#draw wire sensor

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STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 00:39:00

[typosandtea]

Also unrelated to the ask game but related to tango; I mostly know about them through your tags and I have gathered that they’re basically haunting a suit of power armour/IS the power armour, right? Please tell me at some point they can scare the shit out of someone by taking their helmet off and revealing an empty husk like in full metal alchemist it would be so fucking funny

@sirmanmister

BASICALLY YEAH!! they are quite secretive about their identity as no longer human, so don't do things like that on purpose very often, that said they are absolutely batshit enough to risk identity to scare some fools ahhaha They have also accidentally spooked Hancock while he was tripping, Tango had a variety of exterior panels removed for repairs including the helmet. they also had their robobrain arms out and were predominately using them, poweramour hands are not dexterous enough for many thing especially soldering / electronics! (Tango though they were alone at the time and Hancock was SO confused)

They are a wastelander turned robobrain, wired into the armour! quite a bit of the armour is modified so bit breaking is more annoying than usual. Tango thinks in biological and is software so can hack software to software when they plug themselves into terminals / robots! Because of the software melding with their brain they can also speak to robots like how codsworth can it’s very useful to overhear the latest gossip haha!

They are self centred and quite prideful, so appearances are important to them, they regularly repaint themselves and dislike being dirty and definitely dislikes being damaged!

Physically their brain is in the armours torso (where the thickest plating is). They also have 4 cores wired parallel for extra power! The cores are also safely mounted inside the armours guts away from stray bullets! They can disengage from the armour but only do so in emergencies as they are super vulnerable in that state! Robobrain head with 2 arms attached basically haha. The armour also has many sensors for proximity and touch wired along much of it, with sight and hearing being wired into the helmet, so losing the helmet is a bit dangerous because now they are blind! (unless they poke their robobrain head out of the torso and use the sensor on that), they have the fo3 style robobrain arms that they can use to repair parts they otherwise couldn’t reach, they actually see these arms as their main arms but people would understandably freak out if the dude in power armour suddenly spawned another set of arms haha so they use the armours arms if they are not alone, and while the robobrain arms are more dexterous, they are not human shaped at all so the armours hands are better at some things like using weapons.

They consider themselves evil (positive) even though nowadays they are at best neutral, hanging out with Preston and Curie and also becoming a minuteman will do that to ya. Has deffiently earnt that evil karma and reputation in the past though :| they were so surprised when Preston asked for help at the museum because at that point they had a carefully curated image going for ‘dangerous and hostile’. Continued exposure to Preston has turned them into a decent if murdery friend (they still claim to be evil bastard though )

here are some bits from their partially finished ref sheet, a recent drawing i've done, some silly head cannons!, and a silly zine?

[mama-qwerty]

Robo Knuckles

Okay, a bit of discord writing. Something something, Knuckles is either turned into a robot, or his entire personality and everything that makes him who he is is downloaded into one. Think Metal Sonic, but in this case the bot kinda IS Knuckles. In a way.

I don't remember if we said this was by Eggman, but I don't think it was. Some other group of scientists or something. I dunno.

ANYWAY, this takes place years and years in the future, when Silver finds the long abandoned base where Robo-Knux is still living, his protective and guardian instincts still driving him.

This was started (as a number of these things usually are) by @nights-nonsensical-ramblings, and then I took it over because my brain went GIMME GIMME. I've noted the different places that Night contributed.

Night

As soon as Silver starts fixing up the old base the robot starts to assist. On closer inspection he can see that the robot has been trying to keep this place maintained, but it’s been a losing battle. The stubborn loyalty to his home reminds Silver of the original Knuckles, and he can’t help but feel deja vu from when he’s watched Knuckles work on Angel Island.

But that’s for another day. He still needs to help this poor abandoned robot and he promises he’ll return with more supplies to help fix the base tomorrow.

And for the first time in many many years a promise of fixing is kept.

Me

As they work together to get the place semi-functional again, the robot seems to be more eager to help. He's often standing at the front, waiting for Silver to come back. He doesn't speak, and Silver can't figure out if it's because his audio circuits are damaged, or if he simply can't.

Memories of Metal Sonic flicker through his mind, but Silver dismisses them quickly. This robot doesn't seem to have any ill intent. He actually does seem to be very much like the Knuckles he remembers.

Over time systems are brought back online. Lights flicker to life. Computers long dead blink awake. Silver isn't as good at technology as Tails was, but he can manage. He flicks through various programs, most of which are of no use or long since defunct. Until he finds the one pertaining to the robotic guardian.

Night

The robot stands beside him as he opens it, watching and observing him as he often does when there’s no task to be done. Silver found it creepy at first, but the robot’s gaze seemed oddly soft, like he was both curious and keeping a watchful eye over him.

Me

A lot of the files are corrupted. Silver can't tell the origin of the metal being next to him, but ultimately decides it didn't really matter. He was here now, what point was there to discovering how he'd come to be? The hedgehog decides to search for diagnostics and schematics instead, trying to make sure his new friend is functioning properly.

It's slow going. Silver isn't really technically inclined, and he needs the robot's help to decipher what a lot of the symbols and labels mean. Through trial and error they slowly begin repairing the metal guardian. Fixing some mobility glitches, patching a few frayed wires. They work for days on what appears to be a vocal speaker. Silver nearly fries the robot's ocular input sensors as he attempts to access the necessary components, and that scares the hedgehog so much he backs off, not wanting to do anything more.

Silver's retreated to the far end of the room, arms hugged around himself. What was he doing?? He wasn't Tails, he didn't know anything about machines, this robot trusted him and he'd nearly caused unfixable damage! He should go. Why was he here anyway? This place didn't exactly seem to be a threat, it wasn't useful to keeping the rest of the world safe. Why was he wasting so much time here? Just because this robot looked like someone he used to know?

Heavy footsteps behind him, drawing closer. He turned, and found the robot echidna mere feet from him. His singular functioning LED eye—the one Silver almost damaged—flickered softly as it locked with Silver's own.

