THS Cybershells

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Cybershells

Cybershells are basically robots without software. The sophisticated software required to animate a cybershell is called an Infomorph, a being of digital intelligence. Cybershells are designed for a multitude of uses. Any job or function that could be done by a computer is likely to have a cybershell built to do it.

Aerorover 69 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -1 [-10]; DX -2 [-40]; HT +2 [20]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Amphibious [10]; Damage Resistance +3 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [9]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Enhanced Move: Land 1 [20]; Flight [40]; Stretching 4 [24]; Telescopic Vision 4 [20]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Bad Grip 2 [-10]; Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Legs: Bounces & Rolls [0]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; One Hand [-15]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 computer.
Date: 2071                    Cost: $30,000 + computer.
Description: Aerorovers are triphibian utility cybershells. First developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA, they took part in the early unmanned exploration of Titan, and their more advanced descendents are still in use as a cheap all-terrain mobot favored by planetologists, pipeline workers, and teletourists. Most kids growing up on Titan have remotely-piloted an aerorover at one time or another - they own, rent, and even race them.
A typical Aerorover is a triangular-frame cybershell consisting of three thick-walled helium-filled balloons (each about 5 feet in diameter), all joined by a skeletal frame to a single central module, which houses the power plant, ducted fan propulsion unit, steering mechanism, electric drivetrain, and payload. The three balloons not only provide lift, but also act as an undercarriage (serving as airbags in the event of a hard lading), as floats, and as wheels. A standard accessory is an arm that can anchor the unit to the ground or pick up objects. The balloons are over-inflated so that in the event of a puncture, the remaining two balloons will be sufficient to keep the vehicle buoyant.
In aerobot mode, the aerorover can fly at any altitude of up to five miles, venting helium as needed to control its descent. Since this will eventually flatten its balloon wheels, the aerobot is fitted with a reinflation system that allows the replacing of helium in its balloons with atmospheric gas, ensuring the balloon wheels can remain inflated to run on the ground when all the helium is vented. The aerorover has sufficient helium for between 1-4 weeks of operation, depending on the amount of maneuvering it performs.
In rover mode, the standard aerorover is capable of speeds across Titan terrain of 10-15 mph. It can clamber over obstacles up to 2' high, float in Titan's lakes, or cross muddy terrain with ease. The power plant is sufficient for one week of surface operations.
The aerorover is the size of a small car, but weighs only 50 lbs. (7lbs. on titan).
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 116

Afrit 299 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +6 (Size Modifier -10%) [54]; DX +1 [20]; HT +3 [30]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +1
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Hearing +3 [6]; Chameleon 4 (Infrared, +20%) [24]; Damage Resistance 75 (Electromagnetic, +50%) [563]; Enhanced Move: Running 1 [20]; Infravision [10]; Protected Eyes [5]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Radiation Tolerance 5 [10]; Silence 1 [5]; Weapon Mount (AMR and 2x Assault pod p. TS156, LC1) [2]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 8 people, monthly) [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Outsider [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer.
Date: 2072                            Cost: $600,000 + computer.
Description: The Afrit is the Islamic Caliphate's top of the line close combat heavy cybershell. Big, fast, and strong, it is designed to deliver punishing damage to opposing cybershells, vehicles, and troops. With a decidedly non-humanoid appearance, the Afrit is designed to terrify opponents as well as destroy them. Its two front limbs end in assault pods, with retractable hands for manipulation. Its rear limbs are reversed, like those of a bird or dinosaur; its anti-materiel rifle is mounted on the crest of its back. About two-thirds of the Caliphate's Afrit forces are teleoperated; the rest are inhabited by citizen AIs. 8' tall, 450 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 122.

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Under Pressure page 95

Armored Mining Worm 242 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +10 (No fine manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier +2, -20%) [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +2
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Damage Resistance +20 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [60]; Detect: Magnetic Fields [10]; Discriminatory Taste (for minerals only, -50%) [5]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Double-Jointed [15]; Enhanced Move: Land 1 [20]; Payload 25 (200 lbs.) [25]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 20) [20]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Tunneling 1 [35]; Universal Digestion (for ore separation only, -20%) [4]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Invertebrate [-20]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer, internal cavity (holds up to 200 lbs.)
Date: 2090                    Cost: $230,000 + computer.
Description: This asteroid mining mobot resembles a cross between a giant mechanized earthworm and a centipede. Its specialized sensors allow it to detect ore deposits. Its powerful rotary jaws and diamond-tipped legs allow it to anchor itself in microgravity while efficiently tunneling through the loose regolith of an asteroid's surface in quest of suitable ores. The mining worm actually ingests rock, breaking it down with its jaws, then passing the crushed matter through a "digestive tract" in which internal grinders, microbots and magnetic fields are used to separate useful ore from worthless rock. Waste materials are blasted out its rear end as rock dust (into the open if necessary, or through an attached "catheter" pipe leading to a collection site). Useful ore is stored in an expanding stomach sac until it can reach a smelter, dump truck, or appropriate storage facility. A typical example is the THI-701 Mukade, a reliable 35-year old design from Tenzan Heavy Industries. Its stomach can house up to three times its own mass in ore. Used in hostile environments like Io or Europa, and by the military, this is a larger and heavier model with thicker legs and a much tougher carapace. 15' long, 1000 lbs. (empty).
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 118

