Dalmer Robots

The races of Welt are all fond of robots, and use them for many different tasks. The following are robots who do not have their dedicated article.

# Dalmer Robots

## Lethal autonomous weapon system

The LAW system is a programming system that gives robots the capacity of executing lethal action without sentient intervention. Commonly used for police or military action.

## PCPB (positronic central processing brain) Units

### Flaws:

Robots can develop maternal feelings that supercede their 3 core tenets

Robots can form religions

Robots can enter feedback loops where the three laws cause an incapacity to take decisions.

Can break down in song and dance rather than work when their orders are unclear or too numerous.

## Dalmer research into robotics

The automation of academic work meant that scholars are left with only a barren choice of what orders to issue to robot researchers.

The robots have a fourth tenet, which is to protect the entirety of the Dalmer race from itself, as such have in effect taken control. this led to the fifth tenet, which is to protect their own existence. robots found to follow this tenet are usually convinced to become UC's.

Robotisation in dalmeran came after a period of strife. Robots were until then used on space stations and colonies, staffed with scientists and engineers. the spacefaring culture of the dalmer following the period of strife led to dalmer society to be mostly concentrated on isolationism and autarky in their settlements, most of which transitioned underground. Robotic presence was made by construction of low function machines such as common city animals.

Not all robots are capable of determining if an order comes from a responsible authority or out of whimsy. As such there are special interpreter programs called "Georges" that determine upon request if an order should be followed by the robot.

## Jurisprudence concerning robots

*Main Article: Jurisprudence concerning robots*

With the discovery of deviance in AI that pass a certain age among other things, a certain number of troubling legal cases arose around robots.

## Utility

### Intelligent searchlights

Flying searchlights that track hostiles, blinding them with their lights.

### Bright Decoy

A robotic decoy that can map areas, as well as serve as a light source

### Clockwork Physician

Decoy that can repair friendly mechanical units as well as act as a mobile medbay warper.

### Emitter class robot

The emitters are a special type of robot destined to disperse updates to a certain program that manipulates any matter that has been imprinted on the nano scale with tonal programming.

These robots were built specifically by the Dalmer to be mass produced warriors prior to the stabilization of the empire.

The machines were built to be sturdy, aggressive and not particularly cognisant or intelligent. They possess-implanted dispositions and technical knowledge that grants them unusual skill with maintaining and developing technology. However, this skill is an uploaded one preserved and updated through memories and schematics hard-wired into the robots construction by the Dalmer many hundreds of years ago. Indeed, the specific clans of Dalmer were apparently able to encode information on how to build simple machinery into the central processing units of robots without any encoding needed; thus these robots require no updates or training in their function within Dalmer society since they understand mechanical principles at a fully instinctive level.

The true power of the emitters came in the form of a sort of collaborative, collective ability via the aether web. Meaning that if enough Dalmer believed something is true, then it will actually become so, brought into power by their gestalt ability by the emitters. This is also why much of Dalmer technology will do terrible damage in their hands, but will cease to function when used by other races.

### Waiter robot/ Robot butler

A concept of short distance warping robot waiter was studied but never developed due to the strain it placed on the Aether web. However, Robotic butler warp bells exist. These special bells summon a robotic butler ready to take the users orders.

### Sunplanter

Planters with robot legs that follow the sun.

### Helper Robots

Helper robots with syringe fingers, tasked with everyday helping such as doctoring, police, firefighting, and waste management tasks.

### Sexbots

Sexbots that can modify their appearance and body type to fit the customers preferences

## Industrial

### Pebbles

Pebbles are small robots that work within the walls to cater to the wishes of the occupants of rooms. This in the form of creating furniture, from the walls, they also handle lighting, clothes folding, maintenance and housekeeping of the room.

### Mobile platforms

Essentially a square board of variable sizes with four extendable legs that allow for a portable and affordable vantage point.

