product will attack at an unwanted odours and restore the air quality to your normal standards. The Hos-Jar, as we fondly call it here, uses a low body configuration and a quiet operational mode to keep it out of view. It's swift movement will reach any area where it's services are needed quickly and effortlessly. The Odour Supplant Janitorial Robot model is also easy to maintain and inexpensive to own. Of course, we back all our products with Barzel Manufactory's standard 20 years warranty so you don't have to worry about a thing. Our full catalogue of various Odours and pesticides add-on canisters is available at no charge. Whichever odour you need, we can supply you with it. Our company offices and product exhibitions are available at most major starports (Aubaine, Trybec, Aurora and our new offices in the Kruyter system) and of course, you can always reach us at Barzel Manufactory's main offices: Barzel Manufactory Airlock 8, Delios Tradestation Apollo, Reformation Coalition [Barzel_Manufactory@lock8.delios.ap.rc]" - Extracted from _The Coalition Onward Gazette_, Barzel Manufactory's ad, p. 9. - Issue XII/1201, Trantown, Aubaine. --- Physical & Technical Description: The Odour Supplant-Janitorial Robot model utilise a low, semispherical shaped composite laminate hull which provides its main structural support. A short arm is based on the top of the hull, housing the odour emitter mechanism and a tube which is attached to the externally mounted odour/pesticide canister at the rear of the hull. The arm's installation resembles a turret, with the ability to turn 360 degrees, thus providing an superb coverage of the area around the robot. A basic visual sensor is installed towards the front of the hull, just below the arm's installation. It provides the robot with basic pattern recognition; For example, the Hos-Jar will recognise Humans, walls, Hivers and everything else in its way as obstacles. Although, it could also be pre-programmed to track a specific configuration, colour or smell of an obstacle. Be it a rat, Ithklur or a foul-smelling vac suit, the Hos-Jar will distinguish it and spray it if so programmed. The Smoke/Gas Detector sensor is installed alongside the basic visual sensor. As described before, it can be pre-programmed to detect a specific odour/smoke/gas, follow the programmed instructions and handle it. Located underneath these two sensors is the internal speaker. This device can be pre-programmed with a small number of Anglic words and it comes with miscellaneous other options like Male/Female voice, voice volume and more. (Note: Barzel Manufactory recently announced the availability of alternative sound cards for the Schalli and Ithklur languages). The Hos-Jar's TL-10 storage battery provide for its power requirements and is installed internally at the base of the hull, just below the CPU brain unit. The battery is the only component used in this model that is manufactured & shipped to Apollo from Trybec instead of being scavenged from Apollo itself. This high performance battery provides for 5 hours of continuous operation and is easily recharged. And last, The Hos-Jar's robot brain unit. This state of the art, TL-8, unit is produced solely from the finest recovered components available. It resides on top of the battery, and is easily accessed by lifting the arm's installation. The housing contains the CPU unit and the varied sensory pre-programmed cards. The brain is occupied with Barzel Manufactory's patented PRAC/1 [Pattern Recognition Algorithm Card, Class 1] (As discussed above, regarding the basic visual sensor). All of the cards, including the brain, can be easily programmed using a TL-8+ hand/standard computer, the owner's password and the MCE [Module Customising Extension], located on top of the CPU unit. Just plug-in the cord to the computer's standard port and Hos-Jar's brain will display the options that are accessible to you. --- Referee's Notes & Adventure Hooks: The Hos-Jar can be added to most Traveller/Megatraveller/Traveller: The New Era campaigns readily and can provide for a broad & richer atmosphere & background in the adventure. The Odour Supplant Janitorial Robot is designed to be used as an NPC by the referee. Be it a minor encounter in the bar, or a mini-adventure on its own, here are some tips which can help you run the Odour Supplant Janitorial Robot Model by Barzel Manufactory in your Traveller adventure. If you look closely at the Design Notes, you might notice that the model suffers from a shortage of power. This 0.000008 MW shortage is not obvious during normal operations, since not all of the components work at the same time. However, if the power requirement is stretched to its limit i.e.: If the Basic Visual Sensor and the Odour/Gas