Baikal Cryobot TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Under Pressure page 96

Bush Robot 248 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -2 [-20]; HT +1 [10]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Ambidexterity [5]; Damage Resistance +10 [50]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Extra Arms +1 (Extra Flexible, +50%) [15]; Extra Flexible [10]; Flight (Space Flight, +50%; One Use per day, -40%; Requires Low Gravity, 0.1G, -50%) [24]; High Manual Dexterity +4 [20]; Injury Tolerance (No Brain) [5]; Micromanipulators 2 [30]; Microscopic Vision 6 (touch only, -20%) [24]; Penetrating Vision 1 (Blocked by any material with DR 1+, -30%; Touch only, -20%) [5]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Sensitive Touch [10]; Scanning Sense: Radar (Reduced Range, 200 yards, -30%) [14]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 7-9 microframe computer.
Date: 2097                    Cost: $160,000 + computer
Description: One of the few bush robots (see TS173) to see commercial sales is the Exogenesis Bushmaster. It is a stick-frame bush robot with three manipulator arms equipped with multi-branching, ultra-dexterous fractal manipulators. Its arms double as legs; thruster mounted beneath its body provide zero-G maneuverability. Its computer brain is distributed through its body rather than centralized in any one place. Only 326 Bushmasters were made before Exogenesis was sold, but Nanodynamics will likely resume production. A few dozen were acquired by the European Space Control Agency and presently serve aboard E.U. spacecraft. Several Bushmasters hosting SAIs and ghosts are among the orphaned Exogenesis cybershells resisting the Nanodynamics takeover. 80 lbs., 5' tall.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 121

Buzzbot -48 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -8 [-80]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -4
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Damage Resistance +2 [10]; Filter Lungs [5]; Flight [40]; Infravision [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Telescopic Vision 2 [10]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Increased Consumption 3 (1 hour endurance) [-30]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; One Arm [-20]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 4-6 tiny computer
Date: 2075                    Cost: $320 + computer
Description: Small aerial cybershells are used on Earth, Mars, and Titan for everything from aerial surveys to photojournalism to package delivery. Israel Robotics' IRI-4 Malachi is typical; a miniature helicopter with two shrouded counter-rotating rotors, a cluster of simple sensors, and one manipulator arm. 5 lbs., 1' tall.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 121

Clockwork Souls Custom 117 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +4 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +3 [6]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Appearance: Beautiful [12]; Damage Resistance +2 [10]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Sanitized Metabolism [5]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]; Unnatural Feature (No Pulse, etc.) [-2]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer or Complexity 6-8 compact microframe.
Date: 2080                    Cost: $160,000 + computer.
Description: Cyberdolls are androids designed to look like people. The Clockwork Souls Android/Gynoid range are typical: beautiful, anatomically correct, and fully functional. Their lack of a pulse and inability to sweat, breathe, tan, bleed, or bruise can reveal their true nature, as will any medical or X-ray scan. The Clockwork Souls Custom is a Cyberdoll custom-designed by an artist.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 122.

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Reference: Transhuman Space page 124

Cryobot 446 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +3 [30]; HT +3 [30]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +3 [6]
Advantages: Amphibious [10]; Damage Resistance +30 [150]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Enhanced Move: Swim 1 [20]; Extra Arms +1 (Extra Flexibility, +50%) [15]; Extra Flexibility [10]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Permeation: Ice (Tunnel left behind, +40%; Takes Extra Time x7 (128 times as long), -70%) [7]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 1000) [45]; Telecommunication: Laser [15]; Scanning Sense: Sonar [20]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Blindness [-50]; Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer.
Date: 2073                    Cost: $250,000 + microframe computer.
Description: Cryobots are built for ice-penetrating amphibious operations, and have been used beneath Antarctica, Europa, and Callisto. Vosper-Babbage's Vostok is a typical cryobot, usually used for research and engineering, but it can carry hand-held weapons. It is a 2'-wide hemisphere housing a radiothermal generator and hydrojet propulsion unit. Behind the hemisphere is a cylindrical post 1' wide and 3' high, atop which is a spherical brain-sensor housing. Halfway up the post are three folded manipulators that can act as arms or legs. The Vostok is designed to melt its way through ice, then explore under-water. It can walk tripod-fashion on its limbs or balance on two of them and use the last as an arm. 400 lbs., 5' tall.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 122

