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===Sentient Tinker tech===
===Androids===
{{Equipment
{{NashAndroid
| name       = PRAETORIAN ANDROID STANDARD TEMPLATE
|name= Pleiades 'Leia' Newchapel
| image      =  
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| url       = https://www.reddit.com/r/wormrp/comments/kpa5os/praetorian_series_armor_androids_phalanx/
|url= https://www.reddit.com/r/wormrp/comments/p8w5eu/project_pleiades_pleiades_leia_newchapel/
| appearance =  
|image=  
| creator   = [[Phalanx]]
|creator= [[Phalanx]]
| abilities  =  
|public info=  
''In order to preserve continuity of consciousness, the 6 AI that made up the 'Centurion-series Android' have been removed from their original housings, Improved and placed into new more specialized housings. In order to nurture their developing personalities, each android has had significant input into the aesthetics of their new bodies.''
Introduced as the Newest of Phalanx's Android Daughters, being upfront about her being the gestalt consciousness of her predecessors, and that he is very proud of her, and believes she will be a marvelous hero.


''Their Positronic Brain hardware upgraded, and their Learning algorithms and databanks updated and patched. This allows them a human level ability to experience emotion, while their new specializations with regard to both physical capabilities of their chassis and more specialized databanks to draw from will allow greater growth as individuals.''
Phalanx proceeded to go off-script, expressing that he would retaliate to any harm done to her, as though she were a human member of the Ward's program, and that any who treat her as an 'acceptable target' for excessive force would be facing the wrath of both a Protectorate Captain watching over his team, and of a very very angry father with access to death rays.


''For the sake of ease, all of the following six androids possess the following mental capabilities as a baseline, while I will elaborate on unique mental capabilities on each individual android alongside the physical capabilities of their unique chassis.
She speaks briefly about her hobbies, Geology, Tactical Video Games, and Puzzles among others, she is polite and well spoken, but required prompting several times when asked about topics she was unfamiliar with.
The Praetorian series AI possess an intelligence equal-too but very much unlike that of a human. And their learning algorithms allow a roughly human level of decision making.''
|appearance=
Black hair and tanned skin, Leia looks like she could be Phalanx's biological daughter, She stands at roughly 6 feet in height. Blue eyes.


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Weighing almost 450 pounds, she has a fit body-type, those unaware of her nature would likely guess her to be somekind of athlete.


They possess distinctly alien thought-processes, capable of baffling all but themselves and their creator. Although this is a two-way street, with the AI possessing an equal difficulty understanding human thought-processes.
Her head passes as perfectly human, but her torso, arms, and legs, are covered in armored plates rather than more synth-skin. Though it is easy enough to conceal beneath appropriate clothing.


This limits their ability to interact with human social situations, and society at large without Phalanx present to translate and manage the otherwise easily confused Artificial Intelligence.
When fighting crime she simply forgoes her civilian attire, equips her various gadgets and bits of equipment, and much to Phalanx's chagrin deploys a pair of mechanical cat ears from compartments in her skull, something she requested he add specifically to emulate Cylynx.
|mentality=
Mentally Leia is an absolute mess, as she is composed of the combined consciousness of Phalanx's 'prior' daughters: Argo, Amphora, Abacus, Pithos, Panoply, and Denarius.


''(In game-play terms this means they may only achieve perhaps half-their effectiveness when not being supervised by Phalanx directly or remotely.)''
Leia contains all the memories, opinions, interests, desires, etc. of her 'predecessors' and believes herself to simply be their unified consciousness, like a completed jigsaw puzzle, rather than a new person created whole-cloth.


They possess a number of Hard-coded morals and values that they must acknowledge before carrying out contradictory actions. These Morals include Value of human life, Value of law and order, self-preservation when possible, among others.
Despite all of this, Leia is not distraught as a human might expect, but expresses that she feels, for lack of another word, 'enlightened' and has developed a deep interest in philosophy and religion.


The Praetorian series have functional understanding of skills, as well as databanks of technical knowledge deemed pertinent to their function as the assistants of a Protectorate hero
She is of course still an Artificial-Intelligence, and one with deeply alien though-processes. Leaving her like those before her, out-of-touch and out-of-their-depth with humanity in many respects.


