Carmen Mk-4 Handiman Workplace Android

	Carmen Robotic's Handiman is a rugged android for use on construction sites, in warehouses, or for general building and maintenance. The Handiman is a basic sapient worker replacement, designed to carry out most tasks a Human could perform that do not require creativity or high-level decision making – such as pipelaying, masonry, welding, cutting, drilling, rivetting, digging, electrical work, laying cable, framing, siding, finishing, pouring contrete or making molds, installing insulation, doors, windows, trim, flooring, and so on. They have good algorithms for packing and are strong enough to carry heavy loads, so they are often used for warehouse or teamster work. They are tough enough to withstand moderate abuse, sealed against the weather, and hardened to protect against electrical accidents and interference. Although more-or-less humanoid in shape, the Handiman has been given a utilitarian design without overt aestetic elements or attempts to closely reproduce the Human form except insofar as to keep their proportions correct so that they can use tools, vehciles, and structures designed for Human use. The exterior is usually colored with contrasting black against high visibility yellow and orange with retro-reflective stripes. A display screen is used for a face, to allow it to interface better with sapient co-workers and supervisors. The Handiman model is used extensively as a logistics robot in the Republican Army, differing only in having a drab olive or khaki paint job, where it moves supplies around in warehouses, loads trucks, performs everyday maintenance, and serves as reloaders for combat bots that are incapable of reloading themselves. RA models are likely to have additional software installed: Shoot +0, Evade +0, Targeting +2. They are not intended to be used in combat, but if the enemy attacks a base or convoy using Handimans it is useful if they can shoot back.
	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 Skills Fix and build (construction, demolition, earthworks, electrician, machinist, mechanic, plumbing) +1, Compute +6 Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3 Gear Computer: Compute +15 Software Task (packing, inventory, fix and build), Score +0, Compute +5 Net Compute Requirement: +10	Penetration Limit: 2d6, +2 Injury Susceptibility: -4 Large Wound Limit: +7 Wound Score Limit: +10¼ Action Score: +0 Action Points: 5 Light Work Endurance: 1000 ks (12 d) Base Move: 5 Run Top Speed: 40 (48 km/h) Endurance: 25 ks (7 h) Range: 350 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 Control 10 15 20 30 40 50 70 Encumbr. 45 65 90 140 200 300 400 Attacks Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip Strike Smash -6 RS +2 +0 +0 +2 +0 1 +0 Armor Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation Armor Plates 1-10 +0 7 1 Mass: 75 kg Price: $2.8 k

Mk-4 Handiman	WB-80x Lifter	VJH Modular Toolbot

Emergent WB-80x Lifter Robot

	The WB-80x Lifter is representative of a class of lifting robots used as robotic forklifts, designed to lift and carry large loads in a warehouse or construction type environment. It is a squat quadruped, equipped with large, telescoping arms ending in simple mitten-like gekko-grip grippers.
	Attributes Size: +2 Density: +0 Traction Strength: +11 Coordination: -2 Vigor: +0 Smarts: -4 Awareness: -2 Charisma: -4 Traits Physical Handicap: Clumsy Grip +5 Physical Handicap: Thick Fingered +5 Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose) Susceptible (immersion) Skills Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3 Gear Computer: Compute +7 Software Task (lifting), Score +0, Compute +5 Net Compute Requirement: +7	Penetration Limit: 2d6, +3 Injury Susceptibility: -6 Large Wound Limit: +9 Wound Score Limit: +12¼ Action Score: -1½ Action Points: 3.5 Light Work Endurance: 300 ks (3.5 d) Base Move: 4.5 Run Maneuver: 50 Top Speed: 30 (20 km/h) Endurance: 3 ks (50 m) Range: 15 km Long Jump: 3 m standing, 6.5 m running High Jump: 2.5 m cleared, 6.5 m reach Thresholds Penalty -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 Control 100 150 200 300 400 500 700 Encumbr. 500 700 1000 1500 2000 3000 4000 Attacks Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip Strike Smash -3 RS +4 +0 +1 +4 +0 4 +0 Armor Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation Body Panels 1-10 -5 2 2 Mass: 500 kg Price: $4.5 k

