C31R07

C31R07 is an iconic 4th Edition character who first appears in Basic Set on page 90 defending Xing La. He's shown close-up on B264 under Equipment, an image reused for his full write up on page 307. In both illustrations he is shown in his Centauroid rather than Hexapod form.
== History and Personality ==
C-31 is a Dexamenos-class centauroid combat robot from Iskander-2, a somewhat futuristic TL9 timeline where the heirs of Alexander the Great are in a never-ending struggle against the Empire of China. C-31 was protecting a Tibetan monastery when he detected ISWAT memberson a mission to find a text containing a Buddhist incantation. They skirmished until both parties realized that neither was looking to kill the other--then they began to talk. 
=== Skills ===
C31 speaks English, Koine Greek, Tibetan, and Machine.
== Details ==
=== Name Pronunciation ===
B308 establishes "C-31" is a nickname for him. The construct of his name is a forename and surname, each portion consisting of 1 letter followed by 2 numbers. No space or dash is used in his full name, though people pronouncing it would probably think of it like C-31 R-07".
It's unclear if it would be pronounced "three one" or "thirty one". Similarly, if it would be "zero seven" or "oh seven" to his allies.
=== Ally Cost ===
Despite being on an ISWAT team with seven other heroes, C31's stats do not list them as Allies. This could be due to NPCs generally not listing this, but since the option is given for using them as PCs this should be taken into account.
Unlike Dai Blackthorn and Louis who follow after, he does not have Legal Enforcement Powers or a Duty to ISWAT.
The simplest way to treat allies (b37) as 0 point features is to also make them dependents. (b131) using different Frequency of Appearance modifiers to match the values.
==Weapons and Defenses==
=== Weaponry ===
Though the only statted pods are a chaingun and plasma as alternative attacks, the images imply he may have others since he's shown firing lasers and a missile too.
TL 	Weapon 	Damage 	Acc	Range 	Weight	RoF	Shots	ST 	Rcl	Cost
9 	Chain Gun 	3dx5(2) pi+	9 	200/2000 	N/A 	15 	-- 	20based on Heavy Chaingun in Ultra-Tech, p.138	4 	[261]
10?	Plasma Cannon	6d burn 	3 	44-yard cone	N/A 	1 	-- 	10based on Heavy Flamer, Ultra-Tech, p.127 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Defenses ===
C31 has DR 53 with Hardened 1, preventing him from taking damage from almost any conventional source, including most shots from a .50 caliber rifle. He is still vulnerable to supernatural attacks, although enemy combatants may find he's no pushover there, either--this machine has a Tactics skill of 20, and is unlikely to be outsmarted. More interestingly, C-31 has True Faith, meaning an overzealous ciuacla or lich may find themselves being rebuked and restrained by the steel behemoth!
== Fanon Theories and Trivia ==
* Despite Infinite Worlds: Lost Worlds having an entry for C-31's home timeline of Iskander-2, there is no mention of Dexamenos-class robots
** More unusual still, a search through Pyramid shows that there's no mention of Dexamenoses anywhere else--outside of a page describing C-31 again!
**The closest analog to C-31's build type is the Warbot
== References ==
Category:Characters W/ Stats