The Roboticist's Dilemma

[Terms-On-Dragon]

My take is that silicons should not be self-sufficient. Ideally upgrades, repairs etc. would all need a roboticist. Also ideally there'd just be more sidegrades and stuff for the roboticist to actually make.

Frankly I think we should move guardbuddy stuff under robotics. Then we could work on some way for silicons to better interface with buddies (giving them commands etc.) and expand on how modular buddies can be?

I may agree with the upgrades, as it can be quite easy to simply slot in some powerful modules without a single hand of the roboticist. Though some self-sustainability should be available, perhaps having the docking station require upgrades to be inserted by human hands as if a module needs to be inserted into a rewriter. Possibly having the dock station slowly repair damages instead of instantly fixing them.

It would be nice to have roboticsts not be bound to their one part of the station to be useful, perhaps serving as a paramedic for cyborgs around the station. Could have a tool that lets them give some immediate charge to a cyborg, so they have enough to work for just a little bit more, or to retreat to a nearby docking station.

I would not know much about robuddies, so maybe a more advanced roboticist can remotely do some simple tasks without having to go there themselves? Maybe the robuddies can even be used to retrieve the brains of fallen silicon?