Security Robots

Carmen Turtle TT1

Carmen Robotics took their basic FloorBot frame, removed the cleaning equipment, and added enhanced sensors to produce the Turtle, a popular line of watch robots for interior security. Its job is to move around a facility, feeding telemetry to a base monitoring computer to detect unusual or off-normal situations. This can include damaged equipment, hazardous situations, or unauthroized personnel. If necessary, the Tutrle can sound an audible alert – often an ear-splitting warbling siren. Like the FloorBot, it is a low, flat rectangle on simple motorized castor wheels. Its arms have been removed, as its main purpose is sensory rather than actuation. A turret has been added, mounting the sensors and flashlight.

The Turtle is intended to give a low cost appreach for roving surveillance of a facility. Thus, the Turtle itself does not come with significant perceptual analysis software, which would drive up the price. Instead, its telemetry is relayed to a central monitoring computer, which can use its own Perception and Skill (Spot) software on the Turtle's data feeds. Very often, the computer will also run a skill (Read Intent) program to scan for suspicious behavior.

Attributes
  • Size: -4½
  • Density: +0
  • Traction Strength: -9
  • Coordination: -2
  • Vigor: +0
  • Smarts: -4
  • Awareness: -2
  • Charisma: -4
Traits
  • Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso
  • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
  • Susceptible (immersion)
Gear
  • Camera, Improved
  • Com Wormhole Link
  • Loudspeaker
  • Tactical Flashlight
Penetration Limit: 2d6, -4½
Injury Susceptibility: +9
Large Wound Limit: +2½Wound Score Limit: +5¾
Action Score: +¼Action Points: 5.5
Light Work Endurance: 600 ks (7 d)
Base Move: 2.8
Drive:
Maneuver: 9
Road Speed: 15 (18 km/h)Range: 80 km
Off-Road Speed: 1.7 (2.2 km/h) [hindered -2]
Stability: +4Handling: +0
Thresholds
Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Control3457101520
Encumbr.152030405070100
Attacks
Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
StrikeSmash-13½ RS-2½+0+0-2½+00.25+0
Armor
Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
Body Panels1-10-11½-4.50.25

Mass: 0.7 kg
Price: $38

Carmen Pavaise PVS-3a

The success of the Turtle TT1 prompted Carmen Robotics to expand on the basic concept. Their Pavaise is somewhat similar; a robot looking a bit like a large rectangular upside-down trash can with a head on top. The front of the "can" is a display screen. The Pavaise is used for a more public-facing side of security. In addition to providing a video and audio feed to monitor for hazardous, criminal, and off-normal events, the Pavaise is programmed to assist customers with inquiries and information. The pavaise has only basic wheels, and is intended for use only on hard, flat surfaces.

Like the Turtle, the Pavaise generally relies on an external computer to monitor and analyze its telemetry. The central facility computer will usually run a Perception program, as well as Skill (Spot) and Skill (Read Intent) programs. This allows for a relatively low cost fleet of roving security monitors with just one central up-front cost for the observation software.

Attributes
  • Size: +0
  • Density: -2
  • Traction Strength: -4
  • Coordination: -2
  • Vigor: +0
  • Smarts: -4
  • Awareness: -2
  • Charisma: -2 [Compute +4]
Traits
  • Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso
  • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
  • Susceptible (immersion)
Skills
  • Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3
Gear
  • Camera, Improved
  • Com Wormhole Link
  • Computer: Compute +8
  • Display Screen, 0.5 m²
  • Loudspeaker
  • Tactical Flashlight
Software
    Net Compute Requirement: +6

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, +0
    Injury Susceptibility: +0
    Large Wound Limit: +7Wound Score Limit: +10¼
    Action Score: -½Action Points: 4.5
    Light Work Endurance: 400 ks (5 d)
    Base Move: 3.5
    Drive:
    Maneuver: 4
    Road Speed: 14 (14 km/h)Range: 40 km
    Off-Road Speed: 0.35 (0.35 km/h) [hindered -6]
    Stability: +4Handling: +0
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control3457101520
    Encumbr.152030405070100
    Attacks
    Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
    StrikeSmash-11 RS+2+0+0+2+01+0
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Body Panels1-10-701

