F Ty (6)
A Ty (6)
S Gd (10)
E Ty (6)
R Ex (20)
I Fe (2)
P Fe (2)
Health: 28
Karma: 24
Contacts:
Delos Corporation robotics engineers, cyberneticists and lab technicians. The 1968MA has an inbuilt radar receiver and radio receiver allowing it to be tracked from 120 miles away by compatible Delos technology or by correctly adjusted normal radar or radio tracking equipment (Yellow FEAT check to adjust such equipment)
The 1968 Model A ("1968MA") Android was created by the Delos Corporation as a department of defence project in 1962. After a disastrous series of experiments all government funding was cut off. Following this, Delos recouped its enormous expenditure by converting the androids for civilian use as adult playthings in a variety of adults-only theme park environments.
It should be clearly understand that the 1968MA Android is NOT incredibly superior to a human being. Without added armor or other powers this type of robotic humanoid is completely susceptible to extremes of temperature, gunfire, electrocution and so on.
1968MAs run on a hydrogen-lithium miniature battery. This is recharged by infrared spectrum photovoltaic cell absorption, usually during a "sleep" pattern in which the android imitates the inactivity of a human being when resting or asleep.
This is the oldest complete model of android encountered.
Known Powers
Robotic Body: "Class A: Equal To Human"
The 1968MA is capable of walking speed movement as if a human, is able to carry what a human can carry, operate machinery and vehicles as if a human, and can sit, stand, lie down and even perform more complex physical movement as though a human.
Self-Sustenance
Other than absorbing infra-red spectrum energy, 1968MA androids do not need food, water, sleep or air.
Talents
1968MAs rarely have more than one Talent and the Talent it is programmed with is almost always a servile, maintenance related or entertainment related one.
Limitations
Instant Kill: Drowning
Any immersion in water, or even forcing a 1968MA to drink some water, shorts them out and destroys all their operational abilities immediately. Sparks and smoke pour out of their face plate and through their eyes, nostrils and mouth. Joins at the wrists, waist and ankles will also smoke and spark.
Uncanny Valley
The 1968MA physically resembles a human being closely as long as it is not scrutinised for a duration longer than five minutes. After five minutes it becomes increasingly obvious (+1 CS per minute after five minutes on any Reason check or related Talent) to detect that the android is in fact "not human".
Physical contact with bare human flesh immediately provides obvious evidence that the android is not alive. Its rubber covering equivalent to skin is cool, it does not sweat, there is a faint but perceptible vibration or barely sub-audible (to normal human ears) hum, and the android does not blink except when a special subroutine causes it to do so when faking an emotion.
Emotionless
The Delos 1968MA is completely devoid of any genuine emotion and is not capable of convincingly faking any emotional response. If it smiles, there is no interconnected set of nonverbal cues - "the eyes don't smile" or "it's not a smile it's a grimace", and so on. This Emotionlessness extends to a complete lack of empathy, sympathy and understanding of the concepts of pain and suffering.
No Survival Instinct
1968MA models also have no urge to survive. If they fail a Reason check in a situation where there is a likelihood of their destruction, this means their logic circuits tell them they are doomed. This in turn means they simply stop doing any activity and await their extinction. If someone else is present who the android might listen to, this "giving up" behavior might be overriden, but only on the basis of a cogent logical argument. Any appeal to heroism or human values will be met with the response "I am not human" or "Irrelevant", etc.
Loose Face Plate
1968MA models, and many later models forked from them, are notorious for having loose face plates. When the android runs, it must make an Agility check for each minute of running. If it fails the check, its face falls off revealing the circuitry underneath. Also, when the android suffers more than half its Health in damage, cumulative or in one strike, its face plate automatically falls off.