Character Bio: Jonathan Kart

[kart]

Welp, why not.


Name: Jonathan Kart (Human Male)
Age: 35~40 years old (Does not remember.)
Appearance: Light-skinned, blue eyed, dark brown hair in a buzzcut/similar short style. Average height, skinny. Russian complexion. Weak. Always seen in labcoat. Satchel.
Backstory: Used to work as a Roboticist for Nanotrasen very long ago, and claims to have worked for the 'Space Kremlin' even before that. Never stops drinking. Claims to have some kind of a degree in AI. Forgot what he wanted to forget.
Skills/Gifts: Awesome Roboticist, Competent Electrician, Dabbling Scientist, Legendary Drunk, Clever-ish
Disabilities: Memory impairment, Low temper, Bad fighter, Asshole, Weak, Apathetic

Medical Record: Weak immune response, low tolerance to substances other than Alcohol.
Security Record (General Alerts): Multiple cases of drunken fights in bars all over the galaxy.
Security Record (Nanotrasen): Dishonorably Discharged for Tresspassing the vault, Drinking in public and disorderly conduct, Threatening to kill the crew, manipulating the Station nuclear device with tools. (Note: Who hired this moron to begin with?)



Good enough?

[Nullbear]

Yeah! Note though, There is no roboticist Job. You'll probably be stuffed in MR and CT. Which is, effectively the same thing, i guess. But more complicated...

[kart]

Well, we can build robots and AI's still, or little robo-pals?
I guess I can just specialize in that somewhat, and get taught some engineering-construction IC to help.

[Nullbear]

Hehe... Well yeah of COURSE you can still make AI's and Robo-pals and cyborgs.. They're just overhauled a shitton, and intense...

Its no longer a recipe you follow, you design them yourselves. For the sake of an example, you could build a little bot with a simple ai you programmed, that just skiddles around the kitchen/bar, jabbing people in the lips with a fork saying EAT master EAT!

[kart]

That sounds like my dream job. I guess Ill be a computer technician at CT.

Will construction bots be a posibility?
For example, a little floorbot-style dude that starts off somewhere and builds supports off into space in a programmed pattern (or does even more).

How far can the IC AI programming go?

[Nullbear]

I havent gotten to it just yet, But I have plans for remembering programmed movement patterns (like the firring range room in the brig.), Recieving input from various components, whether it be a button someone pushes, or it seeing a wall ahead of them, etc.

What i have as an idea for right now, is that there are several tiers of "processor" boards. The higher tier boards having a larger code limit and/or number of component slots.
The processor would recieve input from certain components, and then determine what to do via its internal programming, and output to other components(ie. legs.)

Components would be labelled like Comp_1, Comp_2 or Comp[1] Comp[2] as variables for the processor code. So assuming component 1 is a button, and component 2 is a light.

the processor code could be: "If Comp[1] then Comp[2]=true(or 1)"
If button is pushed, activate component 2.

Depending on the advancedness of the components, they could have multiple slots themselves, Lets say we give a box treads, The treads have two inputs: On/Off, Direction, and Power.
You would attach to the power input a battery, this would affect how fast it could go, so another component in between could be used to control speed.
Direction would be a variable between 1 and -1.

If Comp[1] then Comp[2]=-1 To turn left, Or "1" to turn right once.
From here, you could either pulse the variable once, or toggle it, toggling it would just making a spinning box...
Same for power, You could have it going forwards forever, or one step at a time.

Complex Logic would be harder to program, but since it all gets saved to the world, you could work on it another day, another round, and be where you were last.

Mechs would be the apex of CT and MR's collaboration, using some of the most advanced CT logic and interfaces, and preferably the best MR has to offer.
CT handles for the most part, Logic, and Interfaces.
MR Handles for the most part, the actual physical components, So THEY would need to create a component that can lay lattices, and you would be able to use it in a robot.

[Nullbear]

IC Programming would probably have as little or as much detail as DM, Limited only by the max characters in a processor.
Hard drives would be a way to expand the processor.

[kart]

Id like to make a remote controlled lattice-layer bot (robot + spacemovementthing + gps + antenna + camera + processor) and corresponding remote control card, perhaps for use in a PDA? Could that be done (given cooperation and parts from MR)?
Once thats done, perhaps I could have a kind of server remotely controlling a bunch of these drones, constructing entire new areas in concert.
Its been done in minecraft.

[Nullbear]

Yeah, It could be done. Cartridges are a thing for PDA's Or well, They're intended to be just software packages that only work when plugged in. CT can make them.
As for the robot+components, Most of them seem like they could be pretty simple, only a few things would be needed from MR, Such as the movement, and lattice-layer.
The remote control could just be an antenna with buttons on it. Since the base PDA's have built in antennas, and the buttons could be "soft"buttons, A cartridge could be the most efficient.

One of the other reasons for using cartridges instead of disks (There will be both) Is that cartridges contain their own hard drives, so it wouldn't fill up the rather limited hard drive on the pda.

In either case, Thanks for the suggestion, We haven't gotten much so far. I'll make sure its possible IC to make remote-lattice-laying-robots.

[Nullbear]

Softdev, about 33% of CT, would probably make the most use out of interfaces (Would be made just like paperwork, only it would allow for colors, tables, etc. I'll make a tutorial for it, but I'm not so good at html myself.), And making use of the components on a particular machine.

The other 66% Of CT Would be split as well, Into the harder softdev, or rather, Operating systems and the like. And the other would be the actual electronic components.

MR Would be split similarly. A fraction of MR would focus on building materials, construction materials, etc. Such as making stronger,tamperproof walls.
Another would be for Advanced component design, Like the latticelayer.
And the last would be for building actual prototypes, And putting all the parts together.

For the first two stages of each department, you do not have to work together, For the last, CT can cooperate with MR to make advanced shiznits, Or can make use of other machines on-board. Like the PDA, or computers.
MR as well does not neccessarily have to work with CT, considering Stun batons and Duraluminum walls dont need logic circuits, but could profit much from doing so.

[kart]

When can I start?
Also, do you have an IRC channel for this somewhere?

[Nullbear]

Check the top of the main page, should work fine for that.

And I've mentioned it a few times, But i don't think I'll have anything playable until october.

[kart]

Chatbox isnt really the same thing. But its fine.

[Nullbear]

buildstation.chatango.com then? Bahaha.
It updates instantly, you can PM folks, and it saves messages. What more did you need from it?

[kart]

Its just that I already use IRC and many projects have irc channels so I asked.

[kart]

Say, Ive seen some people ask for special items and such.
I dont want much. A hat might be nice.
I also feel it would be completely in character to have a somehow-infinite amount of vodka on my person. (Science.)

[Nullbear]

Bahaha, You can have vodka in your locker. But not infinite amounts.
As for the hat. What kind?

[kart]

A grey baseball cap. The greyest. Official Greyshirt Greyhat.
Also, I will need a trinket that converts solid plasma into vodka. This will lead to fun.
And if at all possible, a flask. Cant not have that.