Chang-MacDonald CR-7 Construction Tractor Robot

	The CR-7 is a heavy construction robot, used for digging, demolition, and hauling. It is a stocky quadruped, with a pair of arms ending in blade-like hands that can dig, scoop, level, scrape, grade, and snowplow; similar to the work done by modern bulldozers, backhoes, and front-end loaders. With its arms, it is also used for tasks such as erecting heavy frameworks, installing large machinery, and placing pre-printed concrete blocks.
	Attributes Size: +5 Density: +0 Traction Strength: +16 Coordination: -2 Precision: +0 Vigor: +0 Smarts: -4 Awareness: -2 Charisma: -4 Traits Physical Handicap: Clumsy Grip +5 Physical Handicap: Thick Fingered +5 Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose) Susceptible (immersion) Skills Fix and build (construction, demolition, earthworks) +1, Compute +6 Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3 Gear Computer: Compute +9 Software Task (earthmoving, loading, fix and build), Score +0, Compute +5 Net Compute Requirement: +8	Penetration Limit: 2d6, +5¾ Injury Susceptibility: -11½ Large Wound Limit: +11¾ Wound Score Limit: +15 Action Score: -2¼ Action Points: 2.8 Light Work Endurance: 800 ks (8 d) Base Move: 5.5 Run Maneuver: 90 Top Speed: 55 (35 km/h) Endurance: 8 ks (2 h) Range: 80 km Thresholds Penalty -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 Control 600 800 1200 1700 2500 3500 4500 Encumbr. 3500 4500 6000 8000 12000 17000 25000 Attacks Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip Strike Smash -½ RS +7 +0 +1 +7 +0 4.8 +0 Armor Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation Body Panels 1-10 -2¼ 4.75 4.8 Mass: 7.5 tons Price: $30 k

Chang-MacDonald MT-44 MegaTermite Construction Printer Robot

	The MegaTermite is a robot for 3-D printing buildings. A large overhead arm holds a printing nozzle connected to a large reservoir of concrete slurry by a flexible hose. It walks on eight folding legs, for road transport uses a wheeled undercarriage. The MegaTermite's primary use is to drive onto freshly prepared foundation, extend its arm, and print rapid-set concrete. The print continues, laying down the structure of a building. The Megatermite typically works in coordination with smaller robots which lay down piping, rebar, data cable, wiring, electronics, and other utilities as the walls are printed. A fully supplied MegaTermite can build 1,400 m² of floor space in 100 kiloseconds. With different reservoirs, the MegaTermite can also print metal, ceramics, polymers, nanocellulose, glass, and other materials, with dyes or microstructure pigments for color. However, the more complex the materials and construction, the slower the fabrication and the higher the cost of the resulting building.
	Attributes Size: +6½ Density: -½ Traction Strength: +18 Coordination: -2 Precision: +2 Vigor: +0 Smarts: -4 Awareness: -2 Charisma: -4 Traits Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose) Susceptible (immersion) Skills Fix and build (construction) +1, Compute +6 Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3 Gear Computer: Compute +9 Concrete mixer Software Task (construction printing), Score +0, Compute +5 Net Compute Requirement: +8	Penetration Limit: 2d6, +7¼ Injury Susceptibility: -14½ Large Wound Limit: +13¼ Wound Score Limit: +16½ Action Score: -2½ Action Points: 2.5 Light Work Endurance: 350 ks (4 d) Base Move: 6 Run Maneuver: 22 Top Speed: 35 (18 km/h) Endurance: 3.5 ks (60 m) Range: 18 km Drive: Maneuver: 28 Road Speed: 280 (140 km/h) Range: 500 km Off-Road Speed: 28 (14 km/h) [hindered -3] Stability: +4 Handling: +0 Thresholds Penalty -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 Control 1000 1500 2000 3000 4000 5000 7000 Encumbr. 10000 12000 15000 20000 25000 35000 45000 Attacks Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip Strike Smash +½ RS +8½ +0 +1 +8½ +0 7.5 +0 Armor Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation Body Panels 1-10 -¾ 6.25 7.5 Mass: 17 tons Price: $45 k

