| From: | Chanhassett <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Robotniks. |
| Date: | Fri, 4 Dec 92 05:13:36 CET |
]From: Steve Mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
]Subject: Robotics Designs and Internal Remote Decks.
<Particulars on robot design deleted to save space.>
]Well that is where the book items can get you to. Please notice this is
]probably STREAMLINE. There are no fancy cyberguns, spurs, etc. Nor are
]there any augmented senses. All of these are relatively inexpensive when
]compared to the cost of the entire project...
Mini:
Sounds great. However, you said STREAMLINED, didn't you??
Why all this garbage????
( Etq- Street(5), Media (5), Human (5), )
( Political Leadership (5) )
( Pheromones (2) 60000 )
( Gas Spectrometer (5) 10000 )
( Chemical Analyzer (4) 10000 )
( Enhanced Olfactory (5) 5000 )
I cannot see any etiquette needs. Yes, he has no real mental stats,
but still he can get by with defaulting, or look at Arnold. He didn't use
any etiquette. Or did he? (Brute force counts as an interrogation 2. Why not
etiquette? :) And if this is supposed to be STREAMLINED, why the pheremones???
1, tailored pheremones don't just have injections of the stuff- they modify the
parts of you that make the bleeders.
2, they work for your race. Robots don't have pheremones, as they don't
(inherently) have olfactry senses.
The political leadership would be totally unnecessary, unless you are
trying to bring J.F.K. back from the dead. :)
The analization equipment that you propose:
Gas Spectrometer (5) Chemical Analyzer (4) Enhanced Olfactory (5)
Just ain't, again, STREAMLINED. If you want an infiltration unit, they
might be desired, but they are like the CD player in your car- an extra.
And MEDIA etiquette???!?!?!?!? It is to laugh.
I would also suggest that you substitute sociology for the human
etiquette, as it might better represent the thing that you are trying to
simulate.
Sorry for the pseudo-flames here, Mini, but the fact is that, although
your basic concepts check out OK with my people, the rest just ain't what's
in the catalog.
-J.
