Questing for an army of two

[electricyousei]

Who: Ruri, some monsters at a point, and open
Where: A couple locations around the city during the day and at night of the 11th. The park during the 12th.
Summary: Ruri is bored and while not an engineer, she's got schematics
Warnings: SCIENCE!



Build a robot model, she'd been pondering for a while, and after helping with the gundam, and the other giant robots she had a number of schematics. She also had the plans for a gravity wave engine power receiver and some left over parts but she wanted to try miniaturization. Mecha were large and ultimately not terribly useful if something got on the ship, but remote units that were say man sized, or at least Ruri sized would be quite useful. Spending most of the last week or so working up plans she decided it was time to collect parts.

Afternoon The 11th - Ruri is out in the Cancer and Virgo areas, she has a list of things, but other than a laser pointer which also tells distances she seems to be more looking over things instead of buying them. Occasionally she'll go into a store and make a purchase of some sort of circuit board or something but this seems more a scouting expedition.

The 13th Hour of the 11th - Ruri is out in the park, stalking a group of Chaos space marines and sorcerers, or perhaps robotic monsters. She's doing her best to hide, but she has that laser pointer out.

"Omoikane. Prepare all 6 tubes."

Afternoon of the 12th - Ruri is outside of the Nadesico at the park. She has a table set up and piles of various components purchased or won from monsters that she is looking over, categorizing and documenting.

"Hrm, I think that's enough, the only issue is I'm not an engineer, I'm a programmer."

Comments

[electricyousei]

"No, but I like to be prepared. I don't see the Nadesico ever being crewed here but its still home so I'd like to keep it safe."

She peers at another pile and points at a book on the edge of the table.

"Can you get that for me. I'm not quite sure what I got off of demons last night."

[all_wound_up]

Oh... sure. Here you go.

[Nano walks over to retrieve the book, looking down at the cover before handing it over.]

[electricyousei]

The book is a binder marked "Munitions."

"Thank you. I don't really know much about robot building so its an experience. If you have any insights to it I would appreciate it."

[all_wound_up]

I actually don't know very much about it even though I am one... but Hakase has some books about it. I could go and get them if you'd like?

[electricyousei]

"No, I have schematics on all the sentient AI's that have been here as well as a few mecha. I just didn't know if you had any insights being a robot. You have a unique point of view of things."

[all_wound_up]

Well... maybe that's true. What do you want to know about?

[electricyousei]

"Anything relevant. I was made to interface with machines, but I've always been in an odd middle place, not really one, nor not really a full person either. I really would like Omoikane to be able to do things sometimes."

[all_wound_up]

I've always tried to act like a human would, so I'm not sure if there's much I can say that you don't already know.

[electricyousei]

"Humanity is really odd, and I can never say I've ever understood people. But really that is probably more of a personal problem."

[all_wound_up]

If you have any specific questions, I can try to answer those! I'm just not sure what to say otherwise.

[electricyousei]

"If you could build another body for you, what would you want it to do?"

[all_wound_up]

Everything a human body can do, and nothing it can't.

[That one is easy. She doesn't even spend any time thinking about it.]

[electricyousei]

She looks over her parts, tilts her head a bit and sighs.

"I don't think I quite have the parts for that. Lets stick to classic robot designs then, because I think technology would have to advance about 200 years for those parts here. Some sort of nanoreaction for children and growth. Maybe 3 or 400 years."

[all_wound_up]

I'm sorry. That probably wasn't very helpful.

[electricyousei]

"Its all right, I hadn't even considered something like that."

[all_wound_up]

I guess most robots would probably want more attachments or weapons, wouldn't they?

[electricyousei]

"Omoikane just wants to look like Gekiganger III, which I find a little silly."

[all_wound_up]

Maybe you can compromise!

[electricyousei]

"Well, actually I don't have the parts for that. A Gekigan unit is considerably more difficult to manufacture than an Aestevalus."

[all_wound_up]

They're that different?

[electricyousei]

"Its how the joints are designed. If you want something to look like the cartoons in the ancient history of animation you need nanoreactive metal that can bend. I'm not sure if it was sloppy art or just silliness but the 1970's seemed rife with that."

[all_wound_up]

Wow, you really know a lot about this, Ruri-san!

[electricyousei]

"Things like this have taken over most of my life, and while I know theory more than actual practice, its still what I've been doing since I could walk."

[all_wound_up]

I'm sure whatever you end up building will be great, then.

[electricyousei]

"I hope so, theory is very different from practice and I'm not an engineer. Uribataki-san always did the bulk of this kind of work at home."