Robotics Specialist

Thomas Wright

In-engine capture · Work in progress

The Impossible Machine

Thomas Wright built robots for a living. When his daughter Clara developed an illness that doctors could not cure, he spent years trying to build a machine that could keep her mind alive. Every attempt failed, and Clara was running out of time.

Then The Host offered him the technology he needed. In return, Thomas had to bring his robots to Blackridge prison and put them to work during the hunt. He accepted for his daughter. Inside the prison, Thomas uses his machines to look ahead, help teammates communicate, and collect small items from places they cannot reach. He gives the team a way to check for danger before walking into it.

“Keep your voice down and let the rover check the corner first.”

Playstyle

Send R.O.B. ahead and keep your team informed.

Strengths

Remote scouting, protected radio traffic and item delivery.

Tradeoffs

Devices need positioning and a reliable control link.

Abilities

Robotics Specialist

Choose one card from each tier. Your core active, specialization and capstone shape your loadout.

Character mastery

Robotics Specialist

Tier ILevel 1 · Core active

Recon DronePress Q to launch or pilot the Recon Drone; press Q again to leave it hovering. Reveals Hunters in its camera view to all Survivors. Secure ChannelPress Q to place a portable radio relay on the floor (30 m radius, 45 s). Silences walkie-talkie acoustic chatter for Survivors inside. R.O.B.Press Q to deploy and drive R.O.B., a wheeled ground robot that fits under low gaps, picks up one pocket item (F) and delivers it to a teammate.

Tier IILevel 5 · Specialization

Signal Booster+50% control link range on the Recon Drone and R.O.B.; +50% coverage radius on the Secure Channel relay. Wide LensWider camera FOV and +40% Hunter detection range on the Drone; gives R.O.B. a 12 m Hunter sensor and the Relay an intruder ping. Hardened ShellYour device has 100 HP (survives a Hunter strike), repairs in 3 s instead of 5 s, and the Relay lasts 50% longer.

Tier IIILevel 10 · Capstone

Autonomous WatchWhile parked, the Drone slowly pans 360° and keeps spotting Hunters; parked R.O.B. alerts you when a Hunter comes within 6 m; the Relay stays up until destroyed. Shock ModulePress R to discharge an electric pulse from your active device, staggering Hunters within 4 m for 1.2 s. Ghost SignalYour device runs dark and quiet: beacon light off, motor hum reduced by 85%, and immune to Hunter signal scramble.

Abilities in action

Actual ability use from the development build. Staged encounters.

R.O.B. reconnaissance

Silent in-engine capture · Work in progress

Thomas takes R.O.B.'s ground-level camera, drives up to a Hunter, then parks the robot. Actual pilot controls in a staged encounter.

The rest of this story waits inside Blackridge.

In development. Abilities and balance may change. No public build yet.