The Roboticizer  This is perhaps the only item remaining after the purge of all Sega-owned material in ‘Blood and Metal,’ but only because not only is it so integral to the story, but because it’s also commonly found elsewhere. Come on, how many science fiction and fantasy fiction stories are there that involve a human or equivalent becoming a robot of some form during the story? And that’s including everything you’d find on the Internet?  The roboticizer in B&M is the classic glass tube deal, which uses a combination of harmonics, liquified metal, cyborg parts, and later on nanotech to infuse metal, and electronics into living tissue, converting them into a robotic resemblance (Blood is turned into a combination lubricant and energy conduit, muscles are turned into billions of micro thin actuators, nerves become wires, bone are steel reinforced, and so on.) Standard roboticizers are vertical and usually involve several tubes at once, although more portable versions with a horizontal bed are found and used, especially in two parts of the story. Your standard roboticizer is actually a facility that takes up three floors; the parts that you see with the tube and control panel are only the middle floor part. The upper floor contains the ray emitter for the harmonics, the liquified metal and nanotech supplies, numerous articulated arms for various devices to replace lost limbs as well as further modifications to the new—or revised—Robian, and a harness and breathing mask to secure the former organic subject off the floor for a more through exposure to what’s above. The floor below contains a gel-like substance to resist any movement inside the tube so that it’ll be difficult for anyone to break the glass and wiggle free, as well as an anti-bacterial wash to make sure that the subject is rid of any impurities before the transformation. Originally, just like with many other stories on items like this (including Sonic the Hedgehog) the Roboticizer is used for more honorable purposes: Limb replacement, terminal injury and illnesses, carpal tunnel syndrome, and the like. It wasn’t until Alberect arrived in force and set himself up as ruler of an all-Robian empire that the Roboticizer was misused by turning the organic people of Maatla into mindless—if not mind-controllable—robotic slaves. When Alberect was killed, the roboticizer was immediately returned to it’s more honorable roots when the Robians themselves carried a dying Eric Krockett into it. By the end of the story, the Roboticizer’s use has been greatly diminished, not only because of CUK-2 (Command Unit Krockett)’s influence, but also because there are other ways for Robians to increase their numbers.
 And no, it is not supposed to look like any genitalia. STFU and get yoru mind out of the damned gutter. |