OOC: Sorry about the delay. Kids just started back up to school and sports it has been fairly hectic around here getting all the schedules worked out. And it took a little longer to get the maps made than I expected.
BIC:
The robot specs in the equipment section are the specs you find in the ships computer. That is the base configuration you have to work with. Let me know exactly what mods you want to make. As for their performance in combat, they can basically do anything a character can. Transit from Pale to New Pale will take about a day so you'll have plenty of time to make the mods you want.
For additional equipment, post specific requests and then you can get them approved/disapproved. So far the only specifics I've seen are a grenade launcher and some tangler grenades.
"Here are some aerial images and schematics of the base." Lee takes over. "At least how it used to be, we have no information at the moment about changes. This
first image (500 kB) is an aerial shot of the surrounding terrain. The main base sits at the mouth of a mountain canyon. Up the canyon, about 1-2 km away are four mining shafts where ore is being extracted. Mining is completely robotic. The staff does inspections, testing, etc at the mine shafts occasionally but primarily spend their time at the main base.
"The main base, shown here in
this schematic (380 kB) consists of four main buildings and a landing pad surrounded by a large security fence broken regularly by guard towers. The grid on this map is 5 meters per square. The fence is 5m high, electrified. Each section of the fence between guard towers is on separate circuit So a short in one section doesn't take down the entire fence. The guard towers are 10m tall and manned by security robots identical to the four you will have in the hold of the Dart. The corner towers and towers in the middle of the long side of the base are armed with heavy lasers powered off the base's main reactor. The other towers have machine gun mounts.
"Building A is the main living quarters, offices, cafeteria, gym, etc. Building B is basically a big warehouse where incoming supplies and outgoing ore are stored. It contains several lifts for loading/unloading the cargo shuttles as well as extra garage space. Building C is the bases power plant. It is a size one self contained nuclear reactor very similar to a Class A atomic engine. The building houses the reactor, turbine equipment for converting the power into electricity and a monitoring station. Building D contains the main garage, a machine shop, and a robotics storage and repair shop the the lower section. The top is the main ore processing plant for the base. (OOC: Detailed plans for the buildings coming shortly. I have them, I just need to clean them up a bit. Hopefully I'll get them posted tonight) The landing pad (E) is about 85 meters square and takes up the western half of the compound. You could park half a dozen Assault Scouts on it if you were careful setting them down.
"The base had a staff of eight. Three roboticists and three technicians to keep the machinery running, a geologist/medic to keep the crew running and monitor the ore quality and look for new sites and a security specialist to keep everyone safe. In addition to the staff, there was a large compliment of robots. There were 24 OEC-01 security robots, a dozen maintenance robots, and two dozen heavy duty mining robots. The base was also equipped with a pair of explorers, a jetcopter and an aircar."