Biobot Builder

Reboot an ambitious collaborative project spearheaded by Gravitas's bioengineering and robotics departments.If correctly rebuilt, it could save Duplicant lives.

First Encounter

My Duplicants have discovered a laboratory full of dusty machinery. The vestiges of another colony's experiments, perhaps?It is unclear whether the apparatus is intended for biological experimentation or advanced mechatronics...or both.

Meet P.E.G.G.Y.

Our restoration work is complete!A small plaque on this building's mechanical assembly tank reads: "Pathogen-Fueled Extravehicular Geo-Exploratory Guidebot (Y)."The adjacent tank contains the floating shape of a half-formed organism. Its vivid coloring reminds me of the poisonous amphibians that were eradicated from our home planet's jungles.A tattered transcript print-out was recovered from the mess.

ENCRYPTION LEVEL: THREE

<smallcaps>[Log Fragmentation Detected] [Voice Recognition Unavailable]</smallcaps>[LOG BEGINS]...and then the Printing Pod says "Knock knock, goo's there!"Ugh. They'll never laugh at that stinker.What if-(sound of a ding)Hey hey, squishy little buddy! Look who's all grown up. You ready for a big robot ride? Dr. Seyed Ali should be back from his meeting any minute. He'll be so happy to see you.(sound of a wet slap on glass)Aww yeah, I'd be impatient too.You know what, why don't I go ahead and get you into your new home? I've helped him do this more than a dozen times."See one, do one, teach one," right?[LOG ENDS]

Anonymous Admirer

I am a subatomic particle smaller than a speck of dust flushed from your gaze at the eyewash station My love is like plutonium gray and dull and unbearably heavy until I am near you with every breath I burn, with yearning unseenPS: I made Steve let me in so I could leave you this, hope that's okay.

With Regrets

Dr. Seyed Ali,You were right to be angry with me. I am the reason that the driverless workbot project was reassigned. Director Stern called me in to discuss your concerns regarding the Sporb mucin cross-contamination, and I...She said the supplemental testing on model X posed a threat to the Ceres mission.After what happened to that poor lab tech, I should have said more, but...It was already too late for him.It may be too late for all of us.You should know that the Director received a video call from someone at the Vertex Institute as I left... I lingered outside her door and heard her address them as the head of transnational security! The way they were talking about the biobot...It's not safe to write more here. I'll wait for you at the rocket hangar after your shift tonight.I hope you'll come. I understand if you don't.I am so, so sorry. - Dr. Saruhashi

Challenge Completed

Success! My Duplicants' efforts to get the Biobot Builder up and running have finally paid off!Our first fully assembled P.E.G.G.Y. biobot is ready to perform tasks in hazardous environments, which means less exposure to danger for my Duplicants. There seems to be no limit to the number of biobots that we could produce.A small toy bot was found discarded behind the Sporb tank. It occasionally plays a deteriorated laugh track.

Biobot

The pathogen-fueled guidebot is designed to maximize a colony's chances of surviving in hostile environments by meeting three core outcomes:1. Filtration and removal of toxins from environment; 2. Safe disposal of filtered toxins through conversion into usable biofuel; 3. Creation of geo-exploration equipment for colony expansion with minimal colonist endangerment.The elements aggregated during this process may result in the unintentional spread of contaminants. Specialized training required for safe handling.

A Pathogen-Fueled Extravehicular Geo-Exploratory Guidebot (model Y), aka "P.E.G.G.Y."It can be assigned basic building tasks and digging duties in hazardous environments.