Fusion #5 Page 16
EssayBee on Feb. 7, 2012
Here's page 16 of Fusion #5, and Dr. Electric takes control after uncovering some interesting info. I know a number of you were expecting a trap since the robot seems to have been designed to counter the Fab Five's various powers, but the exoskeleton was meant to keep Dr. Electric out, and the gas and sonic alarm were meant to disable him if he did manage to get inside. Although it would be possible to set up some “trap” wires inside the robot (and perhaps there are some), the sheer number of wires and cables necessary to keep the robot functioning and the randomness of Fusion's breach would make it impossible for the robot's designer to know where to place a trap wire (and there would be no guarantee that Dr. Electric would even choose such a trap wire with so much wiring to choose from). That said, you'll learn more about the robot in the future, which will hopefully answer more of your questions. Still feel free to ask any questions you may have, and–unless it'd spoil the future revelations about the robot–I'll be happy to provide answers.
darth_paul at 3:04PM, April 19, 2012
Good lord people it's a comic, stop trying to overanilyze everthing and just enjoy the sci-fi robot super-hero goodness! :-)
Aurora Ket at 8:17PM, Feb. 10, 2012
Thanks. Hnh. guess I was still linked to www.crossoverkill.com somehow, which was not updated somehow. The link there works. Thanks! :) *goes to catch up*
EssayBee at 11:05AM, Feb. 10, 2012
Aurora Ket--The Crossoverkill page here at Drunkduck has been updating regularly, and has had LOTS of updates since December. Click on the Crossoverkill link to the left of the page description here (the "Want More Fusion" ad at the left) and it'll take you to the most recent page.
Aurora Ket at 9:25AM, Feb. 10, 2012
Good robot. Yes, Very good robot. Unrelated note... Has something happened to Crossoverkill? I asked on their page but got no response, and since Fusion is in it, thought I'd ask here. It hasn't updated since... December? It's gonna be march soon.
Dark Rose at 4:27AM, Feb. 8, 2012
I hope there's no plans to "paper train" it! ;)
Dragonfire10503 at 3:18PM, Feb. 7, 2012
good robot
Ozmandious at 9:38AM, Feb. 7, 2012
what happens if he tells it "home, boy!"?
Hero at 8:04AM, Feb. 7, 2012
Who's a good bot? Who's a good bot?
smkinoshita at 7:44AM, Feb. 7, 2012
I'm amused by the idea that you feel the need to explain more about the robot, considering that the thing is horribly impractical in the first place. The costs in creating a giant robot alone would be astronomical... then designing a giant bipedal robot that wouldn't crush itself under its own weight, then adding POWER SOURCE considerations AND have booby traps installed? Then constructing the thing in secret? We're looking at massive R&D costs, development costs, cover-up costs... And the thing's too impractical to be used for military purposes so a lot of the tech wouldn't even have resale value unless they have to deal with hostile foreign supers on a regular basis. Lord Industries must be bleeding out. It'd be totally believable for Brooder to say "Oh yeah, I knew about this thing a long time ago, and that it would never actually work all things considered. But if Lord Industries wants to kill itself hey, by my guest"
CCC_037 at 6:55AM, Feb. 7, 2012
Hmmm. The easiest way to get around Dr. Electric's power here is to have the robot's subsystems entirely seperate; the disadvantage of this is that the left hand won't know what the right hand is doing, but the advantage is that neither will Dr. Electric. A better option might be to have some form of non-electrical communication between systems (e.g. fibreoptic cabling; fibreoptic cable is an electric insulator, yet carries data). The disadvantage of this is that Dr. Electric can still take control of the robot by locating and taking hold of a wire in the 'brain' section. A third alternative therefore occurs; create three seperate, deterministic 'brain' sections, in different parts of the robot; and have each section only respond to commands that come from all three 'brain' sections. All three sections would of course require precisely the same input, but that's simple enough to arrange. Such a robot can still be defeated (destroying 2 out of the 3 'brain' sections would do it) but it cannot be subverted by Dr. Electric, because there's only one of his and he'd need to subvert at least two of the widely seperated brain sections to subvert the robot.
alschroeder at 6:44AM, Feb. 7, 2012
Now make it fetch!
giovanni at 6:41AM, Feb. 7, 2012
xade, its a decade robot design. screw logic
EssayBee at 6:35AM, Feb. 7, 2012
Xade--Short answer: The exoskeleton is made of a proprietary material that's lightweight but very strong, and doesn't conduct heat or electricity. It's something that even Dr. Electric doesn't immediately recognize.
jamoecw at 6:23AM, Feb. 7, 2012
how does dr. electric's electrical power work? i see that he needed to plug himself into the system, does that mean he can't sense/control through transformers as they don't allow electricity to transfer from one side to the other? does the robot use some sort of power plant, or a giant battery? what are the antenna use for on his head, comms or radar?
Mr Kaos at 6:19AM, Feb. 7, 2012
Heh. i love this page. xD
dragonestea at 6:18AM, Feb. 7, 2012
good robot! now roll ovewwwWWWWAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I FORGOT I WAS IN HERE!
Xade at 5:36AM, Feb. 7, 2012
nice page and I have a question, how does it walk around without the leg mass to fully support that huge body weight? Even titanium legs would crumble under the possibly aluminum body. Copper wires and pistons and all that would negate the benefits of aluminum, which wouldnt hold up against the fab 5's powers.
Nepath at 1:33AM, Feb. 7, 2012
nice page