''(Functionally this means that this model possess roughly the same set of skills as Phalanx does on his character sheet, albeit with a less instinctive, but more technical understanding than Phalanx himself)''
Phalanx is the only human who will ever really understand her alien ways of thinking, and only then because of his shard's help. It goes without saying that Leia works best collaborating with her creator than she does with anyone else.
|resources=
Lives with her father Jasper Newchapel (Phalanx) in a suburban home, receiving the largest bedroom to account for the collective belongings inherited from her six 'predecessors/sisters'.


The Praetorian series possess a degree of free-will, while possessing hard-coded morals and inclinations to reassure NUCLEUS that rogue AI isn't going to be an issue. Despite this Phalanx has installed Hard-coded verbal administrator commands, That can compel the shutdown of Weapon systems, Motor Function, or a hardware reboot, in order to force compliance in the event of a software malfunction or software intrusion.
While not technically a Ward has a Ward Phone and Computer for work, and has many of the same resources available to her that Wards do.


Each one is Equipped with a triple redundant Tracking system. Featuring a standard NUCLEUS tracker embedded in their skulls, between two armor plates. As well as a Mundane, but Military grade GPS tracker in one of their more easily accessed interior panels (Mostly a decoy, though also a redundancy). And finally a heavily shielded Tracker of Phalanx's own design, featuring its own battery separate from the rest of the Droids systems.
Leia receives a substantial allowance from her father (what was previously 6 normal allowances) and has inherited about 6,000 dollars from her 'predecessors/sisters'
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Has an extremely nice Bicycle, and well maintained electric scooter.
{{Equipment
|equipment=
| name      = MK2 Positronic Brain
 
| image      =
* Elysian-steel Gladius (short sword)(Link)
| url        = https://www.reddit.com/r/wormrp/comments/nl8yj4/phalanx_equipment_post/
 
| appearance = N/A
* Elysian-steel Parma (round shield) (Link)
| creator    = [[Phalanx]] (one for each android)
 
| abilities  = Firmware updates can only get you so far when you have out-of-date hardware. The MK2's are an improvement across the board as far as hardware is concerned, featuring over 4 years of marginal improvements in the quality of Phalanx's work since he had originally constructed the MK1's.
* Lightning Lance (Link)
 
* Grappling Gun (Link)
 
* Bubo the Owl-bot (Link)
 
* PRT comms. Headset
 
* Ward's Phone & Civilian Phone
 
* Handcuffs and Zipcuffs
 
* Duct-tape & Electrical Tape
 
* Standard First Aid Kit
 
* External Emergency GPS Tracker
 
|skills=
 
* Understanding of Government bureaucracy
 
* Understanding of criminal and conspiratorial behavior aka basic level criminology.
 
* High speed pursuit vehicle training
 
* Basic first aid
 
* Understanding of basic human intelligence gathering.
 
* Basic Forensic Knowledge
 
* Understanding of laws and legal procedures
 
* Navigating his way around quickly with maps, charts and tables, orienteering, instruments, or dead reckoning.
 
* Searching a room, vehicle, or person for weapons and contraband.
 
* PRT Self Defense training in unarmed combat
 
* PRT Self Defense training with PRT weapons
 
* Skilled Use of Antiquated weaponry, and associated tactics.
 
* Basic PRT/Police Squad Tactics
 
* Customized Squad Tactics (Devised by Phalanx for himself and his AI)
 
* Extensive Medical Training + NUCLEUS/SWORDFISH Medical Data (On par with a 10 year Veteran EMT)
 
 
|abilities=
 
'''Durability:'''
Internal skeletal structure and External armor plates constructed of a combination of Titanium and Steel alloys, giving exceptional protection for the myriad of critical systems contained within.
(Level IV Ballistic Protection)
 
Armored chest cavity contains her 'Quantum-positron' brain, primary energy banks, and both of her 'Zipdash cores' (Link).
 
Both Vital and Auxiliary systems are heavily shielded from Electromagnetic and Electrical attacks due to liberal application of Elysian Steel throughout her construction. Making Pleiades a walking Faraday cage, hampering wireless intrusion attempts, although she has little in the way of wireless receiver anywhere in her body as a result (Outside of her Quantum Relay, see below)
 
All systems are as waterproofed as Phalanx could manage within reason.
 
'''Strength:''' Possessing a combination of Synthetic Musculature and Hydraulics (Filled with a tinkertech Antifreeze) Pleiades is capable of great feats of strength, the natural progression of her predecessor/sister Amphora.
 
