Botwawki 2.6

Hardy Reclamation Committee

EQandcivfanatic said:

@thomas.berubeg: I think you misunderstand about the hacking. To hack a robot you have to actually be within arms’ reach and work on it from behind. That’s how it works in Fallout, that’s how it works here. There is no device that can hack it from a distance. Sadly, there’s no wireless internet in the world of Fallout.

Click to expand...

I would disagree. There are numerous instances in game where affecting a central location would change the behavior of robots, indicating some form of wireless network. Examples of these include:

M.A.R.Go.T., President John Henry Eden, Hell, every time you hack a security computer, some form of wireless network updates the robots on changed priorities.


Edit:
Also, I can't find this in my stats.

+400 2-H Guns from enigmatic find

Click to expand...

The guns were put into your base stats. I believe it is 200 guns short though, remember you did lose a few.

In a few cases, the robots are initially connected to a container of sorts, so it's possible that a wired relay transmitted the signals to the container, which then reprogrammed the robot in question. In the case of John Henry Eden, even if you don't reprogram the President yourself, the robots aid you, meaning that it's possible the orders to protect you from Enclave soldiers was transmitted prior to the events we actually see in the game. Whenever a computer is used to "hack" a robot, usually it involves transmitting new orders to it, not reprogramming it completely. Look at FISTO for example. When you hack a robot in the field, you deactivate it, and various logs among people who rebuilt robots in both 3 and New Vegas seem to indicate something along the lines of rebuilding robots from scratch by hand, rather than reprogramming them wirelessly. Of course when it comes to actual hacking in either game, you need to be one heck of an expert personally, and there's no easy device to do it from afar that's just point and click. So that's why I'm going with the standard practice of actually having to sneak up on a robot, and in this case, your special device makes it easier to hack once you have achieved that. Admittedly, that requires bypassing gatling lasers and missiles, and usually other hazards too.

Fair, but what about House's On the fly updating of the protocols for Victor?

New Vegas Securitrons seemed to be wirelessly linked to Mr. House's mainframe somehow.

I'm not sure what to make of the Securitrons and Mr. House's system, although we can infer that whatever he was using was likely far in advance of the technology widely available prior to the war outside of military hands. Also, it seems to degrade with distance somehow, as he was apparently only able to send "suggestions" and emergency shutdowns to Victor as far as Goodsprings or Novac. While we do have the software upgrade to the Securitron army take place, we don't know for sure how that was conducted or even how it worked in the first place. Sidetracking aside, we still don't really know exactly how they operated, but the fact is that wireless systems do not seem to have been the norm when it comes to robotics, and Mr. House may be a sole exception to the rule.

Fair enough!

Maritime Collective:


Mayor’s Solution:


Build Orders:


Salvage Orders:

Once again, orders to be due by Wednesday.

My order may be a tad brief this week. I forgot to copy my notes to something portable when I send my laptop to be cleaned. But, they will be in.

Mayor's Orders for Waycross for Update 25: January – June, 2252

Mayor's Inventory of Waycross


Mayor's Challenge


Mayor's Challenge Solution


Orders

So yeah, my orders will either be in in full tomorrow night, or extremely brief order will be in Weds morning.

Governor’s Challenge: The governor is concerned that a PipBoy bobble head has begun talking to him. Should he follow the deranged commands of this figurine or seek out psychological help?

Click to expand...

Greetings False Overseer! It would be super swell if you could stop pretending you don't here me!

Booker T. Ryan looked up from his desk. The bobble-head had turned around again. He had checked before he sat down. It had been facing away. Now the little bobble head was moving up and down slightly, facing him. The little toy had been uttering gibberish before now, with occasional phrases regarding kings and hounds and unimaginable horrors. But mostly it was gibberish. This was the first time he had said something coherent, and to Ryan directly.

"What do you want, you little devil? What do you gain by pestering me incessantly?"

Those sure are good questions, False Overseer! You don't have to worry about me, no sir! I'm just keen on doing my civic duty and making sure my voice is heard! It'd be swell if I could have your ear for a few minutes.

"Well, you have my attention. Say your piece and then leave me to mine."

Indulge the toy for a moment, Booker figured. He'd heard about stranger things out in the wastes.

Gee whiz, False Overseer! Thanks for giving me a chance to tell you what to change! I'm on cloud nine! Let me tell ya, the two bit act you have going on here in the vault is completely infested with cooties! You need to cool it. You've got it made in the shade here, and sending your gang out to Nowheresville just rattles my cage, gosh darn it! This vault has a mission and you've totally shot it down. President Eden is going to think you're a total spaz! And you are, because you're not a Real Overseer! Play it safe and stay home and maybe your won't get roughed up by President Eden's Army. What happens when the all american MVP, Mr. Gutsy, shows up and gives you a knuckle sandwich? I know some cool cats that will turn you and your gang into machines, but they're a little on the Red side, if you catch my drift...

At this point, Ryan stood up and walked over to the bobble head.

Hey! What are you doing, False Overseer?!? Put me down! Heed me! I am your guide! I am your master! I WILL STALK YOUR SOUL AND HAUNT YOUR DREAMS!!!!

Ryan used some extra papers lying around and muffled the bobble head. The voice became muffled. Booker thought to himself that he needed to relax a bit more and that one of the best ways to relax is to go the shooting range. After that, maybe he'd convince himself that it was just a dream and laugh about it over a drink or two.

Survivalist Union:




Headman’s Challenge solution:


Orders:

Starting work on the update now.

Will have orders in in half an hour!

Me too.

Empire of America:


Emperor’s Challenge:


Orders:


Building Orders:

Will have orders in soon EQ