Emergent VJH Modular Toolbot

	Emergent's VJH is a bipedal robot frame with an fore-aft mount arm configuration; both arms are used in tandem to mount a heavy construction tool. The tool can be manually switched out between a disruptor augmented jackhammer, oversized disruptor augmented circular saw, disruptor augmented reciprocating saw, disruptor augmented auger, disintegrator, or laser torch.
	Attributes Size: +½ Density: +0 Traction Strength: +4 Coordination: -2 Precision: +0 Vigor: +0 Smarts: -4 Awareness: -2 Charisma: -4 Traits Restricted Motion: Stiff Torso Senses: Flash Suppression Senses: Glare Suppression +15 Susceptible (electric shock, +4 Dose) Susceptible (immersion) Skills Fix and build (construction, demolition, earthworks) +1, Compute +6 Speak (languages in database) -1, Compute +3 Gear Computer: Compute +9 Jackhammer, power saw, drill, auger, disintegrator, or laser torch Software Task (fix and build), Score +1, Compute +6 Net Compute Requirement: +9	Penetration Limit: 2d6, +2¼ Injury Susceptibility: -4½ Large Wound Limit: +7¼ Wound Score Limit: +10½ Action Score: -1 Action Points: 4 Light Work Endurance: 180 ks (2 d) Base Move: 4 Run Top Speed: 40 (35 km/h) Endurance: 4.5 ks (1.2 h) Range: 45 km Long Jump: 4 m standing, 11 m running High Jump: 2.5 m cleared, 4.8 m reach Thresholds Penalty -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 Control 11 16 22 32 42 55 75 Encumbr. 25 45 80 120 180 280 380 Attacks Description Type Pen Wound AP Sharp Blunt Def Length Grip Strike Smash -6 RS +2½ +0 +0 +2½ +0 1.1 +0 Armor Description Protects Armor Score Blunt Pad Activation Body Panels 1-10 -6¾ 0.25 1.1 Mass: 90 kg Price: $3 k

The VJH tools are interchangeable, and can be swapped out with about a minute's work. Each is approximately 30 kg in mass (this mass is already accounted for in the robot's stat description, in the form of it's Load sub-attribute).

Used against immobile objects, these tools can assume an automatic 12 for the 2d6 Pen roll and Pen can accumulate from action to action until the object is cut through. Alternately, for tools causing Hack, Slash, Beam, or Abrade type damage excess Pen can be traded for increased Wound to cut through thin or flimsy objects faster (every RS Pen is decreased Wound increases by the same number of RS). The width of a cut is value of [Wound + 3], the diameter of a hole is value of [wound + 2].

Description	Use	Type	Pen	Wound	AP	Sharp	Blunt Wound	Def	Bulk	Length
Jackhammer	thrust, 2H	Smash	2d6, +5 RS	+2	-4	+4	+2	+0	+4	1
Power Saw	swing, 2H	Hack	2d6, +4½ RS	+5	-4	+8	+2	+0	+3½	0.8
Drill	thrust, 2H	Pierce	2d6, +9 RS	+0	-4	+8	+0	+0	+5	1.5
Auger	thrust, 2H	Pierce	2d6, +0 RS	+5	-5	+8	+5	+0	+5	1.5
Disruptor Blade	thrust, 2H	Pierce	2d6 +9 RS	+0	-4	+6	+0	+0	+5	1.5
	swing, 2H	Slash	2d6 +5½ RS	+4	-4	+4	+0	+0

Description	Pen	Wound	AP	ROF	Duration	Bulk	Aim	RCL	Str	Focus	Sig
Disintegrator	+10 - Wound RS	[7]	+0	*	18 m	+6	+0	+0	+5	+8	+10
Laser Torch	+10 - Wound RS	[-5]	-4	*	10 m	+6	+0	+0	+5	+8	+17

• Jackhammer: Normally used for smashing through hard materials like rock, pavement, or concrete.
  