Able to lift 1500 pounds (lb) before damage risk to her chassis, able to strike with the force to shatter bricks and bend commercial steel, though she can dial this strength back with excellent precision.
 
'''Agility:'''
 
Designed with smooth 360 degree rotation of every joint in her body, Pleiades is able to perform acts and feats that can only be comparable to a combination of an Olympic Gymnast and the girl from The Exorcist
 
Her Synthetic Musculature and Hydraulic systems allow her to jump and sprint at nearly peak-human levels, limited only by the weight of her bodies various systems weighting her down more than she can compensate for on foot.
 
She is unable to swim, but contains a pair of deploy-able flotation devices near her shoulder blades.
 
'''Weaponry:'''
 
''Right Arm:'' Incorporates a 'Zipdash Projection Disk' (Link) specifically linked to her 'Barrier Core' (Link)
 
Additionally Built into their right hand is a Medical scanner built by Tipereth (Link). Her right forearm contains a number of miscellaneous medical tools (like a medical multi-tool)
 
''Left Arm:'' Incorporates a 'Zipdash Projection Disk' (Link) specifically linked to her 'Lightning Core' (Link) as well as a 6 inch deploy-able blade, and a 12 inch deploy-able stun-baton.
 
'''Utilities:'''
 
''Head:'' Cyber-Eyes possess three vision modes: Human spectrum, Infrared, and 6x zoom.
 
Standard 'human' ears possess greater hearing acuity than a human being, being more on par with those of a canine,
 
Secondary set of deploy-able 'cat' ears are more akin to a PRT standard issue surveillance Directional Microphone.
 
''Left Hip:'' A number of tools (screwdrivers, drill, wrenches, pliers, welding torch, hammer, knife, etc) are stored in her left Hip compartment.
 
This compartment has a bit of extra room for anything she needs to conceal or store temporarily. As it is plated in Elysium Steel, this compartment is a Faraday Cage.
 
''Right Hip:'' A number of additional Medical tools and Equipment are located within a compartment, along with a small emergency supply of Medical oxygen and an accompanying mask, as well as emergency rations/water, and a Flare gun with 22 microflares.
 
''Distributed through-out:'' Inherited from her 'predecessor/sister' Abacus is the 'White Carapace' (Link) something that allows Pleiades easy connection ports to interface with gear built by Phalanx, (Like Bubo the Owl or the Nemean Armor)
 
'''Misc:'''
 
''MK1 Quantum-Positronic Brain:'' Originally built for her 'predecessor/sister' Rosetta. It differs from a standard MK1 or MK2 Positronic Brain, because of the inclusion of a Quantum Entanglement Broadcast system.


The MK2 requires a fair bit less maintenance than the much cruder (and over engineered) MK1's, although they are not compatible with the somewhat makeshift 'AI consciousness Backup System' that he'd built when Ironing out the glitches of the Mk1's.
This system is what caused the lab accident that created Pleiades, formed from the poorly understood consciousness's of her seven 'predecessor/sisters' due to facets of his own tech that had previously escaped Phalanx's notice.


He'll need to develop a more robust Backup system in the future, perhaps with the (eventual) Mk3, though for now his AI are faced with the reality of their Mortality, another step towards being more human... for better or worse.
The system allows Pleiades to assume direct control pseudo-telepathically of systems that are equipped with a corresponding Quantum-receiver. Though only a single Quantum-receiver can be active at one time, limiting her to whatever Phalanx has currently installed it into.
| notes      = Phalanx had been putting off this particular upgrade, preferring the safety net provided by the MK1 Positronic Brain, though his daughters have pressed the issue, and he has eventually acquiesced.


''Meta:'' This upgrade is basically written to give me a reason that my Androids are Mortal. The Idea of having Memory backups is neat, and I might take a stab at the concept in the future, but for now, I'd like to explore the possibility of perma-death, and the emotional character growth that entails (both for Phalanx AND the Bots)
It was Phalanx trying to overcome this 1 to 1 communication by splitting it 7 ways that caused the entanglement of Consciousness that formed her own consciousness.
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|backstory= https://www.reddit.com/r/wormrp/comments/p7euzo/egodeath_and_egorebirth/
|notes= While technically an highly unique and and customized variant of the PRAETORIAN Model of androids, Pleiades none-the-less has many of the hard-coded morals and failsafe commands as her predacessors


