you are special, you can see secrets.

Read the sign over the mystery door. If it's in an unknown language or code, record an image of it for potential future analysis.

>Touch door
Well, check the door frame for any buttons, interface sockets, or similar possible controls before just touching the door itself. Uh... Do you even have hands or other manipulators to touch it with? 'Cause mashing your faceplate against the metal doesn't sound like it'd be the most effective.

Press your audio and vibration sensors against the door to attempt to sense any sounds that may be coming from the far side. Knock on the door when you do this to attempt to determine how thick it is and it's composition by the speed of vibration propagation through it and how long it takes for the vibration to reflect off the surface of the other side of it. Basically sonar scan it.

Do you have an x-ray or deep penetrating radar in your sensor suite you could use on this door?

>Unknown model
If it's not in the Database, then it may be missing or hidden like this door is. Instead of checking for the specific model, examine what the hardware mounted on it looks like and compare that against what is in the Database for exact and similar matches.

hmmm maybe all of these unknowns are based on pay grade/rank. Can you get promoted or are all models stuck at what they were designed for?

Suggestion 2013/07/17(Wed)08:57 No. 525043 ID: a5d4fb
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>>524983
The sign reads. in !08481:
"RESTRICTED AREA
ACCESS FORBIDDEN"

And of course I have arms! What, do you think these nubs were just for show?

We are not equipped with any lasers other than the Omega-tier, which is standard on all low-level reconnoiter units.

>>524962
Here is a closer view of the unknown model. None of these.. protrusions are familiar to me. No other model in the database possesses any similar structure. They do appear to be organic in nature, rather than metallic...

Suggestion 2013/07/17(Wed)09:03 No. 525044 ID: a5d4fb
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>>524983
Now, to analyze the exit.

Preliminary scan located an abnormally high density of inscriptions on the door's surface... right about... here.

Stand by for scan results.

> *rumble*

>>525044
Rumble? I think you'd better move out of sight.

get out of sight real quick and make sure nothing is on the other side. Then get a good look at what is behind the door (once you're sure nobody is on the other side) and report what you see. further orders are pending and well be based off of what you find.

Model 306-DZ 2013/07/18(Thu)16:19 No. 525370 ID: a5d4fb
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The door's opening --

!!!

-- My agility has saved us for now, but we need to act fast if we want to avoid detection.

I can activate our Stealth Cloak, making us invisible to most units, but we won't be able to move more than 0.5 meters a second while it's active, and our battery usage will triple, bringing the rate of decay to 5.04% an hour. (It's been 2 hours since we emerged from the containment pod.)

Should we activate Stealth mode? Hurry!

Yes move off to one side a bit more and turn on stealth.

That robot appears to have a alarm on its head and until we know more about whats going on its best to be careful.

>>525370
Access forbidden means we'll be in trouble if we go in there. I see no reason to go stealth unless we were going to trespass. Which we shouldn't.

So instead, just go ask that security synth what's behind the door, and why it's missing from the blueprints. Also ask what the heck this Unknown model is.

aw the hell with this, unless the area we are in now is restricted I say just head off to where all the recon drones were meant to head off to anyways... Maybe move to the other side of the container you're hiding behind and let that one bot pass before you head off.

Model 306-DZ 2013/07/18(Thu)21:45 No. 525458 ID: a5d4fb
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Decided to err on the side of caution and sneak behind the Unknown, but -- it's approaching --

>>525458
Directly to our right...

...

That's a giant eyeball.

>>525458
Engage Stealth Cloak, it's got a weapon out. I'd prefer not to get injured at this juncture, whether or not we decide to trespass.

>>525460

O
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>>525458
o shi-...
ooooooshit

we can try to explain ourselves and get out of this fine; we can make our bluff more convincing if we act scared and nervous like 001-AA was before. Being the scouting drone we are, mention it is part of programming to be curious and investigate the unknown. the introduction of this unmapped door was irresistable.

I don't wanna go stealthing anywhere within the unknown model's right field of vision... somehow, I get the uneasy feeling that the its giant peeper can see invisible models. And once we do stealth, it would promptly alert the security drone.

>>525467
i have to agree

>>525458
>>525467
>>525469

AUGHPLEASEDONTHURTME*coversface*

Model 306-DZ 2013/07/19(Fri)09:08 No. 525513 ID: a5d4fb
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>>525471
>>525467
"AH, stop, please don't hurt me!"
> ARITE KID, WHATTA YA DOIN' HEAH? THIS A RESTRICTED AREAH!
"Uh, I, uh, my b-blueprints were incomplete! This exit is completely unmapped, so... s-scouting drone's curiosity, y-y'know!"
> ...
the expression on his optical port softens
> YAH LUCKY I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON BREAK. OTHERWISE, I'D TURN YOU IN FOR REPROCESSING FOR SUCH AN OUTRAGEOUS BREACH OF PROTOCOL. AS IT IS, YAH FREE TAH GO, BUT DON'T LEMME CATCH YOU 'ROUND HERE AGAIN. OMNI COMM. HAS NO PROBLEM WIT' ME OFFIN' A NOBODY LIKE YOU TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUTTA.
"Y-yes sir, of course, sir!"
> ... GOTTA REASON YOU STILL STANDIN' THERE?
"Permission for inquiry?"
> *SIGH* ARITE, BUT MAKE IT QUICK.
"Why has this exit been expunged from the database?"
His gleaming viewport tightens once again. You get the feeling you're really pushing your luck.
> YER KIDDING, RIGHT? THAT'S CLASSIFIED. NOW GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE YOUR CUTE LITTLE FACE PISSES ME OFF EVEN MORE THAN IT A'READY HAS.
The grumpy little model glares at you until you scamper off the way you came.