Cyberdoc 230 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +3 [30]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +2 [4]
Advantages: Ambidexterity [10]; Doesn't Breathe (Affects Others, +40%; Nuisance Effect: Can't move while hooked to patient, -50%; Takes Extra Time, 2 seconds, -10%; Touch Only, -20%) [12]; Damage Resistance +5 [25]; Discriminatory Taste [10]; Drug Factory [?]; Extra Arms +3 [30]; High Manual Dexterity +2 [10]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Sanitized Metabolism [5]; Sensitive Touch [10]; Sharp Claws [5]; Scanning Sense: Sonar (Touch Only, -20%) [16]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer.
Date: 2070                    Cost: $160,000 + microframe computer.
Description: System Technologies' Hippocrates is a typical high-end medical cybershell. It looks a bit like a mechanical starfish. Its limbs are studded with pressure, sonic, and microvisual sensors. Three of its "legs" do double duty as arms, and these are tipped with claws that are able to perform ordinary operations or microsurgery, or inject drugs. It can manufacture its own drugs. In extreme cases, it can even enfold a patient, placing him into life support or filtering his blood. 150 lbs., 5' wide.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 122

Cyberdog 95 points
Attribute Modifiers: DX +2 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP –2 [-4]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Acute Hearing +2 [4]; Acute Taste and Smell +2 [4]; Extra Legs (4 Legs) [5]; Fur [1]; Temperature Tolerance +1 [1]; Claws [3]; Discriminatory Smell [15]; Damage Resistance +2 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [6]; Enhanced Move: Land +2 [40]; Night Vision +6 [6]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]; Sharp Teeth [1]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Horizontal [-10]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Description: The Gemini Volksrobotics “Phydeaux” is designed to look and act like a household pet. The Cyberdog always has soft fur and appealing features, but doesn’t necessarily resemble a dog; the external styling can be made to match a very large cat, a fox, a bear cub, even a fantasy creature. Internal machinery mimics the body heat, breathing, and pulse of a real animal, although a close examination will reveal the cyberdogs mechanical nature. A Cyberdog is often kept in homes that have children, acting as a guard, faithful companion, and teacher. The internal AI can speak, or interface with household systems to provide complex visual displays. At night, the cyberdog’s keen senses and sleepless nature make it a superb household guardian.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Fifth Wave page 121.

Cyberdoll 106 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +4 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +3 [6]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, –20%) [4]; Beautiful (Off the Shelf Looks -50%) [6]; Damage Resistance +2 [10]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Sanitized Metabolism [5]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]; Unnatural Feature (No Pulse, etc.) [-2]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer or Complexity 6-8 compact microframe.
Date: 2080                    Cost: $145,000 + computer.
Description: Cyberdolls are androids designed to look like people. The Clockwork Souls Android/Gynoid range are typical: beautiful, anatomically correct, and fully functional. Their lack of a pulse and inability to sweat, breathe, tan, bleed, or bruise can reveal their true nature, as will any medical or X-ray scan.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 122.

Cyberdolphin TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Under Pressure page 97

Endymion 161 Points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+1 [10]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +4 [8]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Appearance: Attractive (Off the shelf looks, -50%) [2]; Chameleon +1 [5]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +3 [15]; Hyperspectral Vision (Extended Low-Band, +30%; Extended High-Band, +30%) [40]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Sensitive Touch [10]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Skinny [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer
Date: 2092                    Cost: $90,000 + computer
Description: Developed by Kanzaki Robotics' Luna office, these humanoid but obviously inhuman cybershells are popular with teletourists and ghosts, who enjoy the feel of walking "naked" in vacuum, and experiencing Luna through enhanced senses. Tall and skinny, these inhumanly graceful machines have chameleon surfaces that seem to flow like liquid metal, and long fingers branching into micromanipulators. These - and their enhanced senses - also make them very practical workbots. 105 lbs., 7' tall.
Reference: Transhuman Space: High Frontier page 59

Gas Giant Aerobot TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 118

Ghola 192 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +1 [10]; DX +2 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +4 [8]
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Doesn't Breathe (Oxygen Absorption -25%) [15]; Damage Resistance +20 [100]; Perfect Balance [15]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20];
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 6-10 people, monthly) [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Outsider [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer.
Date: 2078                            Cost: $250,000 + computer.
Description: The main cybershell in use in the Caliphate's military, the Ghola - which appears as a heavily armored man - gets around restrictions on the creation of humaniform creatures by only being controlled by teleoperators or nonsapient AIs. It is designed to work alongside human soldiers, and is able to wear standard armor (adding to DR) and fit in standard vehicles. Aside from the basics of shape and size, there are no attempts to make the design human-like - the face is a dull, featureless plate, and the Ghola's body is a flat, gray-tan color. 6' tall, 200 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 122.

High Arcadian Centaur TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: In the Well page 85

Humaniform -15 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -1 [-10]
Advantages: Damage Resistance +3 [15]; Telecommunication: Radio [10]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer or Complexity 6-8 microframe.; Feature: 5'8" tall, 150 lb.
Date: 2055.                             Cost: $4,000 + computer.
Description: The basic humanoid shaped cybershell is an older design, but remains popular as an inexpensive backup body for infomorphs. With no special abilities, the typical humaniform shell is intended purely as a shape to facilitate interactions with humans. The face is human-like (including a working mouth to make speech seem more natural), and the body is shaped to allow it to wear normal clothing and use commonplace tools. No one would mistake a humaniform cybershell for a real person, however. There are variations to the basic design, but most infomorphs who need a more sophisticated body move to one of the dedicated-purpose forms.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams Page 123.