Likewise she operates on a more advanced MK1 Quantum-Positronic Brain, she has the same inability to be 'backed-up' that was featured in the M2 Positronic Brain
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===Gifted/Traded TinkerTech===
===Gifted/Traded TinkerTech===
{{Equipment
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Revision as of 23:38, 2 September 2021

Phalanx
Author /u/Magos_Nashoid
Civilian name Jasper Newchapel
Alignment Hero
Affiliation Protectorate Captain (Devilfish)
PRT Classification Tinker, Master,
Born Devilfish, Minnesota
Status Active


A long time member of the Protectorate, having been a core member of the Minneapolis team for almost a decade. Phalanx is known to be a top of the line Robotics Tinker. Much (but not all) of his tech is given a Greco-Roman Theme.

Over the years Phalanx has volunteered for a variety of Charity Fundraisers, the presence of one or more heroes often being a deciding factor on the success of some of them. Notably among them the 'Trevor Project' and the 'Transgender Law Center' being his first choices when forced to pick.

Recently Phalanx has been promoted to Protectorate Captain, assigned to enure the safekeeping of Devilfish Minnesota, and the smooth operation of its Protectorate and Ward teams. So far he's done an excellent job watching over his hometown, but only time will tell what hardships await him in such an important leadership position.

Character Sheet

Appearance

Fullbody shot of Praetorian Armor
Phalanx's appearance out of costume

Civilian: Jasper Newchapel is a lithe but incredibly fit individual. Phalanx's skin is olive, having been the children of Greek Immigrants. He has light hazel eyes, and black hair. Standing at roughly 5'9 in height.

Costume: Generally speaking Jasper wears a suit of Power-armor. Typically the exterior plating is made of a polished golden-bronze material, with a red plume on the helmet.

Mundane Equipment and Resources

Wealth Level: 7

Primarily lives at the Protectorate HQ, but has a well furnished/stocked Family Home ,conveniently down the street from his own parent's house.

Has a slightly-higher than average Tinker budget, to account for expensive-but essential components in his Robots CPUs.

Has an extremely hardened set of Databanks for backing-up the digital half of his androids consciousness, backs them up every night before heading home from work.

  • PRT-issue Radio
  • PRT-issue Medical Kit
  • Zipties
  • Set of Handcuffs
  • Multi-tool
  • Police Truncheon

Skills and Specializations

  • Understanding of Government bureaucracy
  • Understanding of criminal and conspiratorial behavior aka basic level criminology.
  • High speed pursuit vehicle training
  • Basic first aid
  • Understanding of basic human intelligence gathering.
  • Basic Forensic Knowledge
  • Understanding of laws and legal procedures
  • Navigating his way around quickly with maps, charts and tables, orienteering, instruments, or dead reckoning.
  • Searching a room, vehicle, or person for weapons and contraband.
  • PRT Self Defense training in unarmed combat
  • PRT Self Defense training with PRT weapons
  • Skilled Use of Antiquated weaponry, and associated tactics.
  • Basic PRT/Police Squad Tactics
  • Customized Squad Tactics (Devised by Phalanx for himself and his AI)
  • Can play the Piano.
  • Is a pretty good Dungeon Master.

Mentality

Jasper is a relatively jovial person, greatly respecting his co-workers, Protectorate, Ward, Trooper, and Clerk alike. They do their best to remain professional whenever possible, but have trouble not looking at the team like a big family. Feeling somewhat parental over the Wards at time, though they keep this to themselves usually.

Jasper has changed since their trigger, having mellowed out oddly enough, compared to the more serious person they had been when working as a PRT trooper pre-trigger.

Heroism is not just a job for Phalanx, they are genuinely called to be the best they can be, and while heroism is a major part of their life, they consistently endeavor to not let it consume them, or to let it be the sole focal point in their life.

Jasper is a follower of Hellenism, though they aren't usually forward about it. They are also Transgender and Pansexual, the later two being clear if you pay attention to context clues, thought they are a private person about Religion, Gender, and Orientation.

Power

Trigger type: Single Natural Trigger (Controller Tinker)

Phalanx is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics tinker. Capable of building three varieties of AI.

  • Virtual Intelligence: 100% Tinker Code
  • Robots: 100% Positronic Circuitry
  • Androids 50% Tinker Code / 50% Positronic Circuitry

Virtual Intelligences and Robots are the inverse of eachother.