"I don't know what I'm doing," Silver said, and he wasn't sure why he spoke aloud. He wasn't even sure if the robot could hear or understand him. "I don't want to hur—damage you any more than you already are."

The echidna-bot stared for a long moment, before reaching forward and taking gentle hold of Silver's wrist. The bot pulled Silver back to the computer terminal, gesturing to continue.

Silver hesitated. The robot stared, tilting its head toward the console. When the hedgehog still didn't move, the bot reached forward and turned him more square before the computer, and gave a little shove.

A little smile curled Silver's lips. It didn't just look like Knuckles. It seemed to have the same impatience, too.

"You sure?" His voice was soft, with a hint of shake. He really didn't want to mess anything else up. "I might make things worse."

The robot gave a curt nod, before pointing with its large metal mitt.

Silver heaved a sigh, before turning back toward the computer. "Okay. Let's do this."

Hours later. Through careful examination, meticulous comparing the picture on the monitor with the innards of the robot, and more than one near panic attack, Silver worked to repair the metal being.

They'd searched through drawers and cabinets, and managed to find a replacement LED for his . . . its right eye. It was bright green instead of violet, but it worked. The bot gave him a thumbs up when it flickered online.

The voice box was more intricate, and the two had argued over the design. Silver managed to remove what he thought was the speaker, but the robot kept gesturing toward the monitor, pointing at a different area.

"That's in your back, why would your voice box be there?"

The robot pointed almost angrily.

"I see it but that doesn't look like what we need!"

More pointing. A loud whirring sound emanated from its chest. It sounded almost like a growl.

"I don't think that's . . . ugh FINE. I'll check it out."

The bot nodded and turned to allow Silver access. The hedgehog was only doing this to show this stubborn bot that this wasn't . . .

Well, damn.

"You were right."

Silver pulled around the little device the robot had pointed to, and it did better match the schematics of the vocal emulator. The robot held its head up a little, and Silver could imagine Knuckles' smug little smile.

"Yeah, yeah. Finding it is one thing. Fixing it is something else."

It took a long time. Days. The wires were so fine, and the innards so delicate, Silver used his psychokinesis to maneuver around inside it, and even that was painstakingly slow.

But eventually it seemed back to functional order. He reinstalled it, triple checking that everything was connected properly before attaching the last wire. Once done, he stood back, brow furrowed in concern.

"Okay. Try to boot it up. Or whatever you call it."

The robot turned to face him, and its LED eyes flickered slightly as it accessed the repaired component. At first there was nothing, and Silver thought he may have either messed it up, or it had been damaged beyond repair. But then a loud, high-pitched whine split the air, and he slapped his hands over his ears.

The whine cut off, replaced with static. The robot beat its chest with a fist.

"zzzz . . . st-- . . . --pid thi-- . . ."

Another solid pound, and something clicked inside it.

". . . did it work?"

Silver's eyes went wide. His hands dropped to his sides and he stared at the robot.

It didn't just look like Knuckles. It didn't just act like Knuckles.

It sounded like Knuckles, too.

[carionto]

It's too big

Part 1 2 3

"How's the Captain holding up?" the overqualified Haespar Kraus asked Trisha, who was just leaving Knoslark's quarters, with a very fine braid he noted.

"Awful, he didn't ask a single thing about sea turtles. It's like I was talkin' to a brick wall, that can knit. I mean I was literally starin' at a wall, but it's like there was nothin' behind me either."

"Well this won't cheer you up then. We need to go on another expedition."

"Already? No way is Ying up and about already, and this" she points an irritated finger at the sign on Knoslark's door, "stupid thing is technically an order from our superior to not do a damn thing."

"Quite. Another technicality is that we will not be leaving the ship for this journey. Remember how the warp jump fried all our quantum gear, as well as numerous sub-systems and left us with one running reactor? That list also includes the internal ship-wide scanners and most monitoring sensors. And the drone controls."

"No way. She can't be serious." Trisha's face began to pale at the realization of what they were about to embark on.

"I'm afraid so."

"TAMEKI!! DO YOU KNOW HOW BIG THIS STUPID SHIP IS! WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH IT FOR WEEKS!"

"Closer to three months. I did the math." Haespar said with a glint of smugness. He loved being right with numbers to back him up. Though it quickly faded as he was also part of this tour of the Radiant Dusk, "At least the turbo-lifts work, so at most we will be a seven hour crawl from everyone else at the furthest nook we have to inspect."

"Woooow, you really know how to cheer a girl up, y'know."

"Even better news then - we can't lift off into space on one reactor in this gravity, AND we don't know if there are any radiation or coolant leaks. Suits on at all times."

"Greeeeat! Now tell me the local aliens are building a giant box around our ship. That way I can be triple packaged."

"Well, they are pelting the ship and trying to get in, but unless they are keeping advanced metallurgy a secret, they won't succeed."

Trisha just rubs her hands over her face before slapping her cheeks: "Right. Okay. Fine. Imma take a nice long bath first. And eat a cake while I talk to Emily about the underground catacombs of Paris. You're NOT invited."

[chuckle] "Hey, I'm just the messenger."

"Well I hate messages, so nyee."

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Human ships are big. Seemingly pointlessly so, but there is a reason for everything. Sure, it's not the best reasons, but they're legit.

You need big engines to carry a lot of stuff into space.

You need big power generators to have enough thrust.

You need bigger cargo holds since the generators are taking up too much space.

You need a stronger, thicker hull to keep it all together.

You need more powerful engines now to move all that extra mass.

You need additional lift chutes and corridors to connect all the parts of the ship

You need an army of drones to maintain all of everything.

You need a bigger cargo hold since everything else is taking up the previously allotted space now.

You need...

And it just goes on until somebody finally decides that a 10 kilometer long ship that can transform into a circle is enough engineering for one day. Then you hand it over to a crew of 27 and let them do whatever, you installed a few thousand redundancies and safety features (adding a few hundred thousand meters of wiring, piping and code and a million tons of matter and bumping everything else up a size category in the process, but who's counting) what could go wrong?

