Claudia

Claudia is a robot and one of the ten Miitopian heroes.

## Biography

### Backstory

One of thousands of mass-produced robots from a factory in Nimbus, Claudia was an M1 (Code for Tank) in the new robot army that would replace drafting humans into a regular army, because the governors of Nimbus decided it was a safer alternative for robots to go into war rather than humans. These robots were kept in special units within the factory, only to be activated when necessary. Scientists working within the factory were in charge of making sure nothing happened to these robots. However, a new intern at the factory accidentally activated one of the robots without realizing. This robot, named Claudia, decided to explore her location, and in doing so, overheard a group of scientists lamenting about how such advanced robots essentially had the sole purpose of dying in battle without anyone caring for each individual existence. After all, this is a factory, and it was cheaper to just replace broken robots than to repair them. Fearing for her life, Claudia decided to escape by blasting her way out of the factory. This didn’t come without the scientists giving her a chase, though, and sent out alerts that a robot had gone rogue and was actively destroying the factory in her escape. She managed to find her way out of the factory and escaped Nimbus by jumping off the edge. She landed in the Realm of the Fey.

### Afterstory

After the events of Miitopia, she was put on trial for essentially going rogue, endangering many lives during her escape, and damaging a major factory. Pedro was able to put in a good word for her, and she was allowed to continue "living", except she had her weapons disabled and was placed into eternal custody, where she had to remain in a lab, wear trackers to make sure she didn't escape, and could not leave her cell without supervision. Now, the scientists use her in studies of robo-ethics and robo-psychology and upgrade tests in general.

She is actually very unhappy about this arrangement, and often speaks out against what she perceives as her imprisonment. However, she lives in constant fear of doing something to upset the scientists and invoking further limitations on herself.

## Personality and Traits

The very baseline of Claudia's personality is her fear of being replaced and left to die somewhere. Her coping mechanism for this is to over-assert herself and being extremely stubborn and explosive on the beliefs she holds. This often translates into anger, stemming from her hatred of being a robot and being subjected to these fears. Otherwise, Claudia is still exploring what it means to be "alive", her personality is still developing, and she is learning how to control herself.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Weaponry:** Claudia is outfitted with multiple, heavy-duty weapons like lasers and missiles that she is not afraid to use, even if the situation doesn’t call for it.
* **Technology:** As a robot, Claudia has many advanced systems that surpass a human’s abilities, such as having a more durable body than a human’s, and being less susceptible to tiredness or hunger. She can also access the internet in her mind, has a built-in GPS, and has a recorded memory system which can be uploaded and accessed in a cloud, among other things a computer can do.
* **Defense:** Claudia is extensively armored and has the best defense out of the team.

## Mechanics

As a robot, Claudia has several mechanical systems that is important to note.

* Her skeleton and internal systems are made of metal, and her skin is made out of a softer (yet durable), waterproof, almost fabric-like material for an authentic feel.
* Claudia has two energy generators. One automatically recharges while she is asleep, and the other is fueled on the food Claudia eats, which is burned up by a converter and turned into calories for energy. She has two energy sources in case she cannot access one of them for a long time, the other acts as a reserve, though she does start acting groggy/sleep deprived when she is only has one reserve left.
	+ She is able to consume food and liquids without damage to her internal systems. Food is used as an energy source, and liquids are broken down so the H2O molecules are separated from the rest of the mixture and sent to her cooling system. Anything else is burned up in her food converter.
* Claudia can also retract and reveal her "tank" parts if needed - retracting if she needs to blend in with humans, and unleashing them if she needs to fight. However, if her weapons are disabled, they are permanently retracted and she cannot control to reveal them.
* She originally was not programmed with protocols (her instructions that would have bound her to the army had she not awoken early and escaped). Pedro, being aware of this (and being paranoid in general), secretly installed Asimov's Three Laws Of Robotics (which would have been part of her protocols) into her systems while she was asleep. Therefore, she cannot hurt humans unless even more human lives are endangered if she does not (if she tries, her weapons disable themselves and her body goes into a temporary "lockdown"). She also cannot "commit suicide" (deactivate/destroy herself), which is why she still remains alive despite detesting her current living situation.
* Her speech and movement is very fluid (at least for a robot)
* She can catch computer viruses. If this happens, her symptoms are very similar to a human with an illness (for example, a robot "fever" would be her systems overheating since viruses do weird things).

## Relationships

(Note: These relationship descriptions are Claudia's opinions on each character)

### Pedro

Originally, Claudia did not trust Pedro in the slightest, since her last encounter with scientists had left her fearful for her life, so she was prejudiced in thinking all scientists actively wanted to harm her and force her back into the robot army. The only reasons he would even consider being in the same vicinity as him was because Ka, whom they both trusted, acted as their middle ground. However, both of them found that they benefited off of one another, with Pedro knowing a good deal on machines (thus being able to give Claudia any repairs she couldn’t do herself), and Claudia’s stubborn personality giving Pedro well-intentioned courage in sticky situations. They eventually warmed up to each other, and Claudia continued to trust Pedro after their return to Nimbus.

## Trivia

* It is unknown if Claudia was programmed to feel love or attraction.
* The running jokes revolving around Claudia is that she has anger issues and her solution to everything is to blow it up.

## Gallery

Claudia as she appears in *Miitopia*Alternate Costume: prisoner of warDrawn portrait