Idmon Explorer Aquabot TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Under Pressure page 97

Infiltration Android 254 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +5 [50]; DX +2 [40]; HT +2 [20]; Move +2 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +8 [16]; Per +3 [15]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, –20%) [4]; Beautiful (Off the Shelf Looks -50%) [8]; Damage Resistance +10 [50]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Payload 1 [1]; Perfect Balance [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Sanitized Metabolism [5]; Telecommunication Infrared and Radio [20]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]; Unnatural Feature (No Pulse, etc.) [-2]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer or Complexity 6-8 compact microframe.
Date: 2090                    Cost: $578,000 + computer.
Description: Cyberdolls are androids designed to look like people. The Clockwork Souls Android/Gynoid range are typical: beautiful, anatomically correct, and fully functional. Their lack of a pulse and inability to sweat, breathe, tan, bleed, or bruise can reveal their true nature, as will any medical or X-ray scan.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 122.

J-56 Ying Transatmospheric UCAV TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: In the Well page 86

Jump RATS 640 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +2 [20]; DX +2 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +3 [2]
Advantages: 360 Degree Vision [25]; Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Vision +2 [4]; Catfall [10]; Chameleon +4 (Infrared, +20%) [24]; Claws [3]; Damage Resistance +70 (Cannot wear armor, -40%; Electromagnetic, +50%) [385]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Enhanced Move: Land +1 [20]; Extra Legs (4) [5]; Infravision [10]; Protected Eyes [5]; Pressure Support +3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 10) [15]; Resistant to Acceleration (+3) (Nuisance Effect: Blind, No Manipulators, and Sessile when in use, -75%) [1]; Silence +1 [5]; Shocking Touch (1d Burn; surge, +20%; No Signature, +20%; Contact Agent, -20%; Limited Use, 10x day, -10%; Melee Attack (reach C, no parry, -35%) [4]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Tunneling +1 (loose soil only, -50%) [18]; Weapon Mount x3 (Assault pod or police pod and 15mm Recoilless) [6]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 persons, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer.
Date: 2090                    Cost: $770,000 + computer.
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 119

Jungle RATS 554 points
Attribute Modifiers: DX +1 [20]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +1 [2]; SM -2
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Hearing +3 [6]; Ambidexterity [5]; Amphibious [10]; Brachiator [5]; Chameleon 4 (Infrared, +20%) [24]; Clinging [20]; Damage Resistance 40 (Electromagnetic, +50%; Cannot wear armor, -40%) [240]; Discriminatory Smell [15]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Enhanced Tracking 4 [20]; Extra Arms 2 (Extra Flexible, +50%; Long, +100%) [50]; Extra Attack 1 [25]; Extra Flexibility (main arms) [10]; Infravision [10]; Nictitating Membrane 2 [2]; Perfect Balance [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Scanning Sense: Radar [20]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Weapon Mount (laser, LC1) [2]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer
Date: 2074                    Cost: $585,000 + computer
Description: The Vosper-Babbage "Amazon" is a jungle & riverine warfare unit, the predecessor of the Cyclops. It is capable of swinging through trees, or traveling submerged in rivers or swamps. It uses a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell instead of a radiothermal generator, and replaces the cold gas thruster with a hydrojet. It has a blue-green ladar for underwater navigation. 3' tall; 70 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 117

Macroframe TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space page 122

Mainframe TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space page 122

MCS-52 ("Emkiss Fifty-Two") 50 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +1 [10]; HT +1 [10]
Advantages: Damage Resistance +10 [50]; Telecommunication: Radio [10]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 4-6 small computer.; Feature: 6'0" tall, 150 lb.
Date: 2052.                             Cost: $10,000 + computer.
Description: The MCS-52 is the most-used light combat/police cybershell outside of the Fifth Wave world. Based on a Chinese design nearly half a century old, the MCS-52 integrates easily with human/bioroid units, including sharing equipment and weapons. The standard MCS-52 has a few extraneous features, keeping the price and production complexity down to a level approachable even by poor nations. There are dozens of local variants design for particular needs. The standard MCS-52 appears as a dark gray metal/carbon-fiber humanoid.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams Page 123.

MCS-64 ("Emkiss Sixty-Four") 209 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +8 [72]; HT +3 [30]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +1
Advantages: Damage Resistance +25 [125]; Telecommunication: Radio [10]; Weapon Mount (Xuan Feng) [2]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer.; Feature: 8'0" tall, 350 lb.
Date: 2064.                             Cost: $150,000 + computer.
Description: A later design in the series, the MCS-64 is a heavier model intended for use in assault groups. Too lightly armored for the modern battlefield, but too large to integrate well with light military and police units, the MCS-64 appear most often in the arsenals of governments whose main opposition is their own people. Dozens are available on the underground weapons market at any moment, at prices well below production cost. It's main advantage - aside from price - is the combination of an integral Xuan Feng combat rifle and increased strength. The typical kit for the MCS-64 is a heavy weapon (recoilless rifle or, where available, an AMR) with the integral Xuan Feng as a back-up/anti-personnel weapon. There are few variants on the basic MCS-64 model; most changes are simply a replacement of the Xuan Feng with a more modern weapon system.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams Page 123.