Nothing! You're an engineer who thought of everything, not an architect who draws ugly shapes.

So yeah, you try exploring every street and building and attic in your city. Then do it five more times because in space you can just build in every direction. Oh and take notes and pictures of everything, because if you don't, you might miss a loose cable.

And if you happen to be neglectful and try to turn on your star creating power reactors, you might end up with a permanent tan.

Continue->

[nomstellations]

XURK1TREE 👀 it's on nof my faves aughh

The Ultra Beasts were curious, yet dangerous visitors to the world unlike anything anyone's ever seen. Humanity sought to understand these alien creatures, but found that their native dimensions were dangerous for normal people to traverse.

That's where they came in. They were designated Ulysses.

A research android built to explore Ultra Space and collect data on the worlds within and the beasts that lived there. Equipped with their own team of pokemon in case they tried to attack, Ulysses was sent out on their maiden voyage into the unknown. They were instructed to return if things proved too dangerous, but they were built for this job and they would see it through. Chalk it up to the emotions they were programmed with, just in case they met any other people in Ultra Space.

Traveling was just as unpredictable as the studies showed. Ulysses wasn't sure where they ended up- their arrival in this Ultra World was rough, and only after running a diagnostics check to confirm nothing was damaged could they examine their surroundings. It was dark here, but strangely well-lit. The sky was a deep, dark blue near constantly lit by flashes of lightning, with thunder booming to announce each strike. Odd buildings dotted the landscape, monolithic and glowing a gentle blue. They didn't see anything around yet, but...the air was practically buzzing with electricity. It was uncomfortable to their sensors, and they didn't quite come prepared to deal with overcharging... The best solution was to move through quickly, find the beasts, gather data, and leave. Easy 20-minute expedition!

The buzzing in the air grew louder, almost painfully so, and the robot had little time to react to lightning striking VERY close to their position. Warning symbols flashed in their vision, the electricity was getting too much for them to handle and they had JUST arrived! Ulysses ambled away towards a rocky outcrop that provided some cover...but the storm likely wouldn't let up, and too much exposure would damage them and potentially deactivate them for good. It would seem they weren't nearly as prepared as their creators would've hoped...outside of the overflow of electricity, shame filled their circuits at the thought of their first mission being a failure.

Outside of the warnings flashing over their vision, Ulysses could pick up on movement. A sign of life in this barren place could only mean one thing- an Ultra Beast! What approached was easily twice Ulysses' size. It appeared to be humanoid in shape, but closer inspection revealed that its body was made of countless cables and wires, bound in some spots by glowing white bands. Its hands were purely metallic and sharp at the ends, looking like claws. Its head resembled a starburst, or maybe some kind of spark- visual analysis was a bit difficult due to their current state, but Ulysses recognized it as UB-03. A thick cordlike tail wagged behind it, and it was drawing ever closer to them...

Ulysses could note that its head was flashing at them. It was too rhythmic to be just random- could this be how it communicated? It wasn't like they understood, but they were in no position to do anything...they could feel some of their limbs shorting, causing them to jerk erratically. The beast flinched back, before drawing closer. A curious hand reached out, watching electricity jump between its finger and their body. After a moment of what seemed to be deliberation, it got closer. It didn't seem hostile at the very least-

Suddenly, Ulysses found themselves being hoisted up by the back of their suit. While it still didn't seem hostile, it was still well over twelve feet tall. It lifted the robot up a bit above its head, which tilted around a bit as if it was studying them. Then its other hand came up, moving towards its torso which was strangely "unbound" compared to the rest of its cablelike body. It opened itself up, wires parting and opening into a space that it was now lowering them into. Were they being...consumed? Ulysses was helpless to stop it from doing whatever it wished. At this point, it was preferable to being out in the harsh elements.

They were lowered into a loosely bag-shaped space, and the cables that parted to accept them inside moved to trap them. The inside of the beast was just as strange as the outside- the space shifted and pushed against them, with the internal cabling being covered in a light layer of some sort of slime. Blue lights traveled along the cables that surrounded them, particularly where their body touched the rubbery surface of the cables. Ulysses could feel electricity draining from their body...could it be leeching power from them? The warning symbols faded away as the excess electricity was leeched from them. As observed, this beast seemed to feed on electricity...the lightning strikes outside would likely keep it well fed. It wasn't likely it could digest them...but when was it going to let them out? Pressing at the cables did nothing for the research android. It wasn't drawing any more power from them, so this position allowed for some extensive data collection for the time being.

[meret118]

It’s a millimeter wave radar sensor you can peel and stick up anywhere, letting companies invisibly see whether people are in a room. The company claims it’ll last four years on a single D-cell shaped lithium battery, no wires required at all.

It’s not just a radar sensor; it also measures particulates, VOCs, CO2, temperature, pressure, and humidity, so your company can get a health score for any given room. But the first clear draw is for companies to know whether workers are actually using their office space, and which rooms get used, as they make decisions about downsizing those offices, issuing return-to-office mandates, or reconfiguring them for hybrid work.

“They’re thinking about real estate footprint, what’s the right strategy,” Logitech for Business head of product Henry Levak tells me.

Levak says the radar sensors aren’t particularly powerful, when I bring up the idea that similar sensors could be used for pretty invasive snooping (like monitoring employees’ heartrate and breathing). The Logitech Spot is “initially” just reporting home whether a room is occupied, or not, and doesn’t even know how many people are in that room, he says. Logitech may also make the raw sensor data available to companies, though.

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[sngl-led-auto-lights]

Why do my headlights go dim when I step on the brake?

The dimming of your headlights when you press the brake pedal is typically caused by an electrical system imbalance or component failure. Here’s a breakdown of the likely causes and solutions, based on your scenario:

1. Overloaded Electrical Circuit

Why it happens: When you press the brake pedal, the brake lights draw additional power from the vehicle’s electrical system. If the alternator or battery is weak, this sudden load can cause a voltage drop, dimming other lights like headlights. • Example: A failing alternator might produce <13V at idle, struggling to power both headlights and brake lights simultaneously.

