Giant unstopable robot- HELP!!!

[billd91]

Very true. Its armor is tough. Corsair dumped a lot of water onto it (25 tons of water) and nothing happened- this tells me that his shell is sealed.

We have some set up time before we can use the cable idea, so perhaps Spinnerette can climb about on it and try to get inside as you suggestioned.

Thanks

Well, you do have access to a fuel tank of some sort, right? Chances are the armor plating INSIDE the fuel tank, protecting the internals, is a lot less than the armor plating outside the fuel tank. Get someone inside that tank and see if you can rip your way through to something vital.

 

[Talon5]

Well, you do have access to a fuel tank of some sort, right? Chances are the armor plating INSIDE the fuel tank, protecting the internals, is a lot less than the armor plating outside the fuel tank. Get someone inside that tank and see if you can rip your way through to something vital.

Here I am about to shoot myself in the foot

Okay the fuel access idea is the only one we have that has any hope of working (in my mind). However who here would store a lawn mower or a car for ten years with fuel in the tank- okay, Professor Q never actually got this thing working and might not have fueled it which means the fuel tank will have no vapor in it, and if it did then the vapor would be gone over the course of the last decade.

Okay so maybe billd91 is right and the fuel tank is armored. I mean the fuel access is on the bottom of its foot, behind an access panel that has a security system (we have the code). So worse case here- we trip it, and make it far enough to the panel, get the door open and Dynamo lights the fuel tank- and its armored and has never had any fuel in it, so no boom.

Where are we? Right back where we started.

Marcinko said something like- 'doing nothing will get nothing wrong and nothing done, doing something and you have a good chance of getting it right,' completely in accurate quote but it sounds like something he would say.

We're gonna try, because the only other choice is doing nothing and that will fail to get anything done.

Let you guys know how it turns out this Saturday. Thanks all.

 

[billd91]

Here I am about to shoot myself in the foot

Okay the fuel access idea is the only one we have that has any hope of working (in my mind). However who here would store a lawn mower or a car for ten years with fuel in the tank- okay, Professor Q never actually got this thing working and might not have fueled it which means the fuel tank will have no vapor in it, and if it did then the vapor would be gone over the course of the last decade.

Okay so maybe billd91 is right and the fuel tank is armored. I mean the fuel access is on the bottom of its foot, behind an access panel that has a security system (we have the code). So worse case here- we trip it, and make it far enough to the panel, get the door open and Dynamo lights the fuel tank- and its armored and has never had any fuel in it, so no boom.

Where are we? Right back where we started.

I wasn't exactly going for a fuel explosion angle. I was looking more at the fuel door being a weak point in the robot. If the GM gave you some information on that point of the robot's structure, he probably had a reason. Just how big is the port anyway? Is it as small as the fuel door on a Volvo? Or is it more like a hatch someone could squeeze into? If it's more like a hatch, get the lightning guy or the brick in there to start ripping the robot apart from the inside... where the armor is probably a lot less thick.

 

[Piratecat]

Not to be unheroic, but I know what happens to a car when you dump sugar into its fuel tank. Now, imagine your car was a giant robot. . .

 

[Piratecat]

Another option: can you lure the robot into a giant pit trap? Or gum up its legs with some sort of sticky substance? The great molasses flood of Boston suggests a solution, if there are any factories close enough to steal giant retaining tanks out of. Hmmm.. thanks to Google, I see that Westway Tradings Corp has a huge molasses facility on Chicago's waterfront. Go get 'em, guys!

 

[Talon5]

I wasn't exactly going for a fuel explosion angle. I was looking more at the fuel door being a weak point in the robot. If the GM gave you some information on that point of the robot's structure, he probably had a reason. Just how big is the port anyway? Is it as small as the fuel door on a Volvo? Or is it more like a hatch someone could squeeze into? If it's more like a hatch, get the lightning guy or the brick in there to start ripping the robot apart from the inside... where the armor is probably a lot less thick.

Sorry about the misunderstanding, I was kind of expecting it to explode until I realized my error in that thought.

Don't know about the size of the port, however the robot is only 30' tall and I would guess the port isn't all that big, I mean I would expect it to be about the size of a fighter jet's fuel port (however big that is?). The reason for that thought is that this thing was built to defend the US from incoming Russian nukes and you wouldn't want to have to find a special fuel thing if this thing needs to be over Canada to stop in coming nukes.