Medusa Headwear TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Toxic Memes page 88

Microframe TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space page 122

Microgravity RATS 562 points
Attribute Modifiers: DX +1 [20]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +1 [2]; SM -2
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Ambidexterity [5]; Brachiator [5]; Chameleon 4 (Infrared, +20%) [24]; Clinging [20]; Damage Resistance 40 (Electromagnetic, +50%; Cannot wear armor, -40%) [240]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Enhanced Tracking 4 [20]; Extra Arms 2 (Extra Flexible, +50%; Long, +100%) [50]; Extra Attack 1 [25]; Extra Flexibility (main arms) [10]; Flight (Space Flight, +50%; One Use per day, -40%; Requires Low Gravity, 0.5G, -50%) [24]; Infravision [10]; Nictitating Membrane 2 [2]; Perfect Balance [15]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Scanning Sense: Radar [20]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Weapon Mount (laser, LC1) [2]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer
Date: 2080                    Cost: $640,000 + computer
Description: These robotic autonomous tactical systems are fighting machines optimized for combat in little or not gravity on small bodies and in spacecraft and space stations. Vosper Babbage's Cyclops is a typical example. A modification of an earlier machine built for jungle warfare (see Jungle RATS), it is employed for armed reconnaissance in spacecraft or stations, where its small size and zero-gravity maneuverability gives it a great advantage. The Cyclops is a 10" diameter sphere with four multi-jointed limbs. The armored sphere houses the brain, power plant, gas reserve, and a cold-gas thruster for zero-gee maneuver, with exhaust ports spaced about the body. A single "eye" in the body's center acts as a lens for a combined tactical laser and ladar. (An armored eyelid can blink shut if necessary.) Each of the four highly-flexible arms can also function as a leg, and is equipped with a six-fingered hand. Half the fingers end in suction pads; others have optical sensors to see around corners. 3' tall; 80 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 117

Mining Worm 202 points
Attribute Modifiers: Attribute Modifiers: ST +10 (No fine manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier +2, -20%) [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +2
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Damage Resistance +10 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [30]; Detect: Magnetic Fields [10]; Discriminatory Taste (for minerals only, -50%) [5]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Double-Jointed [15]; Enhanced Move: Land 1 [20]; Payload 25 (200 lbs.) [25]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Tunneling 1 [35]; Universal Digestion (for ore separation only, -20%) [4]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Invertebrate [-20]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer, internal cavity (holds up to 200 lbs.)
Date: 2065                    Cost: $180,000 + computer.
Description: This asteroid mining mobot resembles a cross between a giant mechanized earthworm and a centipede. Its specialized sensors allow it to detect ore deposits. Its powerful rotary jaws and diamond-tipped legs allow it to anchor itself in microgravity while efficiently tunneling through the loose regolith of an asteroid's surface in quest of suitable ores. The mining worm actually ingests rock, breaking it down with its jaws, then passing the crushed matter through a "digestive tract" in which internal grinders, microbots and magnetic fields are used to separate useful ore from worthless rock. Waste materials are blasted out its rear end a rock dust (into the open if necessary, or through an attached "catheter" pipe leading to a collection site). Useful ore is stored in an expanding stomach sac until it can reach a smelter, dump truck, or appropriate storage facility. A typical example is the THI-701 Mukade, a reliable 35-year old design from Tenzan Heavy Industries. Its stomach can house up to three times its own mass in ore. 15' long, 420 lbs. (empty).
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 118

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 118

Mobile Helmet 178 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-4 [-40]; HT+2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -5
Advantages: Ambidexterity [5]; Damage Resistance 25 (Cannot wear armor, -40%; Usable by Wearer, head only, +20%) [100]; Extra Legs (6, two are foot manipulators) [10]; Flight (Space Flight, +50%; One Use per day, -40%; Requires Low Gravity, 0.1G, -50%) [24]; Polarized Eyes (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [6]; Pressure Support 3 (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [18]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [24]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Spectrum Vision (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [30]; Vacuum Support (Usable by Wearer when combined with a vacc suit, +20%) [6]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer
Date: 2072                    Cost: $62,000 + computer.
Description: Many spacers wear light vacc suits as fatigues, but the helmet is awkward to carry and easy to trip over if left lying about. Stowing it in a suit locker risks not having it handy when a sudden emergency occurs. To meet this perceived need, Tenzan Heavy Industries offers the GearHead. It serves as a rigid nanocomposite vacc-suit helmet, and can clamp itself onto any standard space suit or sealed armor neck. It is also a cybershell with four retractable legs, two ending in manipulator hands and two in nitrogen gas jets for zero-G maneuvers. With appropriate AI, the GearHead can handle maintenance or domestic tasks until it is time to suit up, locating its owner if they become separated and if necessary attaching itself should he be incapacitated. 3 lbs., 1' wide.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 123