Test: • Measure battery voltage with the engine running: ◦ Normal: 13.5–14.5V (idle and driving). ◦ Weak alternator: Voltage drops below 13V when brakes are applied.

2. Faulty Ground Connections or Wiring

Poor grounding in the headlight or brake light circuit can create resistance, leading to voltage drops when the brake lights activate. • Example: Corroded battery terminals or loose alternator wiring.

Test: • Inspect ground points near the headlights and brake lights. • Check for voltage drop between the battery and headlight connectors (should be <0.5V).

3. Aging Battery or Alternator

Weak battery: A battery nearing the end of its life (2–5 years) may fail to stabilize voltage during high-demand scenarios like braking.

Failing alternator: If the alternator’s voltage regulator malfunctions, it can’t maintain consistent power output, especially under load.

Test: • Battery voltage with engine off: <12.4V indicates a weak battery. • Alternator output at 2,000 RPM: <13.5V signals alternator failure.

4. Incorrect Bulb Types or Retrofit Issues

LED vs. halogen: Aftermarket LED headlights or brake lights might conflict with the vehicle’s electrical system if not installed with proper resistors or relays. • Example: LED brake lights drawing less power could cause voltage fluctuations if the system expects halogen-level resistance.

Fix: Use CANbus-compatible LEDs or install relays to stabilize the circuit.

5. Faulty Brake Light Switch or Sensor

E-brake sensor interference: In some vehicles (e.g., 2003 Ford Escape), a malfunctioning electronic parking brake sensor may erroneously signal the headlights to dim when the brake pedal is pressed. • Symptom: Headlights flicker or dim briefly when adjusting the parking brake.

Fix: Replace the brake light switch or inspect wiring connected to the parking brake sensor.

Diagnostic Steps

Check alternator and battery health with a multimeter.

Clean electrical connections (battery terminals, headlight grounds).

Test brake light circuit load: Swap incandescent brake bulbs for LEDs to reduce power draw.

Inspect headlight relay and fuse for corrosion or damage.

Cost Estimates

Alternator replacement: $300–$800.

Battery replacement: $100–$250.

Brake light switch repair: $50–$150.

Bottom Line: Dimming headlights during braking often point to an overtaxed electrical system. Start with simple fixes like cleaning connections or testing the battery. If unresolved, focus on the alternator or circuit upgrades. Ignoring this issue risks complete electrical failure or safety hazards.

[daleeltrading]

How to Solve Overheating Issues in Electrical Panels

Electrical panels are the nerve centers of industrial, commercial, and residential power systems. Their reliability is crucial, yet one of the most common and dangerous issues that can arise is overheating. Left unaddressed, overheating in electrical panels can lead to equipment failure, costly downtime, fires, or even fatal accidents. Understanding the root causes and adopting preventive as well as corrective measures is essential to ensure electrical safety and operational efficiency.

Causes of Overheating in Electrical Panels

To solve the problem of overheating, we must first identify its sources. Some of the most common causes include:

1. Loose or Corroded Connections

Electrical current encounters resistance at loose or oxidized joints. This resistance generates heat, especially under load, leading to localized hotspots which may not be visible until failure occurs.

2. Overloaded Circuits

Each circuit is rated for a specific current. Drawing more current than the rated capacity results in excess heat generation within breakers, busbars, and wires.

3. Inadequate Ventilation

Poor airflow in and around the panel restricts natural or forced heat dissipation. In high ambient temperature environments, this can quickly push the panel beyond safe thermal limits.

4. Improper Component Sizing

Undersized breakers, conductors, or transformers struggle to handle load currents, leading to thermal stress and degradation over time.

5. Dust and Contamination

Dust accumulation acts as an insulating layer, trapping heat inside components. Combined with humidity or oil vapors, this can further degrade insulation and create tracking paths.

How to Identify Overheating Problems

1. Thermal Imaging

Using infrared thermography is one of the most effective ways to detect hotspots. It provides a non-contact, real-time temperature map of the panel and highlights abnormally heated components.

2. Manual Temperature Monitoring

For panels without thermal sensors, regularly measuring surface temperatures using contact thermometers can provide early warnings of rising heat levels.

3. Visual Inspection

Signs like discoloration, melted insulation, or the smell of burning plastic indicate overheating. Ensure regular visual checks are part of your maintenance routine.

Solutions to Overheating in Electrical Panels

1. Tighten and Maintain Electrical Connections

Schedule regular maintenance to tighten terminals and busbar connections. Apply proper torque settings using calibrated tools to avoid over- or under-tightening.

2. Balance and Distribute Loads

Ensure that the load across phases is balanced. Uneven distribution causes one phase to overwork, which leads to overheating and inefficiency.

3. Upgrade Panel Capacity

If the electrical demand exceeds the panel’s rated capacity, consider upgrading to a higher-rated panel or adding sub-panels to spread the load.

4. Enhance Cooling and Ventilation

· Install forced ventilation systems like exhaust fans or panel coolers.

· Use heat exchangers or air conditioners in environments with high ambient temperatures.

· Ensure adequate spacing between panels and walls for natural convection.

5. Use Appropriately Rated Components

All breakers, fuses, contactors, and wiring must match the system’s voltage and current ratings. Derate components appropriately if operating in high-temperature environments.

6. Install Thermal Sensors or Smart Monitoring

Modern panels can be equipped with thermal sensors that provide real-time data to a building management system (BMS) or SCADA. This allows predictive maintenance before issues escalate.

Preventive Measures and Best Practices

· Design with Expansion in Mind: Avoid loading a panel to its full capacity. Always leave a 20–30% margin for future growth and safety.

· Implement a Routine Maintenance Schedule: Quarterly or bi-annual inspections reduce the risk of unexpected failures.

· Train Maintenance Personnel: Staff should be equipped to detect early signs of thermal distress and follow lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures.

