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WCDT strips 4306-4310 (13-17 July 2020)
Cornelius:
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--- Quote from: Farideh on 14 Jul 2020, 20:08 ---I wonder if there's a market for 2nd hand chassis? From the comics, we know that Pintsize, Momo, and Winslow have gotten new bodies. What happened to their old ones?
(Side note: I'm imagining May in Momo's old chassis. It's both hilarious and frightening).
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Pintsize's old chassis is likely unusable: He had to be migrated to a new chassis due to physical damage, and it looks like that upgrade was by unplugging his head and plugging it into the new body. Winslow's old chassis was supposed to go to charity. Momo's old chassis might still be around, but Winslow wanted it destroyed so Pintsize would not get his hands on it.
All three of those chassis would be less than ideal for May's current job, as while she could still operate the register, she would be too small to effectively shoo teenagers and/or would be much easier to kidnap, seeing as it seems she frequently is pulling shifts alone at the convenience store.
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Not to mention the challenge restocking the shelves would be.
tmv:
There could be some kind of 2nd hand chassis market, but non-broken humanoid ones could still be too expensive for May. I would assume her current chassis wasn't new when she got it.
Theta9:
I seem to recall Momo offering May her old chassis, and May's reply was along the lines of OH HELL NO.
Tyr:
Yup! I scrubbed through the archives looking for it. The exact conversation was:
MOMO
You could borrow my old chassis until-
MAY
No offense, but I'd rather wear this bag forever than be a chibi animé toy-robot.
DaiJB:
I was looking at poor May's situation through my rose-coloured glasses just now... :wink:
What if there is a used AI chassis market, so that a robot with a totally worn-out body (like May) could maybe get a better body without going the expensive route of a brand-new one? That way, May could unbend her pride enough to accept financial help (for instance, from Sven - who could probably be convinced to help, out of gratitude for services rendered - nudge, nudge, wink, wink...), as long as she could pay it back at a reduced rate. And on top of that, she has friends who just happen to run a robot repair facility, who could maybe also be convinced to offer reasonable rates for regular maintenance... (Mind you, I'm still looking through my rose-coloured specs... :roll:)
I was also imagining Faye, exercising her artistic and metal-working flair by getting into the robot body design field...
Of course, being Faye, the resulting creation would probably resemble either a Transformer or a Gundam :-D
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