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Old 01-11-2019, 05:52 AM   #12
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Default Re: Spaceships as characters—edge cases

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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne View Post
Flying robots in Reign of Steel: Will to Live have Maximum Duration.
Micro Designer's Notes time: for the RoS robots with Maximum Duration, their Flight fuel supply is separate from their general power supply. Increased Consumption would mean that, if the robot runs out of fuel, it shuts down immediately and completely rather than eight hours after its last recharge.

The Hoplite is a good example of this: it has a rocket pack for flight, but how many of those twelve minutes of flight it uses doesn't affect how long it can fight on the ground. Contrast the Spybot, which doesn't have maximum duration – because its rotors run off the same battery that powers the rest of the chassis. (One might have justified Increased Consumption there, but my feeling is that it can stay aloft for its full charge duration – its entire job is to stay aloft, after all, not to perch on a rooftop and watch people.)
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