· Keep Panels Clean and Sealed: Use gasketed enclosures in dusty environments and clean panels regularly to prevent dust build-up.

Conclusion

Overheating in electrical panels is a preventable issue that, if neglected, can have severe consequences. By adopting systematic inspection routines, upgrading infrastructure as needed, and leveraging modern monitoring technologies, businesses and facility managers can safeguard both equipment and personnel. The key is proactive action: identify, analyze, correct, and prevent — the four pillars of managing thermal risk in electrical systems.

[the-last-of-us-fall]

INTRO LOGS // CITYKEEPER

Machine ID: 1000-THR-CITYKEEPER

Location: HELL

Layer: VIOLENCE

Destination: [Unavailable]

Objective: [Unavailable]

Guardian ID: Virtue of Perseverance

[Information unavailable]

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One of the Earthmovers was named after her undying care for the humans who resided in the homes on her back; Citykeeper.

She is often seen with the Virtue of Perseverance, who has taken it upon herself to guard this wandering tower of steel. Every two months, Citykeeper wanders to The Scrapyard- a spot in the Violence layer where the corpses of Earthmovers lay stacked. They were coded to lay there for maintenance, but with the death of humanity, maintenance has been nonexistent. Thankfully, Perseverance has enough skill to repair whatever is needed..

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have a chibi/base for Citykeeper while i work on her actual design. idk man

Due to Citykeeper being a prototype for the Earthmover, she has some differences;

A flatter helm with sensor lights facing downwards, which means while she can extremely nimble footing despite her larger claws/peds. However, said helm was made without considering that Earthmovers would be mass-produced and become aggressive towards each-other; therefore she must use her sonar more than the norm as she can't see where she's going.

Citykeeper has a smaller frame than the Earthmovers, being about 3/4ths of Benjamin's size, as well as a thinner/lighter build. While this makes her more suspectable to denting and therefore rupturing, it makes her oftentimes faster than whoever she's running from (as long as she's not running in a mountain area where she'd need to see where she's going faster than her sonar can predict.

She possesses no lance, however, she is equipped with a downwards-tilting machine gun/cannon on the right, front side of her hull. Another substitute to a lance is her lighting rod; it was put on top of her helm with a blue light to mark which prototype she was more easily. She had a worker knock down the rod and bend it so it dangled to her left, and then tug the wire free of the makeshift lance so it is now a bit of a lure. Of course, now she'd get struck with lightning a lot, so she keeps her helm and neck low and flat-out when moving.

She also has a pair of antennae she uses to communicate with other Earthmovers, and a pair of 'mandibles' around her fuel port to hold her prey still while she go slurp. Also used for morse code.

She runs on a mix of a nuclear reactor and whatever she can scavenge from the corpses! She's not shy to nibble on a fallen machine as long as it's not someone she severely hated.

Due to her having flatter feet, it gives her more strength behind her leaps/runs as well as muffling the sound of the giant robotaur sneaking up on you.

Because she's a prototype and therefore wasn't build with the consideration of other Earthmovers, her sides are relatively unprotected, while her underbelly has a much better layer of steel to prevent, say, torpedoes from being fired into critical areas from below.

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RULES/WARNINGS/GUIDE!

This is a non-political blog. Any asks/comments involving politics will be deleted.

This is a SFW blog as stated, but Sinday/Sin Sunday posts may be made! (They might include things such as the breeding habits of Earthmovers and ships. Sinday also refers to the 7 Deadly Sins..)

This blog may contain vore(?) in a nonsexual-platonic manner! It is less so a kink and more so an easy way for Citykeeper to hold onto object/people while also letting whatever maintenance she gets have a better/easier look at the damage to her insides.

Citykeeper is not equipped with a voicebox that can form words! However, she can respond in a mix of ped-stomping and click vocalizations that form morse code strings. Oftentimes Perseverance will translate these, but in case she's ever absent, there is a translator gifted to askers ✨by the power of lore.✨

This is a multi-fandom blog!

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ABOUT MOD!

Mod is older than 18! Once again, this will be mostly SFW with the exception of swearing / sinday (but if you're uncomfortable, it's okay to hard block/soft block!) ✨Mod is a little anxious shit✨ who will absolutely send you a message about being incredibly sorry for the slightest inconvenience! Mod is in the process of finding a diagnosis for being neurodivergent.

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MATCHING WITH @and-the-rest-of-us-stand [ Virtue of Perseverance ]

TAGS:

1000-THR-CITYKEEPER \\ Rusted steel and torn flesh

1000-THR-EARTHMOVER \\ Cold Tower of Steel

VIRTUE OF PERSEVERNCE \\ Endure and enlighten

TRENCHBLEEDER \\ Hear! The siren call of death

GABERIEL \\ Wrathful hand of the Father

V1 \\ UNAUTHORIZED FUCKING THING

V2 \\ Armless and Harmless

STREETCLEANER \\ Fiery protocol

FAMINE \\ Eat you from the inside

CONQUEST \\ The source of their undoing

ARES \\ Warlust and bloodloss

THANATOS \\ Reckless abandon of mortal life

GOD \\ Unsupervised destruction

MOD MUMBLES \\ Wow I exist

SHITPOST \\ cracks my back and ends up in hell

SINDAY > LUST \\ Lonely inside my own damn hull

SINDAY > WRATH \\ For I am the force of death

SINDAY > ENVY \\ They have what I can not

ANON \\ Amusing little adventurer

ASKS \\ I remain unforgotten

LORE \\ Tale as old as time

ART \\ How do I hold a brush again

SHIP TAGS I MIGHT USE: If you happen to be an rp blog for any of these characters, please take none of these as me forcefully shipping your character with mine! This is just generally who I pair Citykeeper with.