    Mass: 10 kg
    Price: $150

    Carmen Night Crawler OSR-2.6

    With the popularity of their indoor sentinels, Carmen Robotics begain to diversify into watch robots that could traverse more rugged terrain. The Night Crawler Off-road Security Robot (OSR) is a six-wheeled off-road sentinel with a beefed-up, articulated suspension, high powered motors, and an enhanced sensor suite. The sensor turret also houses a high-power searchlight. It has not gone unnoticed that this turret also has unused mount points that could, in theory, also hold ranged weapons; or that its computer is somewhat overpowered for its requirements so that it could run targeting programs. Those with a more aggressive approach to security will often arm the Night Crawler with stunners and tanglers, or even lethal weapons like battle lasers or needle rifles.

    NightCrawlers have some on-board processing for initial analysis of their sensor data, allowing for a degree of independence. However, as with many other observational security robots, the NightCrawler's telemetry is usually also analyzed by a base computer with a higher Awareness, running programs such as Skill (Spot) and Skill (Read Intent).

    Attributes
    • Size: -1
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: +7
    • Coordination: +0
    • Vigor: +0
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: +0 [Compute +7]
    • Charisma: -4
    Traits
    • Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso
    • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
    Skills
    • Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3
    • Spot +1, Compute +6
    Gear
    • Camera, Improved
    • Com Wormhole Link
    • Computer: Compute +14
    • Lidar, Navigational
    • Loudspeaker
    • Radar, Navigational
    • Searchlight
    Software
    • Task (watch), Score +0, Compute +5
    Net Compute Requirement: +10

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, +¼
    Injury Susceptibility: -½
    Large Wound Limit: +6¼Wound Score Limit: +9½
    Action Score: +¼Action Points: 5.5
    Light Work Endurance: 500 ks (6 d)
    Base Move: 4.8
    Drive:
    Maneuver: 140
    Road Speed: 150 (200 km/h)Range: 600 km
    Off-Road Speed: 60 (80 km/h)
    Stability: +2Handling: +0
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control30405070100150200
    Encumbr.1502003004005007001000
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Body Panels1-10-7¾-0.750.75

    Mass: 42 kg
    Price: $1.1 k

    Nommo Stryx Surveillance Drone

    Nommo Industry's Strix model is a typical ornithopter surveillance drone, about the size of a magpie or small owl. It is a two-winged ornithopter with legs for perching. It uses a high-grade camera for keeping watch on the area below, and a highly sensitive microphone to pick up and pinpoint faint sounds.

    They Stryx is not designed to analyze its sensor feeds itself. The telemetry is sent to a remote computer for processing. In this way, a fleet of many Stryx drones can provide coverage of an area without an excessive expense in software licenses.

    Attributes
    • Size: -6½
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: -10
    • Coordination: +0
    • Vigor: +0
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: -2
    • Charisma: -4
    Traits
    • Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso
    • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
    • Susceptible (immersion)
    Gear
    • Com Wormhole Link
    • Improved Camera
    • Professional Microphone
    Penetration Limit: 2d6, -5¼
    Injury Susceptibility: +10½
    Large Wound Limit: +¾Wound Score Limit: +4
    Action Score: +1½Action Points: 8
    Light Work Endurance: 800 ks (10 d)
    Base Move: 3.5
    Run
    Top Speed: 5 (10 km/h)
    Endurance: 45 ks (12 h)Range: 120 km
    Long Jump: 0.45 m standing, 0.6 m running
    High Jump: 0.3 m cleared, 0.55 m reach
    Air Movement:
    Flight Strength: -18¾ based on loaded weight 0.16 g-kg
    Glide ratio 1/20 at speed 11 (25 km/h), accel/decel: 0.55
    Stall speed: 2.2Hover accel: 20
    Ground effect stall speed: 1.6Ground effect hover accel: 10
    Flight Maneuver: 180
    Wingspan: 0.5 m
    Top speed level flight: 120 (250 km/h)
    Range: 60 km
    Cruise Speed: 45 (80 km/h)
    Range: 300 km
    Hover Weight: 1.5 g-kg, 2.5 g-kg in ground effect
    Stability: +4Handling: +0
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control3457101520
    Encumbr.152030405070100
    Attacks
    Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
    StrikeSmash-13 RS-4½+0+0-4½+00.14+0
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Body Panels1-10-13¼-6.250.14

