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WCDT strips 4306-4310 (13-17 July 2020)

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Mr_Rose:
I recall that at least one model of gundam could also transform into a jet fighter so I reckon May’d be all over that. Even if the missiles were Nerf and the chaingun airsoft.

JimC:
Have you folks thought through the implications of how May comes to have her current chassis?  My impression is that she was not embodied in the job which led to the embezzlement, and certainly not embodied in robot gaol. The current chassis doesn't seem to be rented, it appears to have been a gift from the Dept of corrections. So if they have a requirement to supply a chassis to every ex con who requests one, and (as is I submit canon) a very limited budget, then its almost inevitable that they will supply the ex cons with the cheapest items available on the secondhand market, and May seems to have got a particular lemon.
But again, how do AIs in general get chassis? Bubbles' chassis seems to have been a 'gift'/result of military service,  Roko we don't know. But a new AI comes out of the creche, may want a mobile chassis, may not. How are they paid for? Are there parents who pay as human parents effectivelypay for their offspring's chassis? Is there a kind of bond servitude like McCaffreys "Ship who... series"?

Is it cold in here?:
I have no tear ducts and I must cry.

Pilchard123:
Marigold bought Momo's current chassis and gave it to her as a gift, same for Hannelore and Winslow. May talks about buying herself a better chassis, and we know there are shops selling inert chassis that can be easily bought if you have enough money.

My personal theory (though I've given it all of 5 minutes of thought) is that a newly-created AI without a specific task stays in a server rack somewhere, working until it can afford to buy a mobile chassis if it wants one. Maybe there are some that have no desire to be mobile, but they could still buy beefier hardware/better data connections. Special-purpose AIs, like Bubbles, are put straight into their matching chassis.

Mr_Rose:
My headcanon for Bubbles still having her military issue chassis is that, for security reasons, she can’t leave and also no other AI can inhabit it, because who wants one of your soldiers to get captured, literally mind wiped, and replaced with an externally identical enemy soldier to be sent back as an infiltrator?

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