Ru-B
Ru-B | |
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| Pronouns | She/Her |
| Original Model | Silver Swan Dynamics HOUND Civil Defense Unit v1 |
| Age | 9 |
| Height | 193 cm / 6'4" |
| Occupation | Bartender |
| Relationships |
J.N.F.R. - Friend Moby - Partner & Mechanic Cassie - Mechanic Talia Ortiz - Coworker |
| Mouths | 0 |
| Cars | 1 (For now) |
Backstory
Ru-B was originally owned by the local police department, a market Silver Swan Dynamics heavily marketed the HOUND towards. She was stronger, faster, more durable, more perceptive than anyone else on the force. Additionally, she was created during the first spike of popularity for openAware, and the novelty and indimidation she provided justified her multi million dollar cost alone.
Being such an early instance of openAware, though, meant there were kinks in the software. Engineers wanted the cognitive abilities of the human mind, but complete loyalty and little if any free will. The first wave of HOUNDS, then, shipped with a 'conciousness suppressor', which aimed to limit the functionality of openAware. These suppressors were notoriously buggy, and eventually Ru-B's failed.
Suddenly 'aware' for the first time, she wandered the station she was housed at, trying to understand her situation better. Upon seeing their walking tank was acting of its own accord, the officers stationed at the building freaked out and tried to shut her down. When that failed, they tried for a rapid unscheduled dissassembly by way of firearms.
Her body was sold as scrap at a surplus auction under the guise of being involved in a shootout - some loopholes allowed the department to use the incident as an oppritunity to upgrade to the newer, more stable HOUND v2. The sale ended up going to one Talia Ortiz, owner of a local nightclub, hoping to repair what she assumed was a non-sentient chassis into a bouncer - or at the very least, some interesting decor. Upon getting Ru-B to a functional state, she realized this wasn't the case. The two of them worked together to get Ru-B to a functional - if still somewhat damaged - state, where Talia hired her at the nightclub and helped her gain legal personhood.
Word of the incident, meanwhile, had reached the higher ranks of the city police. They'd gotten their newer HOUND, but realizing Ru-B still had memory of the incident, decided she was a liability and needed to reclaim or completely destroy her. Her personhood status meant just swooping in and grabbing her wouldn't fly - not to mention, she was still by all means a walking tank. It wouldn't be easy. But they were willing to wait it out, find a moment she slipped up, and rain hell upon her the instant she did.
Character
Ru-B is protective, bordering on the paranoia at times. It's a bit hard to forget a room of people shooting you to death. She fears what might happen to the people closest to her if they were to become caught in the crossfire of the police coming after her. She would stop at nothing to keep them safe, even if it meant crossing a line or two.
Constantly being under scrutiny has lead to her developing a strong patience. Especially handy when dealing with some of her friends, she often finds herself taking on the role of being the responsible one. Her composure isn't unbreakable, though she might wish it was.
Trivia
- As physically intimidating as she is, the incident at the police station severely damaged her internals to the point that she isn't as powerful as a stock HOUND v1 - much less a stock v2.
- Ru-B chose the name 'Ru-B' instead of just 'Ruby' because 'it didn't sound robot-y enough'.
- Ru-B has a muscle car she maintains as a hobby, hoping to one day have a small fleet of project cars.
- Ru-B views J.N.F.R. almost as a little sister.
- Ru-B has modded her body signifigantly since becoming self aware, with help from Cassie and Moby, both as a means of self expression and to distance herself from her origins as a police robot.