    Mass: 0.16 kg
    Price: $65

    Rebond ESD-21 Argus Police Drone

    Rebond's ESD-21 Argus is a police enforcement and surveillance drone. It is a whisper rotorcraft, with four tilt-rotor ducted fans, designed for low audio signature. The body is large enough to carry tools for the job while remaining small enough to hover down most interior passageways. The Argus has a single arm with a manipulator hand, and two arms for mounting equipment. A typical Argus comes with a restraint carbine E-stunner and a civvy I-shot revolver. The I-shot is mounted on one if the mount arms, a beam pointer for the E-stunner on the other. A common loadout is a full revolver cylinder of tangler rounds, although these may be switched out with other ordinance depending on the situation; SWAT operations may require smoke, sleep, or paralysis gas while riot control operations will use tear gas. (In the stat block, the E-stuner's dose is given in brackets in the Wound column, and the tangler's Brawn and Size are, respectively, in brackets under the Pen and Wound columns.)

    Argus drones are used in some areas to provide roving surveillance to compliment fixed camera installations, coupled with the knock-down power to capture criminals and deter crime. In other places, Arguses are not deployed on their own but as tools to assist sapient police officers. A patrol officer can use the extra set of eyes, can have the drone check out hard to reach or see places, and can rely on its quick and accurate shooting to capture and subdue criminals and to protect her back when she goes into danger. Investigators and forensics teams will use them to capture a video recording of crime scenes. Explosive ordinance disposal teams use them for remote placement of sensors and tools without risking sapient lives.

    Attributes
    • Size: -2
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: +4
    • Coordination: +4
    • Vigor: +0
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: +2 [Compute +9]
    • Charisma: -4
    Traits
    • Noise Reduction +2
    • Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso
    Skills
    • Evade +2
    • Hack +0, Compute +5
    • Read intent +1, Compute +6
    • Shoot +2
    • Speak (languages in database) +0, Compute +4
    • Spot +1, Compute +6
    • Tactics +1, Compute +6
    Gear
    • Camera, Professional
    • Civvy I-Shot Revolver
    • Computer: Compute +15
    • Lidar, Navigational
    • Microphone, Professional
    • Multiscanner, Portable
    • Restraint Carbine
    Software
    • Cyber Security, Score +2, Compute +4
    • Targeting, Score +2
    • Task (cyber defense), Score +0, Compute +5
    • Task (watch, evidence collection, ordinance disposal, small-unit tactics, crowd control), Score +0, Compute +5
    Net Compute Requirement: +13

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, -¾
    Injury Susceptibility: +1½
    Large Wound Limit: +5¼Wound Score Limit: +8½
    Action Score: +2½Action Points: 12
    Light Work Endurance: 450 ks (5 d)
    Base Move: 8
    Run
    Maneuver: 0.9Top Speed: 2 (5.5 km/h)
    Endurance: 45 ks (12 h)Range: 70 km
    Long Jump: 0.6 m standing, 0.65 m running
    High Jump: 0.6 m cleared, 1.7 m reach
    Air Movement:
    Flight Strength: -5 based on loaded weight 15 g-kg
    Stall speed: 16Hover accel: 18
    Ground effect stall speed: 11Ground effect hover accel: 9
    Flight Maneuver: 50
    Wingspan: 0.6 m
    Top speed level flight: 170 (450 km/h)
    Range: 80 km
    Hover Weight: 45 g-kg, 80 g-kg in ground effect
    Stability: +2Handling: +0
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control10152030405070
    Encumbr.456590140200300400
    Ranged Attacks
    Description Pen Wound AP ROF Shots Bulk Aim Range Speed
    E-Stunner17[+7]+03s4000+0+6180c
    Civvy I-shot0.5+1¼+0s6+0+46012
       Tangle[+5][+0]0.7
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Body Panels1-10-8¾-1.750.55