GUARDIAN ANGEL \\ Perseverance/Citykeeper >( @and-the-rest-of-us-stand )

PACKMATE'S ROAR \\ Benjamin/Citykeeper

BLOOD OF BRETHERN ON YOUR SERVOS \\ V1/Citykeeper

UNAUTHORIZED FUCKING THING \\ V2/Citykeeper

SIREN'S CALL \\ Lucy/Citykeeper

EXPIRED WARRENTY \\ Gabriel/Citykeeper

[ To be edited ]

CREATION DATE: 4/1/2025-4/2/2025

[buymobilebd]

Lenovo Idea Tab Pro

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Camera Capabilities

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Additional bundles with accessories like a folio case are available at varying price points. Prospective buyers should verify the included accessories with retailers to ensure clarity. ​

Conclusion

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[tunastime]

I request…. 68! Also hai :3

hello!! :3 you got feels like a lie, which I really love because it's on Tango's SEN playlist!! it's for when he decides he wants to finally experience emotions. which is a lot for him! ummm, so here!

(425 words)

Tango blinks.

His vision fuzzes with update notifications. He dismisses notices he recognizes: firmware, firewall, bits and pieces of data collection packets. He briefly skims the update on his tactile sensors before he lets the room come into full view. He feels different in a way that was entirely expected given the precedent. Heavier, maybe, or more solid. There are new components beyond just the emotional core—new programming, linking touch to emotional capacitors, the capacitors themselves, new eye ducts, new facial recognition. Each came with their own quirks that would settle with time, with repetition, but Tango sits slowly upright from where he was resting, feeling the weight of the world settle over him.

He doesn’t realize his face is damp until Etho’s hand squeezes his shoulder. Etho’s face swims into view as he feels the firm, warm touch, Etho’s eyebrows furrowed in concern. Tango’s eyes search his face. There’s an impossible weight in the center of his chest, much too heavy to be anything mechanical. He tries to inhale a cooling breath and finds it does nothing. The space of his sternum hurts. It aches, it burns, like live wires, like he can’t possibly wrench the pain from his chest.

He’s crying. His hand comes to wipe his face, and it only makes the tears come faster.

“Tango,” Etho says, soothing his thumb over the crest of his shoulder.

“I don’t know why I’m crying,” Tango says softly, voice barely hitting a whisper. “But I can’t seem to stop.”

He tries to blink through them, watching Etho’s eyes search his face, mouth curved sharply down. 

“Must’a had something left over, huh? Maybe a lot?” Etho asks. Tango nods, blinking hard. “It happens sometimes. Your regulators should start managing that first wave soon.”

“Right,” Tango says, sounding much smaller than he intended. He brings his hand up to wipe his face, feeling the tears trickle over nonetheless. 

Etho sighs, face softening as he does, and the warm hand on Tango’s arm squeezes once more before Tango feels himself tugged forward. He falls limply against Etho’s shoulder. Etho wraps his arms around Tango as he does, hands drawing down his back, and Tango thinks he gets it now. The comfort is an immediate seize on his heart that isn’t a heart. He sags into Etho’s arms, face pressing into the hollow of his shoulder as he does. Etho squeezes, holding him tightly.

“It’s hard,” Etho says softly. “We’ll wait it out until then.”

Tango nods into his shoulder. He’s hoping this will get a little easier, soon.

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[mariacallous]

There are just two cables linking the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard with mainland Norway, providing almost all the data from polar-orbiting satellites to the rest of the world. And two years ago, they nearly stopped working.

Norwegian police images released in late May show the catastrophic damage done to one of the Svalbard fiber optic cables: the plastic casing slashed open, the cable exposed, and wires unfurled like a faulty electrical cord.

The unsolved January 2022 incident, which cut data flow from the SvalSat satellites and limited air traffic to the archipelago, is serving as a cautionary tale about what can happen when undersea cables—which underpin most of the global communications network—are cut. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels did just that earlier this year when they targeted a key bottleneck between Asia, Africa, and Europe—after threatening to do so in response to Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

The threat is not just limited to one or two areas. NATO officials believe that Russia has a decadeslong program to map out European undersea infrastructure as part of an effort to prepare the battlefield for a possible conflict with the 32-nation alliance.

“We know the potential is there to do damage if they would want to,” said a senior NATO official, speaking with Foreign Policy on condition of anonymity based on ground rules for interacting with journalists set by the alliance. “Part of Russian war planning is knowing where the critical infrastructure of your enemy is.”

It doesn’t take a huge effort by the Russians to get the information that they need to cause harm. Most of the pipelines are run by utility companies, and much of the data on where the cables run is in the public domain because of licensing requirements.

In response, NATO now has an undersea infrastructure coordination group that brings together military and civilian officials and has the power to convene top representatives from the private sector, based out of the alliance’s Maritime Command in the London suburb of Northwood.

“The question is connecting all the dots and creating a network,” the senior NATO official said of the information and intelligence exchange.

The ambitious effort is an attempt to use computing power to protect the vast undersea cable network that undergirds much of the global economy. Since it’s nearly impossible to patrol undersea all the time without an unrealistic number of submarines—especially across the Atlantic Ocean—the alliance has to rely on computers. Drawing on data from software interfaces and the cable and pipeline operators themselves, NATO allies are working together with the private sector to create a massive alert system for the thousands of miles of undersea infrastructure in Northern Europe, relying on sensors from the cables as well as acoustic sensors attached to wind turbines, which can be used to detect irregularities.

“NATO processes, I think, are sort of in a very early phase,” said Audun Halvorsen, the director of the emergency department for the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (and formerly the country’s deputy foreign minister). “They are basically trying to map out the landscape when it comes to jurisdictions, when it comes to authorities involved. You are facing a huge range of different regulatory regimes for the industry around the undersea basin.”

The strategy of cutting undersea cables is almost as old as modern warfare. (The first trans-Atlantic cables had been laid a few decades earlier, in 1866.) Britain began cutting German undersea cables at the outset of World War I to sabotage communications—and the Germans happily returned the favor. When submarine telephone cables began being laid in the 1950s, during the early days of the Cold War, Soviet trawlers damaged underwater cables near the Newfoundland coast. The U.S. Navy alone owns more than 40,000 nautical miles of active cables on the seafloor.