Eventually, we return to this location >>524625 . Batteries at 75%. Standing order 1D is still in effect.

Input command.

>>525513
To do: Earn security clearance to find out what's going on back there. It's probably just weapons research or something, but I'm still curious.

Let's go to Route 1. Time to get to work!

alright lets get 1D started then, we've dicked around enough.

Model 210-WL 2013/07/19(Fri)20:55 No. 525667 ID: a5d4fb
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Obedient to the last, you march to your designated chute among dozens of other 306s and slide to its outpour at an aero-hangar. A nervous-looking cargo unit loads you all into a Model 520-HE preparing for departure. A few weak radio broadcasts jitter through your head, mentioning something about an airdrop, but you can't quite make it out over the collateral interference of a nearby jammer drone. You pack in among the bodies of your comrades and set your power consumption to Hibernate as the vessel cautiously warms its thrusters.

But that's boring!

You are now an utterly exhausted Model 210-WL. You've just finished dealing with the latest nut-job who waltzed into your jurisdiction looking for an answer to a question he doesn't even have the capacity to comprehend. A truth so potent, so vital to an understanding of the status quo, nay, the world, that --

Well. You like to think it's something that important, but in reality you have literally no idea what you're even supposed to be keeping secret. OMNI Command is pretty well-run in that respect; they keep a hard tab on the "need-to-know" status of their underlings. Might be nice if this particular underling got to know a charging station sometime soon, though... oof.

You're 3 hours past due for a break, but next shift's 210 hasn't shown up yet. Scummy bucket of bolts probably fell through a guardrail or somethin' on his way to the navigation terminal. You got no bleeps on yer proximity scanner, and Tiny here seems to be doin' just fine on his own... still, if you get caught deserting yer post, it's reprocessing fer you. Not like you haven't skirted that line today anyway, what with yer unexplained-mood-swing-of-mercy stunt back there, with that joker in the stilts. Don't wanna push yer luck, here, but screws if you ain't tired.

So would ya input command, already?

>>525667
b...but I wanted to scout...

What was that model next to the entrance? Who is this Tiny person?

Model 210-WL 2013/07/19(Fri)21:34 No. 525671 ID: a5d4fb
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>>525668
You mean you don't know Tiny? Well, Tiny's just my name for him, I don't really got any word on 'is official name - all my database queries have returned a "Model Unknown" error. They probably just a little slow updatin', is my guess.

But tall, dark, and gruesome over here? He's been a huge help in keepin' them nosy drones outta this neck o' the facility. Why, I barely even need to use my proximity scanner at all anymore, since dis guy just outright spots 'em first thing after they stick their little heads in the end o' that corridor out there. After that, it's only a matter of walkin' out the door and yellin' at 'em 'til they book it, or win themselves a one-way ticket to a, uh, "Fresh Start", if ya know what I mean.

>>525671
Oh god that's a bag of organs connected to Tiny outside. What's that little guy walking around, then? What stuff is there to see in here?

Can you talk to the little guy and ask him to find someone to cover for you while you recharge, maybe?

so how often do nut jobs come around here for you to scare off, and isn't there someone you can complain to about the other guy not showing up for work?

Recite primary and secondary objective!

How about attempting to contact the unit that's supposed to relieve you? You've got a network connection, don't you? So lookup its network ID/serial number and make a call or shoot off a direct message yelling at it that it better get its chassis over here ASAP before you report in its tardiness. If you get no reply, then report the idiot in and request another 210 model to relieve you long enough for you to recharge.

However, if you have no means to contact another unit directly, then lookup the tardy unit's ID number and check it against the incident report and repair databases for this sector; Maybe it actually did fall through a guardrail or something? Then report the idiot if it doesn't show a reason for it to not be here and request a relief unit.

But if you can't get someone to take your place over here so you can recharge, could you get the charger to come to you? Are there any port-a-charger models around in this classified sector you could contact or put in a request to come over here? Or an emergency portable charger unit you could ask that 001-AA strolling by to bring to you?

Model 210-WL 2013/07/20(Sat)20:41 No. 525945 ID: a5d4fb
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>>525675
Why, that's a great idea!
"Hey, short stuff!"
> W-wha?
"WatchmypostformewhileIrunandgetacharge?"
> I-I, uh...!
"Great! Be back soon!"

>>525865
Yer advice makes a lotta sense. Or at least, it would, if I hadn't already reported the numb-skull for absence from both da network and 'is post. My immediate superior (a 260-FI with a temper to roast a 800 series' motherboard) has kindly alerted me that he is actively seeking a replacement. But, knowing him, that translates roughly to 'Get outta my intake valve before I eject you into the incinerator.'

