Robots (book)

Robots
Classic Traveller Book 8
Author		Joe Fugate
Publisher		Game Designers Workshop
Version		Classic Traveller
Edition		1st
Format		Book (Digest)
Language		English
Pages		56
Year Published		1986
Canonical		Yes
Available from		DriveThru RPG
Also See		Robot
Product no. 344

Robots (book) is a Game Designers Workshop product.

• It is a robot source book written for Classic Traveller.
• It is also often known simply as Book 8.
• It has errata.
• It has also been expanded upon and republished several times.

Description (Specifications)

Rules, essays and data included in Robots are:

• A history of robots in the Imperium
• A look at the robots of other races
• Rules for robot construction
• Encounter and Generation tables which will integrate robots right into your campaign.

Table of Contents

Robots (book)
Section	Page/s
Introduction	4
Robots in Future Society	5
Types of Robot and Their Uses	9
Robots Outside the Imperium	11
Robot Builders	16
The Robot Brain	18
Robot Construction	22
The Universal Robot Profile	38
Robot Encounters	41
Robots in a Traveller Game	44
Robot as Characters	49
Robot Generation	51
Robots Design Checklist	53
Robot Design Forms	54

Library Data Entries (Public)

1. Aslan Border Wars
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
3. Battery
4. Brain
5. Computer
6. Corporation
7. First Imperium
8. First Interstellar War
9. Fuel-cell
10. Fusion Reactor
11. Gvegh
12. Imperial Navy Research Lab
13. Linear Processor
14. Long Night
15. Museum of Sylean History
16. Parallel Processor
17. Robot
18. Roboticist
19. Rule of Man
20. Scout Service
21. Sensory Device
22. Shudusham Concords
23. Shudusham Conference Medal of Merit
24. Society for the Sovereignty of Man Over Machine (SSMM)
25. Solomani Confederation
26. Sylean Federation
27. Synaptic Processor
28. Terran Confederation Navy
29. Third Imperium
30. Universal Robot Profile (URP)
31. Vargr Space
32. Vilani Empire
33. Zhodani Core Expedition

Selected Astrography

1. Ahetaowa (world)
2. Capital (world)
3. Core Sector
4. Deneb Sector
5. Fornol (world)
6. Juess (world)
7. Kusyu (world)
8. Raakaan Subsector
9. Sabmiqys (world)
10. Solomani Rim Sector
11. Spinward Marches Sector
12. Terra
13. Thetis (SR 2538) (world)

Selected Corporations

1. Chiadle
2. Dover-Gabe
3. Eksaekfoer
4. IAD
5. K!lkoog'x
6. LSP
7. Makhidkarun
8. Naasirka
9. Panstellar
10. Six Eyes Nest
11. Spinward Specialties
12. Star Patterns Trading
13. SURD
14. Tlektaowa
15. Tliazhashal
16. Ungzoenogzkha

Selected Form/s & Terms

Forms:

1. TBD

Terms:

1. TBD

Selected Robots

Robot Classes:

1. AB-101 class Pseudobiological Robot
2. Barbie class Cargo Robot
3. Rashush-1 class Servant Robot
4. Telku class Pseudobiological Robot
5. Zhodani Warbot

Robot Types:

1. Administration Robot
   1. None
2. Courier Robot
   1. Courier-Pilot Robot
3. Dumbot
   1. None
4. Expert Robot
   1. None
5. Master-Slave Worker Robot System
   1. Heavy Construction Robot
   2. Master Worker Robot
   3. Slave Worker Robot
6. Non-mobile Robot (Brain)
   1. Hospital Bot
7. Pseudo-biological Robot
   1. AB-101 class Pseudobiological Robot
   2. Telku class Pseudobiological Robot
8. Research & Development Robot
   1. AB-101 class Pseudobiological Robot
   2. Telku class Pseudobiological Robot
9. Servant Robot
   1. Barbie class Cargo Robot
   2. Housekeeping Robot
   3. Rashush-1 class Servant Robot
   4. Valet Robot
10. Warbot
    1. Local Protection Warbot
    2. Tactical Warbot
    3. Drone Warbot

Selected Robot Equipment

1. TBD

Selected Sophonts

1. Ahetaowa
2. Aslan
3. Droyne
4. Hiver
5. Human
6. Sabmiqys
7. Vargr
8. Vilani
9. Zhodani

Meta-history & Background (Dossier)

Robots or Book 8 is an early Classic Traveller publication.

• At last, the complete guide to the construction and use of robots in Traveller.
• Add a completely new dimension to science fiction adventure with Robots.
• Some of the material in this book originally appeared (in a more abbreviated form) in the Travellers' Digest, issue numbers 1 through 3.
• Fans developed and redeveloped the rules dozens of times over the years, resulting in numerous homebrew versions of the rules being available.
• In 2012 CE, MegaTraveller Robots was published which expands upon this material.

Credits (Primary Sources)

Credits (Primary Sources)
Credit	Authors & Contributors
Design	Joe D. Fugate, Sr. and Gary Thomas
Development	Timothy B. Brown
Art	Barbie Pratt and Steve Venters

External Link/s

Commentary & Data articles:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Reviews:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

Other Articles:

1. EXTERNAL LINK: TBD

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• Joe Fugate. Robots (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), 1.