Standard Security Robots

From Star Frontiers Network

Tachton Instruments is renown for creating robots for Frontier consumption. The robots they build vary in function, shape, and quality. But the security robots they build are very common. Most notable are the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Class Security Robots.

The Alpha- and Beta-Class security robots are entrylevel security systems. They have audio and video receptors to identify creatures. They use visual and audio patterns to check against a supplied database, and verify a security badge. They use their chronocoms to access the local computer system’s employee roster.

Not extremely bright, Alphas have been known use tangler grenades on rats for not showing their badges. They are best deployed when a factory is closed. Betas have more problem-solving skills and can generally be trusted around employees on a regular basis.

The Gamma is Tachton Instrument’s most amazing achievement. It is a marvel of independent thinking and resolve, never sleeps, doesn’t take smoking breaks, and will keep your business safe. Really, really safe.

One of the keys to their innovation is their Personality Profile Chip, or PPC. It’s artificial intelligence at its finest. WarTech Inc. has tried to purchase the technology to help make its combat robots more effective, but T.I. won’t sell.

The PPC enables the Gamma-Class security robot to be deterministic in its task of keeping an area safe. It learns and adapts, nearly as effectively as an intelligent real person. It’s relatively difficult to outwit a Gamma.

But that isn’t the only thing that makes them unique. They are built of the highest technology, having internal weaponry and defenses that would make a combat robot proud. T.I. worried about the cost vs. payback of such an investment, but the results have been astonishing. Instead of an army of randomlypatrolling Alphas and Gammas, a company with the Credits to spend can purchase a single Gamma, and that’s generally enough.

Some Gammas seem to take on a personal level of pride over the area they’re charged with protecting. In one letter shared by Margaret Bouvia, CEO of Tachton Instruments, a factory worker was on his way home and was attacked by several thugs. Out of the shadows came his company’s Gamma, who took matters into his own hands and sent the thugs packing. Later it was explained that the Gamma had seen an incident earlier that week where that factory worker cut off and angered a hovercyclist on his way into work. A quick computer link with the city’s conviction database showed that the cyclist was a known violent offender. So the Gamma had been keeping an eye on the worker, just in case.

Alpha Class Security Robot

Level: Level 2 cannot converse verbally
Type: Security Robot
Body Type: Standard Body
Parabattery: Type 1
Move Mode: 2 treads
Move Rate: 10m/turn normal, 90m/turn max
Limbs: 2 Mechanical Arms
IM/RS: +5/50
Stamina: 100
Attack: 50
Damage: by weapon
Programs: Restrain, Security Lock
Equipment: Chronocom, powerlight, 5 doze grenades, 5 tangler grenades.

Mission: Patrol Area, Capture Intruders

Functions:
Patrol: travel Area randomly
Area: defined floor plan of building
Capture: escort intruder to an available jail cell, attack if no compliance or jail cells full.
Intruders: anyone without a clearance badge.
Attack: call for other security, then detain the intruder using doze or tangler grenades. Can only restrain, not attack to kill.

Beta Class Security Robot

Level: Level 3 can converse verbally
Type: Security Robot
Body Type: Standard Body
Parabattery: Type 1
Move Mode: Hover
Move Rate: 10m/turn normal, 250m/turn max. Movement is as per aircar.
Limbs: None
IM/RS: +6/60
Stamina: 100
Attack: 60
Damage: by weapon
Programs: Restrain, Security Lock, Self Defense.
Equipment: Chronocom, powerlight, Infra-Red Goggles, Electrostunner, albedo screen, 50 SEU beltpack, 5 doze grenades, 5 tangler grenades.

Mission: Patrol Area, Capture Intruders

Functions:
Patrol: travel Area randomly
Area: defined floor plan of building
Capture: escort intruder to an available jail cell, attack if no compliance or jail cells full. Decides on its own what is the best way to convince intruder to come along peacefully before resorting to attack.
Intruders: anyone without a clearance badge. Suspicious behavior can also be detected among those who do have proper clearance badges.
Attack: call for other security if it deems necessary, then detain the intruder using the Restrain program (doze or tangler grenades, electrostunner in stun mode). Use the Self Defense program to use electrostunner in damage mode and use albedo screen only if intruders attack.

Gamma Class Security Robot

Level: Level 5 - can converse verbally, act independently, and can command other robots of Level 1-4
Type: Security Robot
Body Type: Standard Body
Parabattery: Type 1
Move Mode: Two Mechanical Legs
Move Rate: 10m/turn normal, 90m/turn max.
Limbs: Two Mechanical Arms
IM/RS: +8/80
Stamina: 100
Attack: 80
Damage: by weapon or 2d10 punching
Programs: Attack/Defense, Security Lock, Computer Link
Equipment: Chronocom, power light, IR Goggles, Toxy-Rad Guage, Laser Pistol, Sonic Stunner, Albedo Screen, Power Backpack, 5 tangler grenades, 5 doze grenades.

Mission: Patrol the Area, Protect the Area

Functions:
Area: the complete three-dimensional schematic of the installation/building, plus all items, vehicles, people, and property. Interpretation of “Area” can be as specific or as general as the individual robot decides based on how dangerous the threat and how well equipped the robot is to deal with it. Note that “Area” could also refer to the corporate computer network.
Patrol: patrol regular problem areas first, then randomly as time permits. This includes the use of corporate vehicles if necessary. The robot searches not only for infiltrators, but clues and signs of an infiltration.
Protect: identify threats to the Area and eliminate those threats through any means that seems necessary to the situation.