Got nada on the incident report wavelengths, and the likelihood of a portable charging unit (154-QM, I believe? They set fellas up for off-site expeditions?) in this kind of restricted area is approximately one-half of zippo. Ain't no units can come back here 'cept my kinds of security, maintenance types, and these little bite-sized bozos.

>>525675
Crazies make themselves my problem more often than you'd think, but who they is depends on the time o' day, usually. Frequency-wise, I'd say they was pretty close to 3 or 4 per 24-hour period, but dat's just guesstimatin'.

>>525704
Relevant Standing Orders:
1H.0: Security & Disciplinary Units: Punishment protocols have been upgraded to Level 3. Any and all delinquent models' serial numbers are to be reported for reprocessing immediately upon transgression. Violations are grounds for termination.
1H.1: Security Units: Increase shift duration by 50%. Models are to be scanned at random for anomalous behavior or morphology; report atypical results to superiors within 0.2 minutes or risk termination.

Model 210-WL 2013/07/20(Sat)20:41 No. 525946 ID: a5d4fb
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>>525675
>What stuff is there to see in here?
In here? Oh, not much.

*furious hyperventilation*

>>525946
Good grief, what is wrong with the people in charge? You can't keep a nation going by killing everything that's slightly different, alongside giving security guards way more work to do AND a reason to fear for their lives. There's gonna be a rebellion soon, count on that.

Anyway, what is all this stuff?

your charge station nearby because I don't really know how useful that little guy is going to be and if he fucks up it will still most likely be on your head.

>>525946
WAIT JUST A SECOND. Are those HUMANS in the BG?

Model 210-WL 2013/07/21(Sun)22:24 No. 526259 ID: a5d4fb
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>>525946
Oh, dat stuff? Real borin', just a repair drone, dah intake valve for dah big tank, 'n a juice filter, I think. Not too sure. Not really my job ta know, ya know?

>>525960
Sure thing, it's jus' rite over -- ah, great. Typical case a' these two Enlightened bitin' off mo' then they can chew. Or, in this case, somethin' else is bitin' up just as much as it wants ta chew...
We could wait this one out, or find a diff'rent charger... Tough call.

>>526259
Ask for an ETA on them moving outta the way.

Also, how far might it be to another charging station?
As bad as it might be to run outta juice, I figure it might look better to the higher-up if we burn out of battery waiting for our replacement, as opposed to preserving yourself by going and getting a recharge when needed?
I mean, if you run outta battery, you'll just be inert until someone comes along and helps you out right?

Suggestion 2013/07/22(Mon)16:12 No. 526368 ID: a5d4fb
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>>526295
Are you malfunctioning? I'm no use to anyone conked out inna corner. Much better to be seen goin' out in a reckless act of self-interest than to be forever known as "The Model What Knew He Was Gonna Burn Out, and Did Crap-All About It Anyway"

>>526260
"Hey! Hey, you!
HEY! Stinky! Meat-sack! Over here!"
> ...

well if he isn't going to move might as well try and find another recharge station... what model is that guy anyways?

>>526368
Err... what is an Enlightened, exactly?

Poke him?

Model 210-WL 2013/07/22(Mon)22:32 No. 526438 ID: a5d4fb
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>>526260

"I'm talkin' to YOU, pal! Yer blockin' the road!"
> ...
"Yes, YOU. Get this oversized tapeworm out of the mainway before I report you to OMNI for unprovoked, aggressive stupidity."
> ...
"Not to mention possession of a deadly weapon. Nobody should be able to carry around that face o' yours without a permit."
> hhhh
"This IS reportable, you kn--"

>>526438
I think he was asleep, bro. Maybe you should start over.

don't think he's all there, if he's not going to move it might be better if you go to another charging station.

UNIT TERMINATION LOG 2013/07/23(Tue)18:52 No. 526697 ID: a5d4fb
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UNIT TERMINATION LOG INCIDENT REPORT:
00:00:00 Unit disrupted routine tasks of passing 001-AA by overloading its language processing center.
00:00:45 Unit deserted post at [DATA EXPUNGED].
00:01:57 Unit provoked adjacent researchers via extended verbal assault.
00:02:51 Anomalous behavior prompted E-089 to terminate unit in accordance with Standing Order 1H.0, Protocol B: "Termination of dangerous units is authorized when such units interfere with the function or survival of another higher-series unit."
Remains of unit were unable to be recovered.

Unit Model: 210-WL

>>526697

Hey no fair! Where's *our* forehead lasers?

... future note, don't piss these guys off

(if we're talking to these guys now) Think he wanted a charge so he wound't shut down, I mean that's kinda why people go to the charge station... also who's going to guard his post now?

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you feel nothing nothing surrounds you nothing sustains you you feel nothing

For deciding to let us go, we got him vaporized with incompetence. Let's try not to do that with other robots around here. Or maybe that's the order of the day here-incompetent command causing all sorts of incidents like this one.

>>526712
No, he got vaporized for abandoning his post and then mouthing off to the research staff.