[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

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Kogeki was quite wary towards that metal glove woman. She bring a certain level of mystery but also make him feel...uneasy. How about a roll of Insight+Inteligence+Alert to see if he can notice/remember something. This smell like Scimitars to me. Those robes and metal glove always give me bad vibes.

In any form, he decided to land a hand to the blacksmith in help get clues. He approach the woman and begin to talk with her along with Randolph. "Good day lady. We indeed curious in see such machinery and how such glove of yours works. I trust the skill and knowledge of this friend of mine." Kogeki then show his wood hand. "We just need some info, so if you could help us, we would appreciate that quite a lot."

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"Hmm.....*Nods* thank ya for the information, lad. Hope your sightseeing doesn't end with you getting frostbite, like with that lass over there *Yerks a thumb back at the Battle Girl in question*."

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The midget man let out a small *Snort* at her light praise, giving the hooded lass a shrewd look as he sharply nodded.

"Yes, that fancy 'n highly articulated hand of yours. I'm an expert on metal working - not to toot my own horn, but its Heatran's honest truth! - and I can tell the difference between a bit of fashionable set dressing and an actual piece of machinery. And that prosthetic of yours is a fine example of some bleeding edge tech. Probably better than a regular old hand in many a way, I take it?"

"*Huffs a bit* Ever heard of Canalave Gym? Place is a veritable jungle gym of moving machinery and electrical engineering, and I've worked on and built many of the things in it. Heck, I even designed  some of the machinery and tech in there, and it's still being put to good use last I checked! I'm no tech-head or doc, but I am a damn fine craftsman and metal smith, I know many ways with and around machinery, and I'm no fucking idiot. I will[/color] build this prosthetic for my friend, even if takes years of blood, sweat, and banging my head against all the walls in my way! Now, can ya tell me about that arm of yours, or are you going to keep your lips welded shut too, lass?"

Suspicion Roll for Kogeki: *rolls*  As suspicious as the woman seems to be, it's not jogging Kogeki's memory right now.  Whether that's because he hasn't heard of anything similarly relevant before, is having trouble remembering it, or there's nothing to be suspicious about in the first place is still up for debate.

The woman chuckles in response to Randolph's first set of comments.  "Oh yes.  It has a great many functions that make it superior to a normal hand.  Trust me, it cost a fortune."

And then she sounds a bit less friendly after Randolph's second set of comments.  Though Randolph's words weren't particularly offensive in nature, she's not really partial to how Randolph is practically demanding the information.  "...well, you certainly don't mince words, now, do you?  You could be a bit more polite, you know.  Like your friend here, for example."  She looks at Kogeki and (presumably) smiles before spilling the beans.

"I don't know all the details about exactly how this prosthetic works, but I do know it has lots of gears, wires, circuit boards, and neuro sensors.  The metal, gears, circuit boards, and wires aren't too hard to understand if you know a little about robotics and engineering, nor hard to get ahold of.  It's the neuro sensors that you'll have trouble finding if you want to build a fully functional prosthetic hand.  On top of that, you'll probably need someone who happens to knows a bit about neurosurgery (unless you're not concerned about minimizing the risk involved in attempting the medical procedure), and that's not exactly an easy topic to learn.  Prosthetics such as this need to be wired directly into the person's nervous system in order to function properly.  Taking them off is also all but impossible without assistance from someone who knows how to properly wire them up.  As a result, you'll want to make sure that whatever material the prosthetic is made of is light enough that it isn't more of a hindrance than a help.  Oh, and you also have to know a bit about programming as well to make it work at all.  Robots aren't exactly very good at doing much of anything without a little direction."

In short, here's a brief, simplified checklist of materials and specialties you'd need to make a functional Prosthetic Hand:

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Parts:
- General Mechanical and Electrical Parts
- Neuro Sensors (Rare Electronics)
- Lightweight Materials for the structure (metal, plastic, or otherwise, as long as it's justifiable.  You don't want it to be too much heavier than a typical human arm since it's harder to take off once it's wired in)

Specialties:
- Science: Neurosurgery
- Science: Computers

There might be people with the necessary skills who'd be willing to provide their services, but you'd have to find them.


In the case of Science: Neurosurgery, Nurse Joy knows a little bit about that, but she's not super skilled in it because she doesn't have to use that part of her medical training all that often.  She could maybe hook a prosthetic arm up if you were to build one, though.  (and on a related note, yes, though it took her awhile to do it due to being a little out of practice, she determined that the nerves in Kogeki's arm are still undamaged, so making a functioning prosthetic arm for him would indeed be possible).

Randolph's made a lot of electronics and machines in the past for Byron, sure, but there was also always other specialists that Byron had on hand who made sure the machines work like they're supposed to (and are continuing to do so to this day).  Randolph's never really made a functioning robot before, and that's kinda what he's dipping his toes into now.

If you wanted to use Kogeki's existing prosthetic, hollowing it out to make room for the machinery and electronics would make it MUCH lighter than it currently is (it's basically a log at the moment), but it might be harder to mechanize the wooden arm than to make a new one from scratch.