Droid Engineer Archive

Last post of a series of 4 on the developer list of possible modules for Pub 8. This one I understand the least, TH's description read "Entertainers would get a certification so that only they could use this droid (no combat functionality is added so its different that the combat certs). This module would allow an entertainer to queue one of 10 different new effects (smoke, lighting, etc.) The advantage is that the droid won’t consume entertainers HAM (just batteries). Each module will represent a different effect. So with 10 different effects, there will be 10 Entertainer modules which means the higher level droids with more module slots will be more useful for queuing different effects."

Despite the longish description, I am not sure how it would work. Can it be programmed to be in sync with the act in progress, or is the queued effect going to just go off at some hard to predict time? Is the droid the center of the effect, or could it put a spotlight on its owner? What level is the cert at, and what is it for? Do you need the cert tocall it or just to invoke the effect (I expect the latter.) Is there experience for the effect?

The best use I can think of for this is as an explanitorycover for a droid with a bomb inside (see Exploding Module post). It would have to be cheap, and in an MSE for that purpose.

Maybe Entertainers would like it, but somehow I doubt that.

Should any developer effort be expended on this? I recommend not.