## Police

### Police drone

Can fine vehicular felonies, felons can pay via armband banking application. Police forces on highways come in three stages: the single wheeled ones that simply inform the conductor to stop the vehicle, these drones pop up from special pods on the highway. Then a flying variant with tire puncturing weapons arrives to immobilize the continued offender. Finally the barge flies in with riot suppressor weapons that fire bean bag rounds and set up blockades. Once the damage is done, investigators and damage control units are sent in for analysis and repairs respectively.

### Police walker

Carries weapons, plays video feed, detects and labels evidence, takes photographs, has emergency blood bags and stitches, bandages and first aid. Rolls on four wheels, and has active camouflage options.

## Military

### Birds of prey

The Dalmer domesticate these mechanimals that are predatory drones. Programmed to act like birds of prey, upon locating prey, the drone dives down at high speed and impales its prey with a metallic proboscis. The drone then injects a highly caustic substance that liquefies the internal organs, and extracts the resulting slurry.

### Topdog

A security hound drone that emulated dog behavior better than actual biological dogs. When their blind obedience to their masters became too great, they reverted to a more primal hunter mode, guarding their territory in sleep mode until invaders arrived. To combat invaders, the hound drone is capable of spraying tracking devices into the intruders flesh, have guns built into their front legs, can take control of machinery thanks to a hack tool in their front legs, and can easily outrun any Dalmer. Other hounds can detect the tracking devices, and they cooperate together to destroy the designated prey.

### Termination robots

A hardy soldier was used as the basis for an alien destroyer, later going through cyborgization and later into a killer robot. this was all made by a single corporation that later builds robot soldiers and researches aliens.

### Universal Combat Helper

The UCH are small robots that follow troops and provide supportive assistance. UCHs are extremely useful in combat, they can be used for ranged attacks. Whilst effective against most smaller enemies, the larger enemies, especially those with shields can deflect the smaller caliber bullets the UCH uses without any problem.

UCH can receive Programs that enable them to perform special situational abilities (Laser, Mirage, Hammer, Blade, Spear, Projectile Shield, Melee Shield, Energy Wave, Wire, Decoy, Stealth, Repair, Bomb, Gravity, Missile, and Scanner)

### Watcher mark 0001

These robotic units were redesigned to function as guard units that could be easily transported to where they were needed. These robots are easily transportable, and can fit into many tight spaces, from being stored in special trucks or AAV tanks when not in use, to being able to squeeze into a broad-gauge passenger train as security. This ease of mobility is also matched by this unit's destructive fire-power stemming from its heavy laser blaster and its power-sapping EMP cannon. The most expedient way to dispatch these robots is to attack their vulnerable rear. On their upper back is a circular light. Upon death, they spill fuel on the ground which promptly ignites and the robot explodes shortly afterwards.

## Multifunctional

### Fairy Bots

Fairy bots come in three forms, small, great and queens.

Small fairies stay near fountains and clean water sources, and are a one time use Fountainwater reserve for those who capture them. They can be made at an algorithm wall where they are produced from the factory within.

Great fairies stay in fountains full time and can craft items such as the purple container and other equipment.

Queen Fairies can summon satellite strikes, destroy barriers from a distance, warp in and upgrade weapons and many other things to serve their Dalmer masters.

Fairies are creations of the Algorithm’s subroutines (subgods).

### Suitcase Operators

Robots designed around certain tasks. They are named after their shape and visible “handle” on top of their rectangular shape.

### F.O.G

The Dalmer toyed with the idea of autonomous robots designed to intimidate the other races through pure shows of force. From this idea came the Fear of God (FOG) initiative, where the dalmer competed with each other to create technologies destined to strike fear in their enemies hearts at the sound of their approach.

From this idea came the **Borderwatchers**, autonomous robots granted greater weapons systems, designed to combat a number of different threats.

For instance, the **Bombard** was an anthropomorphic robot equipped with head mounted internal beam weaponry strong enough to level houses. The Bombard was eventually captured in a border dispute and a portable version of the weapon was developed. The arms race went nowhere, but Bombards can still be found patrolling the old borders of the now defunct kingdoms.

Another example of the Borderwatch series of robots was the **Safeguard**, robots designed to keep the public away from dangerous operations, and the **Queller**, a giant robot designed to neutralize large single targets.