Both being built from the ground up for a specific purpose, and being generally unable to adapt beyond that purpose, without direct input and alterations from their creator. VI are designed for management/interaction with specific computer systems, while Robots are designed for specific physical tasks.

Neither is capable of achieving sapience/sentience on their own, though Phalanx could feasibly adapt sections of the software/hardware from a VI or Robot into an Android.

Androids are designed to be the best of both soft-ware and hard-ware. The best learning algorithms and code Phalanx can fashion, and the most advanced Positrionic Hardware he can afford. Together these form something capable of sapience/sentience. Emotions are also available, though Phalanx's particular variety of Androids are not even close to 1:1 with human thought processes.

Phalanx-Androids function via advanced neural-coding, and a rather difficult to maintain 'Positronic Brain.' Phalanx is limited in his ability to build and maintain more than half a dozen (6) of them, before they would be forced to neglect their Protectorate Duties and Personal Life. Though a smaller number of VI and Robots are within reason for him to maintain along with his 'Main-cast' of androids.

Phalanx has a particularly useful Alloy-recipe provided by his power, called 'Elysian-steel' which see's significant use in the fragile circuitry of his Robots and Androids. Phalanx like most tinkers is able to build rudimentary armor, weapons, and equipment for his AI, but its typically quite underwhelming compared to a dedicated tinker.

(Simple Ballistic weapons, Magnetic Dart launchers, low-powered Laser weaponry, Meta-material swords, Shock-bludgeons, hard-light melee weapons.) Power armor designed by Phalanx is basically a hollowed out Robot, with much of its automated functions replaces with manual controls.

All of the Androids designed by Phalanx possess a distinctly alien mental-architecture, meaning that while capable of passable social interaction with humans they come off as somewhat socially incompetent, this means they may only be utilized to their fullest potential by Phalanx, who possesses an intimate-familiarity with their thought-processes, and technical-specifications. Only achieving maybe half effectiveness at best when supervised by others.

Virtual Intelligence's and Robots do not count as 'alive' for the sake of powers Though the Androids do for some powers, and can even be perceived by Empaths.

Tinkertech

Androids

Gifted/Traded TinkerTech

Backstory

Like many children, Jasper wanted to be a Hero when they were a kid. Things didn’t work out that way though. But a successful career in the PRT was rewarding in its own way. Jasper would even argue that putting your life on the line to help others meant more when you weren’t a bullet-proof Modern-day Demi-god.

This wasn’t just a job for Jasper, it was a life-calling. But on Earth Kaff, all good things must end in tears. During one fateful operation Jasper and his squad was disabled by a potent emotion-manipulator. To this day Jasper is uncertain why it affected him so much more than his squad-mates (not that they didn’t have a rough time too).

The others took sometime to recover from the long-term negative effects, perhaps a month of downtime on average. Power-induced PTSD was no joke after all, but it seemed that the effects wore off with time with minimal lasting effects.

Not so for Jasper though, perhaps Jasper was simply more inclined towards Agoraphobia, but the PTSD had left Jasper a grade-A agoraphobe and Insomniac. They were able to tough through things at first, so they returned to active duty (barely passing psych checks) but their performance quickly dropped. His comradery with his co-workers fizzled out, and their combat effectiveness was hampered. The PRT discharged Jasper, putting them on reserve, so that Psychiatric help could be given.

Months passed, with minimal progress, Jasper isolated themselves from civilian friends, and family, video calls with their Therapist continued, and Jasper found some solace in the form of digital media, but things remained stagnant, and alone. Efforts to improve were continually met with setbacks, this continued for months.

TRIGGER

The PRT Therapist was alarmed when Jasper ceased communications, concerned that Jasper had taken their own life, they called the police, and the paramedics.

Jasper was not dead, but had simply dismantled every electronic device he owned in a fugue-state, having constructed most of a Bipedal Robot. Jasper remained unresponsive to the Police and Paramedics in his home, and the PRT were dispatched when it was clear this was a parahuman matter.

Their Trigger had left them different, they still had agoraphobia, but something had fundamentally changed, that allowed a gradual recovery. Legally they were now a member of the Protectorate, and while it took over a year and a half of concerted self-improvement to recover to the point that they were allowed on active duty. Jasper flourished as a protectorate hero.