    Mass: 15 kg
    Price: $5.5 k

    Carmen Mk-8 Sentinel Security Android

    Continuing with their robotic security line, Carmen Robotics produces the Mk-8 Sentinel. It is an android, designed to give it extra presence to deter troublemakers and the versatility to use a wide variety of tools and go places a Human could go. The sentinel is designed to be capable and athletic, yet still affordable. While popular for private security forces, it is also marketed toward police where it finds a niche as a lower-cost alternative to the XM-Thor.

    Attributes
    • Size: +0
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: +4
    • Coordination: +0
    • Vigor: +0
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: +0 [Compute +7]
    • Charisma: +0 [Compute +6]
    Traits
    • Android – counts as Human for equipment use, interactions
    • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
    Skills
    • Evade +0
    • Fight +0
    • Grapple +0
    • Hack +0, Compute +5
    • Read intent +0, Compute +5
    • Shoot +0
    • Speak (languages in database) +0, Compute +4
    • Spot +1, Compute +6
    Gear
    • Camera, Professional
    • Com Wormhole Link
    • Computer: Compute +15
    • Loudspeaker
    • Microphone, Professional
    Software
    • Cyber Security, Score +1, Compute +3
    • Tactical Coordination
    • Targeting, Score +2
    • Task (cyber defense), Score +0, Compute +5
    • Task (watch, small-unit tactics), Score +0, Compute +5
    Net Compute Requirement: +12

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, +2
    Injury Susceptibility: -4
    Large Wound Limit: +7Wound Score Limit: +10¼
    Action Score: +0Action Points: 5
    Light Work Endurance: 800 ks (10 d)
    Base Move: 5
    Run
    Top Speed: 40 (48 km/h)
    Endurance: 25 ks (7 h)Range: 300 km
    Long Jump: 6 m standing, 16 m running
    High Jump: 4 m cleared, 6 m reach
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control11162232425575
    Encumbr.4265100150200300400
    Attacks
    Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
    StrikeSmash-6 RS+2+0+0+2+01+0
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Armor Plates1-10+471

    Mass: 80 kg
    Price: $4 k

    Emergent XM-Thor First Responder Android

    The XM-Thor is a rugged, high performance android designed to act in a first responder role. Its powerful frame is brutally utilitarian in form, almost elegant in its emphasis on function over aesthetics. The dark carboplast armor is usually emblazoned with the colors and logo of its service department. A blank face has a visor-like strip for its enhanced camera sensor. A turret on the left shoulder houses a powerful searchlight.

    XM-Thors are strong enough to lift rubble, break through walls, and carry victims to safety. They have basic medical programming, enough to stabilize a victim for long enough to get to real medical care. Because their duties often involve dealing with the public, they are equipped with advanced personality simulating software. Beyond that, their software is customized for their job. The example listed below is for police work. Non-police varieties will not have targeting software, or Shoot, Escape and Restrain, Tactics, or Grapple skills. The task software will be switched out for more appropriate tasks for the job – a firefighter model might have Task (fight structure fires, fight rangeland fires, fight forest fires, accident response, disaster reponse, first aid, cyber defense). Paramedic varieties increase the Heal software and skill up to +2. The on-board computer is over-powered to allow for additional customization.

    XM-Thors are equipped with an advanced sensor suite. A multiscanner allows the robot to scan for life signs, permitting finding victims buried under rubble, in burning buildings, or hiding fugatives; the multiscanner imaging radar lets the robot see through dense smoke or other poor visibility conditions. An advanced UV-vis-IR optical camera complements the scanner, allowing thermographic imaging for picking out warm bodies and allowing a different way of seeing through smoke and fog; as well as advanced low-light sensing and hyperspectral analysis. And a high sensitivity microphone allows the robot to pick up and pinpoint faint sounds, such as breathing or movement.

