Giant unstopable robot- HELP!!!

[Talon5]

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.

Dynamo used a Hero Point to try and kill Mr Roboto's power, but it didn't work, Player was rolling crappy and the GM was rolling good. Currently Dynamo is one of the characters that is out of Hero Points and the GM said that we would be starting where we left off- so no regen on the Hero Points.

Thanks for the idea thou- its a good one.

 

[Talon5]

RTFM!

RTFM? Really Tall Floor Model? Sorry, not sure what that mean.

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.

We are hoping that the FBI- in research mode at the Fenris base, will find something like that and alert us to the location. Presently the group is trying to deal only with Mr Roboto

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.

Near as I can tell or recall he's fully articulated. The GM is using a sentinal figure for Mr Roboto, and the description seemed to be as such, thou it has been a couple of weeks.

He's head turns 360 degrees so teethers won't work as he has laser energy blasts in his eyes and a sonic blast from his mouth which he can use to attack the cables.

Spinnerette has used her 8 lvls of Snare, but Mr Roboto just shrugs them off like a loose fitting coat. Will try that thou when we wrap the cables about him, if we can't get to his fuel tanks.

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).

To my knowledge he's just walking towards something. He seems to be sticking to the roads, stepping on cars, jumping everyone in a while, I think he's AI has him headed for something/place.

Fenris brought him to life and I don't think they were quite ready for him to jump up and walk away as they haven't had him for very long and it seems they only put him together then began getting his reactor started.

Not sure, maybe he's following street signs? Maybe he has an old military GPS (you could get those on the black market a long time before civilians got their hands on them legally)? All in all thou- have no idea how he's getting around or what he's doing.

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

Ya, its the d20 thing- no locations. Something else (think I mentioned this- but i could be wrong)- Dynamo was the only one to even scratch the paint. He is the only one to even get one point through and together the group has done exactly one point of damage to him. This thing is tougher then we can damage in otherwords.

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.

Interesting test idea. We're gonna try to trap it first, if that fails then we'll try interupting its feed, check for in coming radio signals or what ever, thou its my understanding that its on its own- running a program, thou i could be wrong <shrug> won't know 'til Saturday (hopefully).

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.

FBI working the specs angle.

There was one guy that built the thing, and he died a few years back.

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.

The robot seems to have no concern where its walking or what it steps on (as I recall), people arn't directly targetted but if they don't move they get squashed. Point of saying that is- if he doesn't care who he steps on then he more then likely doesn't care about the creator.

Again thou, that is a good idea, we have a plan right now, I don't have a lot of faith in it so I am trying to come up with more ideas, and that one will be added to the growing list.

I thank you very much for the considerable time you spent working on these ideas.

 

[sinmissing]

You're wasting your time with the feds.

There was one guy that built the thing, and he died a few years back.

Right. Make the GM squirm when you use his own flavor text against him. All government defense contracts are won by meeting criteria set by the government.

For example, the gov just doesn't ask for a rifle, and then everyone rushes off to get it one. No, the gov says the rifle has to weigh so much, have certain tolerances, its amunition can only be so big, it must be dismantable by someone with an 8 INT, etc.

If the robot was built for the government, there is bound to be some specs lying around; possibly at the pentagon. That's why I say you are wasting your time with the FBI. The FBI is civilian. You need military.

Course if the bad guys already go to that information . . . .

Um, one more thing. I don't know how old your group is, but if your GM is calling the thing, "Mr. Roboto" he might be giving you a clue that there isn't much to worry about. It could be a huge distraction from something more devious

"Thankyou very much Mr. Roboto, for doing the job nobody wants to. . ."

Again, depends on how much the badguys know.

 

[Talon5]

You're wasting your time with the feds.

Personal feelings aside re- The Feds, the campaign is suppose to be a Four Color, Silver Age, Black and White campaign- so says the GM. Me I prefer areas of gray, as does he, but this campaign is suppose to be about good vs evil. So I really have to push my own feelings aside and play it like the Feds are nice and kind and have our interests in their heart (dif not the real world, thats for sure).

Right. Make the GM squirm when you use his own flavor text against him. All government defense contracts are won by meeting criteria set by the government.

Actually he (Professor Q (can't remember his name and my notes are elsewhere) was the only guy that made was working on it- he said he could build it DARPA funded him, he failed the tests and they yanked his funding, then continued on his own. Where he got the funding we know not, maybe he was richer then the GM has let in/on. When he died DARPA went in- because he had built so much for them, and collected all of his gear, put it in storage containers and stored it.

Super Heros and villians showed up and someone remembered "hay, wasn't there a giant robot somewhere around in one of those storage things in the mid west?"

If the robot was built for the government, there is bound to be some specs lying around; possibly at the pentagon. That's why I say you are wasting your time with the FBI. The FBI is civilian. You need military.

The only chance we have that the specs are anywhere is in the storage containers- because the project was a flop as far as DARPA is concerned- well up until he began walking down the highway between where it broke out and where its headed towards now.

FWIW- the military is on site, we have muscled our way in and bold stated- "we've got this, Colonel," well not really what we said, but its what we did. They know the history, know whats happening and know whats up.

The FBI was in charge of the raid that was on the Fenris base, where it was awakened.

Um, one more thing. I don't know how old your group is, but if your GM is calling the thing, "Mr. Roboto" he might be giving you a clue that there isn't much to worry about. It could be a huge distraction from something more devious

nah- thats just what I am calling it in this forum. And yes, I am that old.

 

[Zarannya]

Couple of tools at hand...

Dont know if the great robot mystery has been solved yet...but have a couple suggestions.

First: Contact Tokyo. Who better to ask advice for fending off giant robots than the people who constantly battle the giant critters such as Godzilla and Co.?

On a more serious note...I don't know how up your GM is on the way military style technology works, but the fuel for this robot sounds like a little more high quality than your average car uses. As such, most fuels of this type are ignited by electricity...so here is a idea.

Flying tank and spider lady work to access the hatch. Incorporate the cable trick to buy enough time to do this. Shocker goes in to zap the fuel tank with electricity, and use flying tank and telekinetic to help make the getaway when the thing blows...unless you have a sadistic gm that makes it fireproof. This might at least blow off one of the feet.

Another thing is it sounds as if the thing may have access or control codes. Have you tried to confuse the IFF? if you try shooting missiles at it try to make sure they sound like Russian missiles...the robot may not shoot at US missiles. Need to get those codes or the control center...NOBODY makes a big piece of electronic and computerized machinery of any type without a backdoor. Also look for a backup control center for it?

Just a couple thoughts...don't know if any of it will work but worth a try.