TYPE:Independent Robotic Unit ((Customized))
MODEL: Original construction model K , UPDATE: numerous user modifications and upgrades detected; registered as "LITTLE TINKER" ((ERROR: UNKNOWN))
MANUFACTURER: RECORD-DELETED
Registration Number:272380IRU-6K00 ((ERROR: DATA CORRUPTED))
IRU seems to be the K9 replica his frame was originally meant to be however his entire frame has been upgraded with more durable materials and greatly advanced systems, in fact little of the original frame remains and the way by which IRU was identified as the missing collectors robot was by an echo of his original old and rather simple programming to which investigators had access to.
The computer on IRU's back allows limited access to his systems and it is by this point that investigators have attempted to learn more about IRU as dismantling IRU proved fruitless. IRU is 11% larger then his original design but he still retains his medium-small dog like size.
Personality: (note; IRU is yet to be activated, these traits are his traits once started and his personality will develop over time) IRU 6K displays a remarkable loyalty to his Master/s , he tends to wonder around and never stays in one place unless he is commanded to do so by his master.
IRU tends to answer questions with all the information he can find and often may over do his answers with unneeded information or too much information. IRU takes commands quite literally and has difficulty dealing with human humor such as sarcasm which may lead to embarrassing situations in which he may be asked about a subject and due to his long answer a human may say forget it and IRU will delete the information from his data banks.
IRU has a remarkable ability to operate independently of any new programming or commands and can process situations and react to them; sometimes efficiently and sometimes disastrously fail to do so due to lack of what a human would call "common sense" in certain situations.
IRU can't respond to questions about his programming, some of his functions, his upgrades and about the "LITTLE TINKER (and so on) IRU can actually get frantic at his attempts to find and answer to these questions when asked them which can lead to temporary systems failure and emergency shutdown in extreme cases. The one thing that irritates IRU is when someone even his master attempts to have a look at his programming and any such attempt will be met by resistance.
A selective number of subjects in his data banks lead to what programmers call a block; when asked about such a blocked subject IRU will register that a different subject was asked, if the asker is persistent IRU will enter a cycle of errors which redirect him from the asked question and into other another subject even if it makes no sense at all with the asked question.
Equipment: IRU is equipped by a Varity of instruments and not all of them have been identified however those which where identified are as follows:
Laser beam
Sensors of sound, touch, composition, sight and others.
Extensive data banks
Probe launchers and a number of probes
Self repair system
Rechargeable battery (a verity of methods may be applied)
Other items (I will update)
IRU 6K or as he is simply called IRU is a piece of strange puzzle that is yet to make sense to anyone.
IRU's Frame (physical body) is a duplication of a robot depicted in an old science fiction Television Program introduced to the market (2030's) in the anniversary of the program. The frame became popular with Amateur robot builders and with later small local robotics companies. The frame had a long service record however with the introduction of superior frames and AI's the design became obsolete however it retained popularity as a collectors item.
During this time (2030-40's) a strange anomaly was detected in different robots and computer programs, at first the anomaly was dismissed as a minor inconsistency in data caused by minor errors however this situation changed.
All around the world even with renewed cold war barriers among some nations certain robots and computer programs began to behave oddly; the first recorded event was when a child fell down a balcony in an hotel and was saved by a cleaning robot which did not posses the programming to perform such an action yet did so. Other cases included; super market robots building a pyramid out of toilet paper, military robots of the Chinese army recreating the famous field markings which where once believed by some to be the work of aliens, causing media robotic cameras to crash into a number of rivers in France and Canada and many other strange events. The most infamous of the anomalies where the hacking of asteroid sensors and the sending of a fake signal which indicated that a massive asteroid was on a collision course with earth thus sending the world community into a panic and the correction of an error in the wall street market's AI which had the potential to cause an economic crash rivaling the great depression.
After investigation all these cases had one thing in common; the user name LITTLE TINKER. Most units with the LilleT as the anomaly was now called where deleted because even deleting memory didn't seem to solve the problem. The reason for the anomaly was never identified and the case was soon overshadowed by the world wars and the rise of the federation.
IRU 6K was originally one of the last remaining of his model however he vanished when the robotic cargo ship upon which he was being transported disappeared while in transit between Earth and Titan. IRU 6k was later found in the Arcturus system floating in space and was retrieved and studied. It was discovered that the robot had been upgraded and outfitted with a revolutionary AI system however every computer IRU came into contact with began to show peculiar behaviors which where soon identified as the LilleT. The unknown AI system could not be accessed by any system and soon the initial researches gave up on the case.
IRU 6K was stored in a variety of facilities and ships as young investigators and AI developers tried to challenge themselves in the LilleT puzzle however none apart from one AI expert where able to accomplish anything with it; the one that had been successful shared little of his information and later abandoned his career to become a traveling musician.
One mystery of IRU 6K was the way in which he turns up in different places without any record of the transit, as if he vanished and reappeared in another place. To date IRU 6K has never gone online and all research has been done by attempting to link him with other computers, one researcher claimed that IRU was voice locked and would only respond to a selective number of voices.
And so IRU 6K came to be in the F.S.S. Salient's storage bay…
