Android Re-Education

Daily Mission Briefing

One of our laboratories has recently developed a way in which some android scientists can be reprogrammed to follow a series of commands contrary to their original design. This personality-altering program can successfully be installed within a small percentage of the android population to change the way they act; however, instituting the shell program is resource intensive. Such a procedure can ultimately compel an android to behave in ways diametrically opposed to what they would do without the alterations. Unfortunately the current shell program is also quite volatile, so it is possible that a qualified designee may terminate prior to upload completion.

Becomes Available Upon: Rank 1200
Un-gray Requirements: Scientists 25000
Per Round Requirements: 500 Energy, 2 Android Scientists
Per Round Rewards: 605 XP
Per Completion Rewards: 1 Android Tactician
Per Round Risks: Potential for AI program rejection (mission failure)

Mission Summary:

• Per 1 Round

Requirements: 500 Energy, 2 Android Scientists
Rewards: 605 XP
XP Return Ratio: 1.21

• 10 Rounds/Completion

Requirements: 5,000 energy, 20 Android Scientists
Rewards: 6,050 XP, 1 Android Tactician

• NO FINISH

This mission can be repeated once every 20 hours and it does not count towards completed missions credit.
Previous Mission: None
Next Mission: None



Android Tactician
Hiring this droid into your crew will increase your attack by 10
Scrap Value (ea): 40000 - 160000



(Credit to tankerdude for inspiration on this idea.)

So an extra 4,380 attack a year instead of research... not the worst trade off.

+1 Really like the idea. Gives another use for the android scientists to those people that do not necessarily need research anymore for anything other than credits!

+1

Since it is 1200+ any chance we could get less xp return?

I like the idea I do not like the rate, I think instead of 10 TO's it should only give 4 the same as if you successfully converted over 1 scientist android.

Assuming zero failures, yes, but probably more like 4,000.


Sure, lowered it by 25%.


But Android Scientists are +4...

Why just work on android scientists? Make it a long mission needing androids (any kind) and data discs- after all, you need discs to transfer the data! Maybe something like the 250 energy/300 xp/100 completions? Or maybe a two chain mission - first develop the software, needing data discs, them second work out how to get the androids to accept their new programming...

It could then unlock an ability (with cool down), cost 500(?) energy plus one android (again, any kind). You could then choose either of the other kinds of android to output, so put in one helmsmen, get out one android scientist or (new arti) android tactician, for example.

Actually, it should be the same as an Android Helmsmen (+3), and don't know if it should come from a daily mission, but simply added to the artifacts pull table. But I do like the idea