But with fiber optic cables becoming the ubiquitous plumbing that underpins global communications and trade in the internet age, the vulnerability in the seabed is growing. Norway’s undersea pipeline network provides about 40 percent of Europe’s natural gas supply, with pipelines crisscrossing the North Sea to the United Kingdom and the rest of the continent along with about 500 underwater communication cables that carry roughly 97 percent of the world’s internet traffic—some of them extending all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. That’s as much as $10 trillion in financial transactions every day.

“It is less kinetic and more a way for the Russians to show the West that ‘we know you guys are quite challenged in securing that infrastructure,’” said Sebastian Bruns, a naval expert at the Center for Maritime Strategy and Security at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University in Germany. “They would be tackling the very seams of what ties our societies together.”

About 100 of those cables break globally every year—most by accident—and it’s basically impossible to protect all of that infrastructure, other than by adding even more redundant data cables or ensuring that more liquified natural gas tankers are waiting out at sea, providing another source of gas if there’s a break.

The concern for that infrastructure has led to the NATO effort, which began after the September 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to Germany. Even though much of the data about where the cables are located is public, the sensor data that could determine whether a linkage is in danger of being cut is stovepiped far under the national level—meaning that it’s kept within the companies themselves. The United States alone has 85 licensed undersea telecommunications landing stations. And while many pipeline owners have taken into account the risk of corrosion and possible accidents, factoring for sabotage is less common.

Some experts believe that smaller groups of countries can move faster than NATO to protect the cables. In April, Norway and five other countries bordering the North Sea—Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom—agreed to share operational information to protect undersea cables and pipelines against sabotage. And the Council of the Baltic States recently met in Finland to condemn Russia’s hybrid tactics—incidents of sabotage that fall beneath the level of declared war, including threats to undersea cables.

Already, Russia is lashing out at Nordic countries through other means. Since Finland joined NATO in April 2023, Russia has been sending waves of forced migrants to their 830-mile-long shared border—nearly half of the entire boundary between Russia and the alliance—forcing Helsinki to shut down all of its crossings. Russia has proposed redrawing borders in the Baltic Sea, hit Sweden with cyberattacks, and even removed buoys on the Narva River that Estonia put in place to mark their maritime frontier.

“All of our economy under the sea is under threat,” Vice-Adm. Didier Maleterre, the deputy commander of the NATO maritime command, said in April.

The threat is heightened by a Russian submarine program that has resurged since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, operating from the Kola Peninsula. But problems can also be caused by unintended anchor drag from commercial ships. The Hong Kong-flagged and Chinese-operated NewNew Polar Bear, suspected of damaging the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia in October 2023, sailed away along the Northern Sea route with protection from a Russian icebreaker.

In the face of all the other challenges—shrinking navies, a resurgence in piracy, the Red Sea attacks—that undersea flank is exposed.

And officials say that Russia’s use of criminal and civilian networks—which are also deployed to create influence networks in mainland Europe—makes all of these tactics, including the sabotage of undersea pipelines, extremely difficult to pin on the Kremlin. The Russian surveys of the Baltic seabed, for instance, are carried out by ships with an ostensibly scientific purpose.

“We are still tied into this military-versus-civilian division of labor, whereas the Russians are much smarter using civilian vessels for military purposes,” said Bruns, the naval expert. “We are yet to find a solution for that.”

Scientists still understand relatively little about the form of the seafloor. So artificial intelligence is also being used to map it, providing another potential method to spot would-be Russian cable snappers. Some NATO countries and operators are even thinking about burying their pipelines in the seafloor, especially in the Baltic Sea, where the average depth is just under 200 feet. It’s already standard practice near most European coastlines, since it helps protect against bottom trawlers and ship anchors.

After the Balticconnector pipeline incident last fall, Norway began to do an inventory of its own undersea infrastructure, starting with oil and gas before branching out to map parts of the electrical grid and communications cables that ran underwater. Authorities were able to search nearly 5,600 miles of oil and gas pipelines.

“We searched everything,” said Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen, Norway’s chief of defense. “When we found something, we used our military experts to look [at], ‘what is this? Is this something that has been placed there? Is this something from World War II? Is it something that the fishermen dropped?’”

The ability to conduct such an extensive search stems from the infrastructure of the private sector. Norway’s energy industry already has preparedness mechanisms in place to help protect and repair undersea infrastructure for pipelines and electric cables, Halvorsen said, which is coordinated by Norwegian operator Equinor. It’s a model that Halvorsen believes has promise for communication cables, too. But across most of NATO, that capability is limited.

“There is basically zero capability in government hands to survey, repair, maintain, [or] replace any of this infrastructure,” Halvorsen said. “All that capability and capacity is for the civilian industry. So to protect this kind of underwater infrastructure, you need to have some kind of functioning interface between the government side … and the industry.”

[serial-designation-vee]