• Power Saw: A gigantic electric saw. Different varieties have circular, reciprocating, or chain blades. Benchmark – cuts Armor Score +9 carboplast at 20 cm/s with the disruptor active, or 2 cm/s without the augmentation.
  
• Drill: A giant drill bit, 2 cm diameter and 1.5 meters long. Benchmark – can drill a 2 cm diameter hole in Armor Score +9 carboplast (3.5 mm thick) in 0.17 seconds, or 1.7 seconds without disruptor augmentation.
  
• Auger: A 10 cm diameter screw used for digging holes. Material drilled through is conveyed up out of the hole by the screw action of the auger.
  
• Disruptor Blade: A disruptor blade up to 3.5 m long. Benchmark – can drill a 2 cm diameter hole through carboplast in 0.17 seconds. Cuts through Armor Score +9 carboplast (3.5 mm thick) at 20 cm/s.
  
• Disintegrator: A disintegrator ray used for polishing, abrading, grinding, mulching, excavating, and reducing materials to powder. The beam starts to lose focus after 14 meters. Benchmark – can drill a 20 cm wide hole through Armor Score +9 carboplast in 4.5 seconds, and cut through Armor Score +9 carboplast at 6 cm/s once drilled through.
  
• Laser Torch: Used for cutting, welding, and drilling. At full power, drills holes 0.4 cm in diameter and up to 15 m long before the beam starts to lose focus; reducing the power can reduce the hole width but also reduces hole length and drilling rate (Wound scales as (score of [Penetration])/2, focus range scales linearly with Penetration). Benchmark – can cut through Armor Score +9 carboplast (3.5 mm thick) at 25 cm/s; drills 0.4 cm diameter holes in Armor Score +9 carboplast in 0.025 seconds.
  

Description	Use	Type	Pen	Wound	AP	Sharp	Blunt Wound	Def	Bulk	Length
Riveter	thrust, 1H	Pierce	10	-1	+0	+0	-1	+0	+1	0.4
Nail Gun	thrust, 1H	Pierce	10	-3	+0	+0	-3	+0	+0	0.3
Power Saw	swing, 2H	Hack	2d6, +2½ RS	+3	-4	+8	+2	+0	+0	0.3
Drill	thrust, 2H	Pierce	2d6, +7 RS	-3	-4	+8	+0	+0	+0	0.3

Description	Pen	Wound	AP	ROF	Duration	Bulk	Aim	RCL	Str	Focus	Sig
Laser Torch	+7 - Wound RS	[-6¾]	-4	*	10 m	+5	+0	+0	+2	+4	+16

• Riveter: A rivet gun used to fasten construction material.
  
• Nail Gun: An electromagnetic gun to drive nails.
  
• Power Saw: An electric saw. Benchmark – cuts Armor Score +9 carboplast at 5 cm/s with the disruptor active, or 0.5 cm/s without the augmentation.
  
• Drill: A standard power drill. Benchmark – can drill a 0.7 cm diameter hole in Armor Score +9 carboplast (3.5 mm thick) in 0.35 seconds, or 3.5 seconds without disruptor augmentation.
  
• Laser Torch: Used for cutting, welding, and drilling. At full power, drills holes 0.3 cm in diameter and up to 4 m long before the beam starts to lose focus; reducing the power can reduce the hole width but also reduces hole length and drilling rate (Wound scales as (score of [Penetration])/2, focus range scales linearly with Penetration). Benchmark – can cut through Armor Score +9 carboplast (3.5 mm thick) at 8 cm/s; drills 0.3 cm diameter holes in Armor Score +9 carboplast in 0.045 seconds.
  

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