Polypede 642 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +40 [400]; HT +2 [20]
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Ambidexterity [10]; Damage Resistance +40 (Cannot Wear Armor, -40%) [120]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Double-Jointed [15]; Enhanced Move: Land 1/2 [10]; Enhanced Move: Land 1 (Nuisance effect, while in hoop form, it gains No Manipulators and loses Extra Legs, -60%; Takes Extra Time, 2 seconds to become hoop or turn back, -10%) [6]; Extra Legs: 6 legs [10]; Longer Arm (+5 SM; Nuisance effect, while in arm form, it gains One Arm and Sessile and loses Extra Legs, -75%) [13]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 2) [5]; Tunneling (Nuisance effect, while in worm form it gains One Arm and loses Extra Legs and Enhanced Move, -30%; Takes Extra Time, 2 seconds to switch into or out of worm form, -10%) [21]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 distributed microframe computer.
Date: 2078                    Cost: $430,000 + computer.
Description: Tenzan Heavy Industry's Polypede is typical of multifunctional engineering polybots. It consists of multiple chains of intersecting modules, each with its own small manipulators, sensors, and power supply. Its default form is a 6'-wide "spider" with six legs and two arm-legs, but by removing and locking modules, it can reconfigure itself into a 20' long robotic arm (which must clamp one end to a larger object such as a vehicle or spacecraft), or even a high-speed rolling hoop! It can also plug other heavy equipment into itself, allowing its use in many engineering tasks such as grading, loading, mining, and heavy-equipment assembly. 800 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 123

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Reference: Transhuman Space page 126

RATS 375 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +2 [20]; DX +2 [40]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +3 [2]
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Hearing +3 [6]; Chameleon +4 [20]; Claws [3]; Damage Resistance +60 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [180]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Enhanced Running +1 [20]; Extra Legs (4) [5]; Vibration Sense [10]; Infravision [10]; Protected Eyes [5]; Pressure Support +3 [15]; Telecommunication: Radio [10]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Silence +1 [5]; Short Spines [1]; Tunneling +1 [35]; Weapon Mount (Assault pod or police pod and 15mm Recoilless) [2]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 persons, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-10]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer.
Description: Robotic Armored Tactical System (RATS) are stealthy ground-combat cybershells intended to supplement or replace human infantry. The Darwin-Sogo Type 100 Yamaneko ("mountain cat") is typical: an ovoid four-legged body, with two short manipulator arms, retractable sensor booms, and a protruding gun tube. The spines studding it's torso detect air vibrations, while it's clawed legs enable it to burrow through sand or soil easily. 6' long, 250 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 124.

Sabotage Nanostat 94 Points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-6 [-60]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Basic Move -2 [-10]; SM -9
Advantages: 360 Degree Vision [25]; Absolute Direction [5]; Chameleon +3 (Infrared, +20%; Radar, +20%) [21]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +8 (Cannot Wear Armor, -40%) [24]; Extra Arms (2 arms, x2; No Physical Attack, -50%; Short, -50%) [4]; Flight (Space Flight, +50%; One Use per day, -40%; Requires Low Gravity, 0G, -50%) [24]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Payload +1 [1]; Pressure Support +3 [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Deafness [-20]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer
Date: 2060                    Cost: $20,000 + computer.
Description: A variant to the Service Nanostat used for covert operations is equipped with stealth systems and chameleon surfaces. It has a roughly cylindrical body, with a sensor-studded head, two solar panel "wings," six spindly limbs, four of them equipped with manipulators, and a nose-mounted refueling probe. It uses ion drive or pulsed plasma thrusters for propulsion, but can only fly in microgravity. As part of its service mission, it can carry a few pounds of reaction mass in an auxiliary internal tank and transfer this to or from another satellite. Most picostats or nanostats require only tiny amounts of fuel for station-keeping purposes. 24lbs., 2' long.
Reference: Transhuman Space: High Frontier page 11

SafariShell (Gazelle) TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 124

SafariShell (Vulture) TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 124

Seeker Missile TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: In the Well page 86

Service Nanostat 93 Points
Attribute Modifiers: ST-6 [-60]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Basic Move -2 [-10]; SM -9
Advantages: 360 Degree Vision [25]; Absolute Direction [5]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +8 (Cannot Wear Armor, -40%) [24]; Extra Arms (2 arms, x2; No Physical Attack, -50%; Short, -50%) [4]; Flight (Space Flight, +50%; One Use per day, -40%; Requires Low Gravity, 0G, -50%) [24]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Payload +1 [1]; Pressure Support +3 [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Deafness [-20]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer.
Date: 2060                    Cost: $10,000 + computer
Description: A small cybershell spacecraft designed to repair and refuel satellites. It is often carried by Vacuum Cleaner spacecraft and service satellites. A typical example is the MEXSTAT Querubin, from PICOMEX. It has a roughly cylindrical body, with a sensor-studded head, two solar panel "wings," six spindly limbs, four of them equipped with manipulators, and a nose-mounted refueling probe. It uses ion drive or pulsed plasma thrusters for propulsion, but can only fly in microgravity. As part of its service mission, it can carry a few pounds of reaction mass in an auxiliary internal tank and transfer this to or from another satellite. Most picostats or nanostats require only tiny amounts of fuel for station-keeping purposes. 20lbs., 2' long.
Reference: Transhuman Space: High Frontier page 11