@serial-designation-jey

From above, two pods boomed as they ripped the upper stratosphere of Copper-9. Light from the rockets, making the clouds glow hot blue and electrifying the unstable atmosphere. As the pods split the cloud cover in their descent, lightning flickered and cracked, striking one of the pods. The surge in power fried the automatic navigation systems, and the craft hurtled off course towards Camp 98.7. Crashing down, it left a trail of destruction and fire in its wake, setting the forest ablaze and leaving a gouge in the ground that ran for several hundred yards before the craft eventually came to a halt. The pod was unlike anything they had ever seen, complex ivory plating with intricate gold designs weaving throughout, the exposed areas revealing an almost muscular conglomeration of black wires that pulsed blue light towards the center of the craft. Upon the side were several logos, of which one V would recognize as her own parent company logo of JCJenson. The others involved were Faro Automated Solutions Inc, Far Zenith Corp, and Miriam Technologies.... As the two dissasembly drones would draw close, the pod let off a shrill tone and an automated warning. "WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! PROXIMITY SENSORS ACTIVE, SHIP IS STABILIZING, DO NOT APPROACH THE STASIS POD UNTIL INSTRUCTED OR RISK MALFUNCTION. PLEASE ENJOY OUR MESSAGE TO THE VALUED CUSTOMER ABOUT YOUR NEW GALAXTIC PAL WHILE YOU WAIT- Uh, is this thing on? This is testing log number uhhh... I've lost count... of project Gemini modelSD: B1-7A PIN: #LK-101, "Beta" or just B, I dont care... Okay... The pod is cooling down right now, but once it's stable, it should scan the environment and inhabitants around it so it can best modify itself to the environment and fit in, I know it might be odd but it will try to copy someone it sees but dont worry, there is a customization setting in the pod if you wish to change her appearance, not that ot will matter uh... Look, this is our last shot. What with earth gone and everything. I've installed various subfunction protocols into two sister drones. The other should be nearby. This one posseses: Minerva, Hephestus, Apollo, and Hades. The robot will tell you what those do, but uhm... She's designed to learn and adapt just as her sister unit A7-04 is, but specifically, she's much more attuned to it. Her sister unit is designed for combat and initial defense of this ones operations of study, terraforming and revitalizing. Make no mistake, though. B isn't defenseless. She is equipped with a highly advanced natite repair and re assimilation device and can construct weapons on her arms of which she knows two by default, but can learn more. The Specter Gauntlet High Energy plasma multitool cannon and the Specter Reaver blade arm. If there was any error during transport, I'd expect something to function incorrectly, and I can't help you. If the unit is severely damaged, return it to the pod for nanitic revitalization procedures to initiate a full system reboot and restore... I think that's it... good luck."

V watched the pod with a calculating gaze, one of her hands turned into a long blade and held out in front of J. They took in the words spoken to her, and their eyes narrowed. She didn't care what this was, they just didn't want it near J.

She remained at the ready, protective urge pulling at her every wire.

[defensivelee]

Alien Alien: Day 5 of Whumptober

Tonight's prompts are 'heatstroke' and 'if my pain will stretch that far.' This is a bit of robot repair after the events of Encephalitic×Lullaby. Sorry this came late, I'm currently rotting at a party.

CW: robot gore, medical trauma, overstimulation.

Bentinck shut his eyes as the Defender technicians approached, their thin arms running over his body and sending a shudder through it. He felt them lightly like he had felt the queen bee pinning him down with legs of much the same texture, though much heavier upon him.

“Don’t you know your Third Law, android?” one of the Defenders spat.

“I- I do— but— yes, but it came into conflict with my First Law.” Bentinck turned his head away. He opened and closed his fists under the wires that bound his wrists behind his back. A precaution, they said. To treat an already broken robot, who obeyed his First and Second Laws religiously, like any other insect Calvinist on this planet. How jealous he was of them, with their God who had already told them of their destinies.

“We ought to fix something about that...”

“So that he can hurt insects?”

“The Prince already comes first in his programming. We shouldn’t go further than that.”

Bentinck sighed in relief. He winced a little when they reached inside of him again, their claws scraping carelessly along his core. He felt the presence there, but nothing else, and he couldn’t tilt his head down to see what else they were doing. It unnerved him. It scared him.

“Fine, then we can test your sensors today, so you can react accordingly next time,” the head technician said. “They should all be connected now. Don’t look down.”

“Recognized.” He stared up at the ceiling, trying to sigh through his nose. His fans, however, had been deactivated, and there was no air flowing through him to cool down his body. He realized he was warming up with discomfort. It was worse than fear; something that bothered him but had not gone far enough for anyone to notice or care.

“Gradually increase them. On the side of his head.”

He felt claws begin to turn the knob under his hair, and he blinked, willing himself to stay silent. He had always been good at that.

“Pull the wires out slowly. You don’t want to startle him.”

“And if we break them?”

“We have more. It’s an easy fix.”

Please don’t do that. He was overheating, and it was causing his vision to blur as the sensitivity of his body increased. He had always been warned by his father to not let himself get too emotional, for it had the potential to limit his functionality, the heat distorting the signals he sent to his limbs and the words he perhaps meant to say. That was why he had fans. That was why they had to be on.

He began to feel the claws in his body, sliding against the metal and tickling his wires. He wanted to laugh at first, but a sharp tug put a stop to that. It was sudden, and he could only describe it as burning. He shifted his wrists in his binds with a buzz. He was suddenly aware of his own strength.

“Shh,” one of them ordered. It drove his audio sensors mad, with that sound that had always been too high and rushed for him to handle, and now was no different. He opened his mouth frantically in an attempt to let air in. The heat had its own claws.

He began to buzz again, low but long enough to make the Defenders stop with their obnoxious pulling and jerking back like rowdy boys on the braids of a young schoolgirl. He welcomed the peace by letting his shoulders relax. He hadn’t realized he was so tense.

He cried out as he felt the back of a hand on his cheek, drawing back as if it had stung him. He felt as if every atom at once had bounced off of him, then dripped off one by one when the Defender stepped away.

“By the stars, we might have turned his fans back on,” he said. “If we let him go on like this, he might melt some of the alloys in him.”

“P-Please— Mijnheers-” Bentinck’s voice was broken up by static. The wires on his wrists felt too heavy, biting deeper and digging right into where his palm met his arm.

“That’s a reaction, isn’t it?” he heard a familiar voice snap at the technicians. “Turn his sensors down already!”

“William!” Bentinck blurted, dropping his gaze back down. He saw William bounding on all fours, watching through narrowed eyes, and his own wires spilling out of him like hybrid blood, blue and red at once. They dangled in between his legs, the slightest touch from William’s tail making him gasp.

“I see you are recovering well.”

“Y-Yes.” He let his head fall in the wires, his eyes closing again as his sensors dropped near zero again.

“You’re almost done,” William whispered. He reached a hand up to rest on Bentinck’s face, but even that was too much, and he pulled away like he had before.

William remained there, however, tilting his head to the side as if he had just understood that he didn’t understand this at all.