    In the field, a Human or other sapient overseer usually directs between one and five XM-Thors.

    Attributes
    • Size: +½
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: +8
    • Coordination: +4
    • Vigor: +4
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: +1 [Compute +8]
    • Charisma: +1 [Compute +7]
    Traits
    • Android – counts as Human for equipment use, interactions
    Skills
    • Escape and restrain (restrain) +2, Compute +7
    • Evade +2
    • Fight +2
    • Grapple +2
    • Hack +1, Compute +6
    • Heal +0, Compute +5
    • Read intent +2, Compute +7
    • Shoot +2
    • Speak (languages in database) +0, Compute +4
    • Spot +2, Compute +7
    • Tactics +0, Compute +5
    Gear
    • Camera, Professional
    • Com Wormhole Link
    • Computer: Compute +18
    • Loudspeaker
    • Microphone, Professional
    • Multiscanner, Portable
    • Searchlight
    Software
    • Cyber Security, Score +1, Compute +3
    • Tactical Coordination
    • Targeting, Score +2
    • Task (cyber defense), Score +0, Compute +5
    • Task (watch, evidence collection, ordinance disposal, small-unit tactics, crowd control, accident response, first aid), Score +0, Compute +5
    Net Compute Requirement: +14

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, +3¾
    Injury Susceptibility: -7½
    Large Wound Limit: +7¼Wound Score Limit: +10½
    Action Score: +2Action Points: 10
    Light Work Endurance: 800 ks (8 d)
    Base Move: 10
    Run
    Top Speed: 35 (70 km/h)
    Endurance: 8 ks (2 h)Range: 150 km
    Long Jump: 16 m standing, 22 m running
    High Jump: 8 m cleared, 10 m reach
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control35456080120170250
    Encumbr.1502203204206008001200
    Attacks
    Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
    StrikeSmash-4 RS+2½+0+0+2½+01.1+0
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Armor Plates1-10+47.251.1

    Mass: 90 kg
    Price: $14 k

    Emergent GG-5 Tracker

    Emergent's Tracker is a bobcat-sized hexapedal robot designed for tracking. It is a fast runner, skittering along the ground or climbing walls and ceilings a easily as level ground, while following a scent trail. Other senses help to alert it if its quarry comes in range but is concealed.

    Attributes
    • Size: -2
    • Density: +0
    • Traction Strength: +1
    • Coordination: +0
    • Vigor: +0
    • Smarts: -4
    • Awareness: +2 [Compute +9]
    • Charisma: -4
    Traits
    • Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose)
    • Susceptible (immersion)
    Skills
    • Evade +0
    • Live off the land (track) +2, Compute +7
    • Sneak +0, Compute +5
    • Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3
    • Spot +2, Compute +7
    Gear
    • Camera, Professional
    • Chemsniffer
    • Com Wormhole Link
    • Computer: Compute +14
    • Gecko Grips
    • Microphone, Professional
    Software
    • Task (track), Score +0, Compute +5
    Net Compute Requirement: +12

    Penetration Limit: 2d6, -¾
    Injury Susceptibility: +1½
    Large Wound Limit: +5¼Wound Score Limit: +8½
    Action Score: +½Action Points: 6
    Light Work Endurance: 500 ks (6 d)
    Base Move: 4.5
    Run
    Top Speed: 25 (35 km/h)
    Endurance: 15 ks (4 h)Range: 150 km
    Long Jump: 3.5 m standing, 6.5 m running
    High Jump: 2 m cleared, 3.2 m reach
    Thresholds
    Penalty-1-2-3-4-5-6-7
    Control3.84.86.59141828
    Encumbr.142535456090140
    Attacks
    Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip
    StrikeSmash-8½ RS+0+0+00.55+0
    Armor
    Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation
    Body Panels1-10-8¾-1.750.55

    Mass: 14 kg
    Price: $4.5 k

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