Emm- guess I should ask.

 

[Talon5]

Not to be unheroic, but I know what happens to a car when you dump sugar into its fuel tank. Now, imagine your car was a giant robot. . .

Actually it has no fuel and can't fly (if it could we (Spinerette and Corsair would be watching the robots flight on CNN, while Palasade and Dynamo battled it somewhere- they fly faster then Corsaid and Spin can't fly). Its been using "jump jets" to "leap" a couple hundred feet at a time.

Another option: can you lure the robot into a giant pit trap? Or gum up its legs with some sort of sticky substance? The great molasses flood of Boston suggests a solution, if there are any factories close enough to steal giant retaining tanks out of. Hmmm.. thanks to Google, I see that Westway Tradings Corp has a huge molasses facility on Chicago's waterfront. Go get 'em, guys!

Presently the idea is-
Dig a big hole, leave the pavement intac, drop a big wrecking yard magnet into the hole and run power to it (if we can then pin the magnet to the ground- if not then it works for plan B to have a giant magnet stuck to it).

Place the pavement back over the hole (camoflauge the hole).

Place some steel cable in front of the hole, if it walks through the cables then use the cables and TK to trip Mr Roboto, bam- he falls into the hole, magnet on sticking a whole bunch of weight to his chest (maybe we should line the bottom of the hole with I Beams?). The cables being metal would tend to stick to him like a static cling sock to a polyester shirt.

Palisade jumps on his back and pushes down- pinning him. She could use a bus to aid her in this (the bus would be extra endcumbrance to the robot as it tried to stand as would the magnet).

Corsair would either help her or the other two as they moved in to open the port, and fire some serious electricity into the port.

Spin would be using her webbing to pin the port open so incase he escapes we can take pot shots at the port.

I am playing with the idea of placing all the dirt from the holes into big garbage bens, Palisade could use this weight to hold the Robot down.

Should we be able to hold him and not take him out then maybe we can weld some I Beams to his frame to keep his legs and arms from moving (problem with that idea is that Dynamo has no Hero Points left and I think that plan would require one).

As it goes right now- we're waiting 'til saturday to get this going (its our day to game), problem is that the GM might have to work, one Player's Mom is still recovering from her five days in the hospital and Spin's Player will not be joining us as she will be working. So it might yet be another week before we can do this- god I hope not.

 

[DragonLancer]

The idea of getting inside could be a good one. In theory you would only need to pull a bunch of wires out to stop it, though things are never that easy.

 

[Faerl'Elghinn]

You need somebody with some "stopeing power" to "stope" this "unstopable" robot... Try someone with that power whereby they can project themselves into a computer... I can't remember the name offhand.

 

[sinmissing]

RTFM!

1) The creator used a language to program the robot. He also had a method of communicating with the robot. So there is a control room somewhere - inside the robot, or hidden elsewhere. Try to find the original defense contract for the project, and see how the money was spent. You might find a clue as to whether a hidden base was built to drive the robot, activate the robot, and give it instructions.

2) Is the robot fully articulated? Is it a 50s style boxey thing? If so, try attaching a tether to its back. If it can't remove the tether, you could maybe suspend it, or carry it to a giant pool of cement.

3) Does it avoid power lines, or walk through them? Does it seem to know the lay of the land, or does it have to double back when it encounters an obstacle? If it seems to be moving along perfectly, someone may be feeding it info. GPS technology was not very prevalent during the cold war. In fact, public consumer GPS products didn't become popular until the last 10+ years or so, almost 10 years after the cold war ended. If you can find out when it was built, you might get a clue as to what its doing on its own (preprogrammed) and whether it is being assisted (driven).

4) Focus on one body part, called shot, whatever. Remove its hip or neck.

5) Cover it with molten rubber, plastic, or cement, surround it with a radar/radio jammer. If it still is moving toward chicago, someone is inside, or someone is controlling it. Refer to the design specs from the original defense contract - it should tell you what its communication capabilities are so you can zero in on its weakness.

6) How about determining whether the robot has an aversion or disposition to his creator? Disguise yourself like the creator and try and command him. Dress up hundreds of dummies like the creator and make a barrier. If you do find some command sequences, also find tapes of the creators voice. Disguise yourself like the creator, then use some audio technology to make it sound like the creator is issueing commands.