LT-I16 Creation

[Captain Monkeypants]

Dave,

I've thought of a few ideas and a few questions. First, what size would be the smallest i'm able to make it? Medium = x1 modifier, Small = x2, Tiny = x5. I dont know what size we would consider the laptop, but obviously if its small, then we cant make a tiny machine. I am willing to spend a good portion of the money i have (26k on this).

Second, when i was reading, it seemed like the droid had the options of either being one heroic level or 3 non-heroic levels. That said, i dont have any clue if that's correct, i'll read it more tonight.

Third, I guess it would be cheaper/faster to just buy a premade robot (3PO style) and just replace/add the laptop to it. I looked and a 3PO model and it costs 3300 (i think that's right). I dont know if you'd allow this.

What i have envisioned is that i want a hovering (5k x modifier) talking robot as small as i can get it so it can just follow me as we adventure and when the shit hits the fan, run and hide in my backpack. It would be able to verbalize with us so that we could ask it questions. I dont have any plans of it being any form of combat oriented (at this point, i seriously doubt in the future this will change, but who knows) and so i'm not creating any weapon mounts. I do plan on it having a hidden compartment large enough for a blaster pistol but nothing much bigger.

Thats my plan at the moment.

[moviedave]

Here are my quick thoughts without researching the book or a ton of thought.

You could make a tiny droid out of the laptop but then you probably could not still have space for a hold out blaster or anything hidden.

I'll look at the whole what level thing.

A premade droid would be cheaper, but it would basically carry your laptop in a compartment. It's kinda different than building a droid around your computer. I think it's a way cooler concept to just keep adding shit to the laptop so it is still at its heart, your computer.

I think the no combat option is good also because it stays in the spirit of the computer becoming basically more mobile and eventually becoming a droid.

[Captain Monkeypants]

after thinking about it a little more, i'm thinking my current idea is this:

A size category small, hovering (10,000 credits) robot, not adapt to combat, no compartments (maybe worth looking into, once i see how hovering works), able to speak in only a language that it and i can speak (possibly binary, maybe something random like bothan).

I want it to have a tool attachment (that being a jack of some sort so that i can plug it into terminals/mainframes, etc), and maybe a lightsource attachment as well depending on how hovering works. for instance, I'm thinking of the elevator shaft incident. If we had it, could hovering ascend/descend with us or does hovering mean the object stays x feet off the ground. I'm thinking the latter, but i cant remember what all the other options were (maybe flying is one)

Other things, I know we were joking talking about having the "wookiepedia" on it, but equating it to C3PO where he can speak all those knowledges, could he just have a wealth of knowledge rather than languages? Also, how would that work in relationship to knowledge rolls? (I'm planning on taking "well-educated" as my next talent which basically allows me to make all knowledge rolls untrained (i believe, but i didnt read it too carefully)).

My goal is to give it some form of personality, mainly a comic relief feeling if it were a movie. For instance, when i think of something that's a DC 5-10 it might say something like "Well, everyone knows that....." and if the DC is 30+ something like "Well, in my vast adventures throughout the galaxy i learned....". Nothing amazing, but just kind of a "I'm smarter than you" attitude, figuring that if this creature and keira's droid get together, they can have a fun "fleshbag" bashing time (let's be serious, it's got a 16 int, that's just amazing).

[moviedave]

I like the track your on. I probably will not have it do everything you want right from the start. There has to be something to work for. Also, Hovering and flying would be seperate. the droid could not "hover" up the elevator shaft. It could hover down quickly and make a jump check to reduce damage.

I think, in game, the first thing you should do to the laptop is give it a hueristic processor. This will let the computer start to "learn" from experience, and start to form a personality. Next would be to hook a tool or probe up to it so it can interface with ships, computers, etc. You may want to still carry your laptop for a little bit as your computer evolves.

[Captain Monkeypants]

sounds good. I am still toying with the hover/fly because i think flying would be cool, but ultimately useless whereas hovering would just be something "normal".