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• RobCo Industries Overview • Protectrons are a model of robot which appears in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
Background[edit]
The RobCo Protectron was constructed for civil service applications, such as security to firefighting.[2] The robot is described as sturdy, used before the Great War as a "security automaton in both the private and business sectors."[3]
The Protectron has three photo sensors capable of sight and is powered by a fission battery, located behind an access panel.[4][5] Protectrons came with a special pod where it could be stored. The Standard Protectron Control Interface v2.40 was installed on terminals connected to the pod.
The introduction of the Protectron impacted workers in the United States as the automation displaced them from jobs.[6] Labor strikes resulted in violence between the robots and displaced human employees.[7][8]
Variants[edit]
RobCo offered construction variants designed to withstand damage that came equipped with an internal nail gun.[9] Firefighter models were equipped with an internal cryo gun for utilization in combat.[10] Medic models were designed to use its hands as defibrillators, or as a shock weapon in combat.[11] Police units also used shock attacks.[12] Protectrons could be used to cook food with their internal temperatures reaching 1000 degrees.[13]
Other variants included office robots running the R04 V9 "Office Helper" personality[14] with integrated office protocols and scheduling software,[15] RS3 V4.1.6 "Utility Helper"[16] with remote maintenance routine download capability[17] and pest extermination programs,[18] and the RX2 V1.16.4 "Vault Helper"[19] with Vault protocols.[20]
Overviews[edit]
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Behind the Scenes[edit]
The Art of Fallout 3 states that during development, Emil Pagliarulo's input on every robot was to "make it more like Robby the Robot." The protectron's original design went through many iterations before artists settled on a design that has "the vintage character of Robby" and that "captures the quintessential 1950's robot character more than any other."[21]
Gallery[edit]
A Protectron, as shown on the unimplemented Thin Skinned perk card
A malfunctioning Protectron, as seen in Wastelad
On a sign in Sunshine Tidings Co-op
Extended Art
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References[edit]
- ↑ The Ghouls End Credits
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "The RobCo Protectron was constructed for a multitude of civil service applications, from security to firefighting."
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas loading screens: "The sturdy Protectron model of robot was created before the great war, and served as a security automaton in both the private and business sectors."
- ↑ Courier: "The display case is empty. The gun's missing."
Primm Slim: "Have you gone loco, pardner? I can see the gun with my own three photo sensors from where I'm standing right now. [You hear strange sounds coming from Primm Slim. He may be trying to read a corrupted file, but it would take more science knowledge to be sure.]"
(Primm Slim/Dialogue) - ↑ Lone Wanderer: "Any clue where I can find a Fission Battery?"
Butcher: "When we passed the maintenance room, I spied a deactivated Protectron inside. Just wrench open its access panel, and you'll find it."
(Butcher's dialogue ) - ↑ Supply Plant Terminal Entries; terminal, Private Entry #2
- ↑ Supply Plant Terminal Entries; terminal, Private Entry #5
- ↑ Supply Plant Terminal Entries; terminal, Private Entry #6
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "The construction model of Protectron was built to take damage. Some versions also come equipped with an internal nail gun, which they can utilize in combat."
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "The firefighter model of Protectron is equipped with an internal cryo gun it can utilize in any combat situation."
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "The medic model of Protectron was designed to use its hands as a defibrillator. In combat, it utilizes this ability as a painful shock attack."
- ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "In combat, the police model of Protectron relies on strong melee attacks and a painful electric shock."
- ↑ General's Steakhouse Protectron/Dialogue: "My internal temperature is 1000 degrees. The perfect temperature for broiling steaks."
- ↑ Protectron: "Loading Personality: RobCo R04 V9 "Office Helper"..."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: OfficeRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Running default office protocol...ERROR. Loading daily agenda...ERROR." et al"
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: OfficeRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Loading Personality: RobCo RS3 V4.1.6 "Utility Helper"..."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: UtilityRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Receiving Sewer Maintenance Routine. Please Hold. Link Terminated."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: UtilityRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Critter of unusual size detected. Running Program: Extermination."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: UtilityRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Loading Personality: RobCo RX2 V1.16.4 "Vault Helper"..."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: VaultRobotTalk - ↑ Protectron: "Remote start activated, loading Vault protocols. Please hold."
(Protectron's dialogue (Fallout 3)) Note: VaultRobotTalk - ↑ The Art of Fallout 3, Robots p. 45: "Emil's input on every robot was "make it more like Robby the Robot!" and this was the mind-set we had in approaching the various mechanical creatures in the world. The Protectron is an original design that went through many iterations before settling on something that does have the vintage character of Robby, and we think he captures the quintessential 1950's robot character more than any other."