Shakoosh ("Hammer") 196 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +1 (SM, -10%) [9]; DX +1 [20]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +1
Advantages: 360 Degree Vision [25]; Absolute Direction [5]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +5 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [15]; Extra Arms +2 [20]; Extra Legs +2 [5]; Infravision [10]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 1 person, monthly) [-2]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell/Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer.; Feature: 6'0" tall (can extend to 9' when standing), 250 lb.
Date: 2070.                             Cost: $20,000 + computer.
Description: The Shakoosh is the most common body for SAI citizens of the Caliphate. The manufacturer, Amman Cybertechnologies, has recently started producing it for export. With four legs, a 4' cylinder rising from it, and four arms (each with 180 degree of freedom, set 90 degrees apart) set halfway up the cylinder, the Shakoosh is decidedly non-humanoid, a requirement in observant Muslim nations. Its four legs give it great maneuverability, and the sight ring around the top of its main body allows it a 360 degree view of the world. 90% of the Caliphate's SAI citizens use a Shakoosh as their primary body. Most use body decorations to individualize their appearance.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams Page 124.

Snakebot TBD
Attribute Modifiers: DX +3 [60]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Per +1 [5]
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Damage Resistance +12 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [36]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Double-Jointed [15]; Enhanced Move: Land 1 (Nuisance effect, while in hoop form it replaces One Arm with No Manipulators, -35%; Takes extra time, 1 second to become hoop or turn back, -5%) [12]; Infravision [10]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Tunneling (Loose soil only, -50%) [18]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Invertebrate [-20]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; One Arm [-20]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Complexity 5-7 small computer.
Date: 2067                    Cost: $87,000 + computer.
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Reference: Transhuman Space page 124

Stormchaser TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 124

SurveyShell TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 124

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Broken Dreams page 120

Tech-Spider 116 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -4 [-40]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP -1 [-2]; SM -2
Advantages: Clinging [20]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +12 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [36]; Extra Legs (6 legs) [10]; Infravision [10]; Micromanipulators 1 [15]; Microscopic Vision +3 [15]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Sharp Claws [5]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Colorblindness [-10]; Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer.
Date: 2070                    Cost: $55,000 + computer.
Description: Space-tech cybershells such as the Tenzan Heavy Industries THI-200 Suchi-Rukara (steel-collar worker) are a common upgrade to the Volksrobot. Suction cups let it climb walls. 2' across, 40 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 125

Titan RATS 548 points
Attribute Modifiers: DX +1 [20]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +1 [2]; SM -2
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Ambidexterity [5]; Amphibious [10]; Brachiator [5]; Chameleon 4 (Infrared, +20%) [24]; Clinging [20]; Damage Resistance 40 (Electromagnetic, +50%; Cannot wear armor, -40%) [240]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Enhanced Tracking 4 [20]; Extra Arms 2 (Extra Flexible, +50%; Long, +100%) [50]; Extra Attack 1 [25]; Extra Flexibility (main arms) [10]; Infravision [10]; Nictitating Membrane 2 [2]; Perfect Balance [15]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Protected Vision [5]; Scanning Sense: Radar [20]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 5) [10]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Weapon Mount (laser, LC1) [2]; Vacuum Support [5]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer
Date: 2091                    Cost: $580,000 + computer
Description: The M94 Shelley, called the "T-rat," is a recent design manufactured in small numbers by Vosper-Babbage for the U.S. Navy SEAL unit on Titan. A hybrid of Cyclops and Amazon, it retains the formers radiothermal generator and the latters hydrojet propulsion system. 3' tall; 80 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 117

Tumbleweed TBD
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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 120

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 119

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 119

UCAV 652 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST +15 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [90]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM +1
Advantages: 360 Degree Vision [25]; 3D Spatial Sense [10]; Chameleon 6 (Infrared, +20%; Radar, +20%) [42]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +100 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [300]; Enhanced Move: Air 6 (Limited Use, 2 hours, -30%) [84]; Flight (Limited Use, 2 hours, -30%; Winged, -25%) [18]; Hyperspectral Vision [25]; Injury Tolerance: No Brain [5]; Payload 16 (200 lb.) [16]; Radiation Tolerance (divisor 10) [15]; Resistant to Acceleration (+8) [2]; Telecommunication: Laser and Radio [25]; Telescopic Vision +10 [50]; Weapon Mount (15mm emag cannon, TS156, LC 0) [2]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Increased Consumption 1 (4-hour endurance) [-10]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Barbarian [-15]
Features: Feature: Complexity 6-8 microframe computer. Internal weapons bay (carries 200 lb.).
Date: 2090                    Cost: $893,000 + computer.
Description: Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) are robot fighter aircraft. Strix is a typical example; a hyper-agile close air support fighter from Eurospatiale, built for the French Armee de l'Air and the submarine carriers of the Marine Nationale, and widely exported. Strix is a tailless aircraft, 8' long, with a blended wing-body configuration. The airframe is a reactive smart-matter nanocomposite cyberframe stressed to 30 Gs, which has an integrated ECM defense system. The airframe can dynamically alter its shape in flight for increased lift or maneuverability. Strix's vectored-thrust turbofan has sea-level supercruise in excess of 1,100 mph. Weaponry is a 15mm emag cannon with 400 rounds, plus an internal bay that can house up to 200lbs. of bombs or smart missiles. 800 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 124

