Doris

Doris (originally D.O.R mk15) is a robot who is built for either retail or detective work. She is Minnow's girlfriend, meeting on a job when Minnow helped fix her faulty arm.

As an entirely non organic being she can be safely teleported by Val's ship teleporter. Despite being a machine she appears to have similar emotions to the organic cast, although she has the option to turn off/suppress some of them. Doris,like the organic cast, has a soul. It appears Doris programming can be updated with new knowledge without requiring conversational learning, such as the time she was updated with lifeguard training.

Doris can digest normal food for power, but the process is inefficent compared to normal recharging.

Doris weights as much a motorcycle and once broke/bruised Minnow's ribs with a ill advised tackle hug.

## Biography

   Doris's backstory  explains that she was built as a generic robot and as her AI grew, she altered her appearance to her preferences. She attended robot high school virtually.

She briefly worked as a detective but found the work lacking due to lack of sand bug related crime on the planet she is living on. After that she has worked in at least two different retail jobs, a general store and a clothing store.

## Powers and abilities

* Equipped with proton grenades
* Has pepper sprays dispensers built into her arms
* Has detective mode (see below)
* Wireless link to shop inventory/internet connection.
* Can turn off certain emotions/feelings/ senses  at will.
* Can extend arms

## Detective mode

Doris, and presumably all of the D.O.R models, can activate a detective mode which offers a number of observed benefits and at least one possible drawback.

### Benefits

* Can scan areas of chemical and biological traces
* Can scan people for injuries
* Can compare blood samples for matches
* Can possibly hack databases

### Drawbacks

* Appears to suppress emotional responses

## Vulnerabilities/ weaknesses

Doris has been shown to be vulnerable to both hacking and computer viruses.

## Trivia

* Its appears that robots in the 'and/or retail' category prefer to date aquatic cyborgs, given the both Doris and Iris are dating them, as well as a significant number of the robots attending the 'and/or retail con'
* Doris has reprogrammable hair

## References

1. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/164296205250/and-minnow-forgot-to-buy-any-of-the-groceries
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3. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/171534772620
4. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/180548353247/do-robots-like-doris-eat-if-they-do-can-can-they
5. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/174491133050/how-was-doris-madewho-made-her-then
6. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/image/174506299485
7. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/176165979955
8. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/181983627220
9. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/180025834062
10. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/180025630757/tredlocity-they-read-about-it-on-a-magazine
11. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/181856018072/tredlocity-part-5-prev-first
12. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/182761557747/tredlocity-part-11-next-prev-first
13. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/182761557747/tredlocity-part-11-next-prev-first
14. ↑ https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/181856006502/tredlocity-part-4-prev-first
15. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/182874201984/part-13-prev-first
16. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/643655401882173440
17. ↑ https://tredlocity.tumblr.com/post/170871634485/doris-hair-is-made-out-of-an-artificial-substance