Detector, plus the Odour Emitter, arm and the brain start to operate simultaneously, unknown effects might occur. The main reason for this is that the brain is the main power hog in the model, thus it will be the one developing minor quirks in its operation. These quirks can range from simple ones, for example, the brain won't shut off the gas emitter, thus, flooding the bar with sweet aroma which will irritate a group of Vargrs. This will provoke them to pursuit the Hos-Jar down and destroy it, causing a commotion which may lead to various adventure hooks. - The owners wants the Vargrs to pay for his 20,000Cr Hos-Jar which they destroyed and hires the PCs to find them and obtain the money from them. - The PCs help the Vargrs out by shutting off the Hos-Jar (in a friendly way), thus gaining the gratitude of the Vargrs/Bar owner which may lead to miscellaneous rumours/job offers. - [More to come...] Another problem with this model is that the arm can only handle a load of 480g while the Gas Emitter installed on it weight 500g. This problem plus the poor agility of the arm (AGL 2) can be used by the referee to turn them into either witty scenes or terrifying ones. For example: - [more to come...] --- Miscellaneous Information Addendum: - To program the Hos-Jar's brain, Difficult (Computer), 20 min. [One level lower if the manual is used w/task, 10 min.) - To program the sensors, Easy (Computer), 10 min. - To crack the owners' password, Difficult, (Intrusion), 5 min. - To repair the robot, Difficult, (Robotics/Mechanic/Electronics/Computer), time varied by damage. - A canister of Odour/Pesticides/Gas costs 50Cr. and can be obtained at Major ports. - The Odour Supplant Janitorial Robot's Padded Hard-Shelled Box provides enough space for the Hos-Jar and 3 canisters of Odour. The manual is also provided inside the box. --- Equipment Sheet: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume: 28 litres Transport Volume: 56 litres [Shipped w/Padded Hard-shelled Box] Mass: 36 Kilograms [w/o box] Armour Value: 0.1 Price: 19,712.91 Credits Power Plant: TL 10 Storage battery Generated: 0.000992 MW Used: 0.001 MW Unused: -0.000008 MW Endurance: 5 hours Initiative: 1 Intelligence: 1 Command Function: Limited Maintenance: 0.54 sec. [about a minute, once a week] Movement: Road/Cross Country: 33/7 km/h Combat: 15/3 meters per turn Travel: 67/13 Km per 4 hours Armament: None* Arm Lift Hit UMD Wpn AMD ------------------------------------------ Top 480g 3 1 - - Electronics: - Smoke/Gas Detector, Odour Emitter, Basic Visual Sensor, Internal Speaker. Cargo: None Assets: Pattern Recognition-1 --------==-------- HIT LOCATION CHART Die Area Results -------------------------------------------------- 1 Hull See next table 2 Hull See next table 3 Hull See next table 4 Arm The arm is destroyed 5 Arm The arm is destroyed 6 Suspension The suspension is wrecked Hull Die Type Results --------------------------------------------------------------- 1 CPU 2 difficulty levels higher per action 2 Canister The odour/pesticide canister is damaged. All of it's contents is lost. 3 Sensor One of the sensors is destroyed. Smoke/Gas Detector or Basic visual Sensor. 4 Traverse The arm is jammed, and can not be moved. On a roll of 6 (D6), it unjam 5 Secondary Either the odour emitter, or the internal Speaker is dysfunctional 6 Engine The batteries are dysfunctional. The robot is immobilised. --- Design Notes: ROBOT DESIGN WORKSHEET ---------------------- Volume: 0.028 Shape: Dome MV: 0.01 MVM: 1.2 Shell Type: Composite Laminate Though: 6 ROBOT BRAIN: Thick: 0.0169 Type: Low Data (TL 8) AV: 0.1014 Volume: 0.006 Volume: 0.0002028 Mass: 0.001 Mass: 0.0014196 Price: 10000 Price: 1.6224 Electronics Options: Suspension: Type: Internal Speaker Type: Wheel Volume: 0.0005 Volume: 0.0042 Mass: 0.0005 Mass: 0.00084 Price: 1000 Price: 1.12 Type: Basic Visual Sensor PERIPHERALS Volume: 0.0005 Type: Smoke/Gas Detector Mass: 0.0005 Volume: 0.0005 Price: 5000 Mass: 0.0005 Price: 1000 POWER PLANT Type: Storage Batteries (TL 10) Type: Odour Emitter Volume: 0.0031 Volume: 0.0005 Mass: 0.0062 Mass: 0.0005 Price: 9.3 Price: 500 Power: 0.000992 Duration: 5 [x0.5 mod] Arm: Volume: 0.012001 Transmission: Mass: 0.024002 Type: Wheel Articulation %: 20 Volume: 0.000496 Power Volume: 0.009601 Mass: 0.000496 Price: 1200.12 Price: 0.744 TOTAL: -===============================================================- Volume: Mass: Power: Used: 0.028 Loaded: 0.035958 Generated: 0.000992 Empty: 0 Empty: 0.035958 Needed: 0.001 Unused -8E-06 ------ Flotation: 0.778686245 NO SDR: 0.00196 Price: 19,712.91 Road: 33 Cross: 7 Combat: 15/3 Travel: 67/13 Damage: 0.56 Maint: 0.53937 min. Limited INT.: 1 Hit chance: 3 UAD: 0.2 Agility: 2 Strength: 1 Lift (kg): 0.480048 ---