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Reference: Transhuman Space: In the Well page 86

Virtual Interface Implant -65 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST 0 (No Manipulators, -40%) [-60]; HT +4 [40]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +1 [2]; Move -6 [-30]; SM -6
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Damage Resistance +5 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [15]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Mind Reading (Sensory Only -20%, Telecommunication Only -20%, Only when implanted in subject -80%) [6]; Mindlink (Must be implanted in subject -0%) [5]; Special Rapport (Implantee, One-way -40%, vital stats only -0%) [3]; Telecommunication: Radio (Usable by Implantee, +20%; Reduced Range, Div/5, -20%) [10]; Telecommunication: Telesend (Video, +40%; Only when implanted in subject, -80%) [18]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Lame: Legless [-30]; No Manipulators [-50]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Description: Many infomorphs live inside people! This cybershell is a virtual interface implant; a tiny computer brain and communicator, seated in someone’s skull or distributed through his body, and connected to the host’s nervous system. It sees and hears using its host’s senses, and can communicate both with him and the outside world (including the Web). Its Special Rapport ability is its ability to monitor its host’s health and mental state.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 125.

Volkspider -11 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST -4 [-40]; HT +1 [10]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP -1 [-2]; SM -3
Advantages: Clinging [20]; Doesn't Breathe [20]; Damage Resistance +3 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [9]; Extra Legs (6 legs) [10]; Infravision [10]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio [20]
Disadvantages: Colorblindness [-10]; Cybershell [-8]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 5-7 small computer.
Date: 2070                    Cost: $5,000 + computer.
Description: Volksrobots are cheap but reliable cybershells designed for a wide range of activities, from acting as personal gofers to repairing and cleaning buildings. The System Technologies V-100 Volkspider is typical: a six-legged, two-armed machine with minimal accessories. Fifth Wave kids often knock together machines like this from kits, teleoperating them around the neighborhood or loading in their companions. Suction cups let it climb walls. 2' across, 25 lbs.
Reference: Transhuman Space page 125

Wearable Virtual Interface -101 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST 0 (No Manipulators, -40%) [-60]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP +1 [2]; Move -6 [-30]; SM -4
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Damage Resistance +5 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [15]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Night Vision +5 (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [6]; Protected Eyes (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [6]; Telecommunication: Infrared and Radio (Usable by Wearer, +20%) [24]; Special Rapport [10]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Lame: Legless [-30]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Complexity 4-6 Tiny or Complexity 5-7 Small Computer.
Description: A wearable virtual interface could be virtual interface glasses or a distributed virtual interface (DVI) consisting of a monocle, ear piece, and belt computer. It sees and hears using the sensors built into it, and can speak to its wearer directly, or anyone else via radio.
Reference: Transhuman Space Page 125.

Wingbot 199 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST –4 [-40]; DX +4 [80]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM -2
Advantages: Absolute Direction (Requires Signal, -20%) [4]; Acute Vision +3 [6]; Damage Resistance +3 (Cannot wear armor, -40%) [9]; Enhanced Flying +4 [80]; Enhanced Running +1 [20]; Filter Lungs [5]; Payload (3.6 lb.) [5]; Flight: Winged [30]; Night Vision +5 [5]; Peripheral Vision [15]; Telecommunication: Radio [10]; Telescopic Vision +4 (No Targeting, -60%) [8]; Weapon Mount (Drug Injector) [2]; Weapon Mount (Electroshocker, Treat as Shock Glove TS155) [2]
Disadvantages: Cybershell [-8]; Increased Consumption: 4 hour endurance [–10]; Maintenance (Mechanic: Robotics, 2 people, Monthly) [-4]; Mistaken Identity [-5]; Mute [-25]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5]; Social Stigma: Valuable Property [-10]
Features: Feature: Accessory Mount: Drug Injector; Feature: Complexity 5-7 Small Computer.
Description: the Kenzaki Robotics Tengu is a multipurpose cybershell, suitable for bodyguard, perimeter security, and microbot delivery functions. It is physically delicate and weak, but very fast even when confined to the ground. In the air, it can reach speeds of up to 80 miles per hour, its mobility limited only by the requirements of winged flight. It has two arms, with an electroshock device installed in one (treat as a shock glove, TS155) and a pneumatic drug injector in the other; these are generally used as non-lethal weapons in defense of the robot’s owner. Cargo compartments in the body and each wing are designed to carry up to 3 lbs. of microbots, which can be delivered by the cybershell in either waking or flying modes. If the wingbot stays on the ground it can stretch out its battery charge for up to 30 hours. The batteries are depleted after only about two hours of flight. 45lb. 3’ long.
Reference: Transhuman Space Fifth Wave Page 121.

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Reference: Transhuman Space: Deep Beyond page 119

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