General "Crash" Test Dummy

[Spinward Scout]

"Crash" 64A100
Ballistic Test Dummy
Robot Training Unit
Tech Level 10
Cost: Cr 22,000
Mass: 85 kg
Height: 1.8 m
Hits: 20
Armor: 0

Purpose: Weapons testing, combat training, ballistic data collection
This robot is designed to simulate an unarmored human target for weapons testing and marksmanship training. It uses a synthetic rubberized skin and flexible internal skeleton to approximate human tissue response. It comes with a training program console and a repair module. The robot is intentionally unarmored to simulate a civilian human target.

Physical Construction
The dummy is covered in synthetic rubberized skin designed to:

• simulate human tissue
• display visible damage marks

This skin does not provide armor. The dummy wears a simple coverall.

Internal Structure
Inside the dummy is a flexible polymer skeleton with sensor packs. Data is transmitted to a training console. Sensors record:

• Entry point (Bullseye, Inner Circle, Outer Circle, other Hit Locations can be specified)
• Approximate trauma level (Hits taken, Damage dealt)

Damage Behavior
The dummy tracks damage exactly like a Traveller character. Damage is applied to:

• END → STR or DEX

When END reaches 0, the robot collapses but continues recording data. When STR or DEX reach 0, the dummy is considered destroyed.

Self-Reset System
If only incapacitated: The robot stands back up after 1D rounds, if it can.

• Injured units require repair.
• Destroyed units require rebuild.

 

[kilemall]

Not quite what I had in mind, this is more ballistics testing, less training.

For training it would simulate the hits but just takes damage, not be dead. Pretty expensive.

 

[Spinward Scout]

I want to add a Movement module, just to make a moving target.

I'm also going to put in a more realistic Hit Location module.

Just starting small. What would you like to add to it?

 

[kilemall]

Which version robot building are you using? Does this thing have its own brain?

 

[Spinward Scout]

Honestly, I just winged it. I'll correct it later if I have it wrong.

Starting out as a basic target. It has an intelligence of 1.

I still have to go through the Robot Handbook. Maybe this weekend.

Did you want it to train an opponent like an Expert program?