CERES - EMU

== Design ==
Short for Emergency Medical sUpport drones, the EMU are one of the later additions to the CERES AI mainframe, initially deployed under the acronym of MERs. Requested by ARHK’s Medical Department, the EMU bots help lighten their burden by providing immediate treatment to minor injuries and helping to stabilize major ones until the patient can be taken to the proper facilities.
These small ball-like drones stand a little over 40 cm in diameter and have up to four tentacle-like appendages with built-in medical equipment and little claw-fingers that allow them to interact with their environment. Since the EMU’s equipment is often too numerous for a single drone to carry and operate, they are often divided between the teams of drones.
The common method of movement for the EMU is to utilize a small levitation module using small thrusters and a principle of inertia dampening found in the study of suit and suit-drone levitation. In cases where its levitation is either not needed or not operational, the drone is also capable of using two of its spindly limbs as legs.
To maximize their effectiveness, the EMU are kept at key locations of the facility in specialized stations that keep groups of up to five drones stored along with their standard equipment and instrument sterilizers, as well as other specific equipment requested by labs or other facilities. In addition to storing them, the stations also serve to recharge them when their battery or levitation units run out.
While the drones are inactive, two smaller analysis drones remain active to scan the room and relay information to the EMU of possible accidents. In case of delayed response from the analysis drones, or in case those are deactivated for whatever reason, an emergency button next to their station can also activate the EMU manually.
Some teams have reportedly seen the EMUs display irregular behavior towards Australians, but the claims are unconfirmed and unsubstantiated.
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