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Introduction to Robotics, Friday

"Hey," Kaidan greeted the class, "This is gonna be your last class-- and probably mine." Alliance command willing. Wasn't that he disliked this place, but there was probably something more useful he could be doing. "So let's make something of it. I want to see your projects-- everything you've been working on these past few weeks. Did they turn out the way you wanted? If they didn't, why not?"

He crossed his arms. "Oh, and we're going to put them through something of an obstacle course," he added, looking lightly amused. "If it doesn't work... you have my permission to roll it."

They were teenagers. They'd appreciate that, he was pretty sure.

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Like you've got a robot.

Lex Luthor

Topher Brink

Victor Mancha

Anakin Solo

William Murdoch

Shane Gooseman

Thomasina Coverly

Or do something else while Kaidan's talking.

Topher was... maybe bouncing a little at the idea of sending his drone through an obstacle course.

Shut up, you had your squee-y moments, Topher had his.

Anakin, bent over his datapad with his hair falling into his eyes, was just going to take the lecture time to go over his droid's code for about the trillionth time.

He hadn't altered it in the last several dozen reviews, but that wasn't stopping him from checking again.

And again.

And possibly again.

Does it work? If it doesn't, why not? What does it do? Why does it do that? And... anything else you'd like to tell the class about it.

"It works," Victor volunteered, frowning at his drone. "It's not fancy, I'd like to improve the shielding, but we ran out of time."

"Mine is probably somewhat less sophisticated compared to those of my classmates," William acknowledged. "But I wanted to create a device that could be used for surveilliance, using materials that could be made available in my own time," he'd cheated a little with the camera, but according to his research it wouldn't be too much longer before film was developed (pardon the pun), so he hadn't let that stop him. "The lack of sophistication means it cannot be remotely activated or controlled, merely wound and then set loose." He had his doubts regarding whether it would manage the obstacle course, but he was going to give it a try anyway.

Thomasina was frowning at her drone, shaking her head softly.

"Mine is... incomplete," she admitted, though each word had to be dragged past a tongue that wished to refuse them. She didn't like failing. "I have been able to program it for movement, but I appear to have made an error while modifying the code for processing input."

It was rather roughly put together, too, although -- despite a lack of references that even the least technically-inclined of her classmates would have, by virtue of having been born later -- she'd done fairly well for herself, mentally taking apart the blueprints and schematics until they made sense to her. There was just too much for her to learn in too short a time when you started as far back as she did.

Ooooh.

First, you'll want to get your drone to patrol in the first place. So: ready, get set, get moving.

Obstacle one is... well, an obstacle. Or rather, a large container. Is your drone smart enough to go around it?

... he's starting you off small.

... did you enjoy the going easy part?

Because this is not the going easy part.

There's a bunch of LOKI mechs running around the chaotic area full of containers up ahead, and they're trying to shoot your drone down!

...Their guns only hold a mild charge, so if your drone is hit, it'll just need to be reactivated.

And then there's the YMIR mech.

Screw fighting: get running and avoid those missiles!

This being the Danger Shop, the missiles will, again, only set your drone to the 'off' position.

There's just a long stretch of containers and the odd cavernous drop (with a drone-operated bridge) to the finish line!

Get going and don't pay too much attention to the mechs running after you.

Cross the finish line!

And receive your complimentary bag of cookies for completing the course. Kaidan likes to provide an incentive.

Topher, one last time!

Topher was totally around, watching his drone try to tackle the mechs. And was not-at-all-subtly doing that thing bowlers did while watching their bowling balls swerve down the lane, where he kept tilting his body a little to encourage his drone to follow suit. It was about as effective as it was for bowlers (which was to say 'not,') but fortunately his drone seemed to be doing fine on its own.

Which was good. Otherwise Topher might have tantrumed.

Yeah, he did spend an awful lot of time last night gleefully tweaking the Danger Shop and geeking out about it, why? He's never gotten to work on a simulation like this before, and Pinnacle Station was a pretty interesting place when he visited it.

I... will be spending a vast portion of the coming day at Gamescom in Germany, possibly trying to stalk Bioware employees.

If you want an NPC, ping below and I'll try to get back to you during the evening hours.

ETA: Never mind. My brother's car stopped working, so now we're at a garage and I'll be home by dinnertime.

Edited 2012-08-17 13:40 (UTC)

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Final #1: Talk About Your Drone

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Final #2: Obstacle Course!

Final #2: Obstacle Course! : Patrol

Final #2: Obstacle Course! : Obstacle

Final #2: Obstacle Course! : Ambush!

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Final #2: Obstacle Course! : Escape!

Final #2: Obstacle Course! : Finish Line

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