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Post by Daedalus on Jan 4, 2016 8:00:57 GMT
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Post by Chancellor on Jan 4, 2016 8:01:49 GMT
Oh crap, maybe the Court really does know.
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Post by Chancellor on Jan 4, 2016 8:03:48 GMT
Calling it right now: that robot sensor device was set up by The Court Robot from earlier - notice the same green hues on both robots, when compared to the blueish-purple hues of the other followers - and this is actually a set-up for the competing Robot faction of Gunnerkrigg Loyalists to come in and rat out Robot's cult to the Court. And soon, very soon, we'll have a Robot Civil War on our hands, with Loyalists and Fanatics fighting each other. An internal religious conflict? That would NEVER end in bloodshed! Other theory: Robot's CPU gets switched from another robot - perhaps a Seraph - when they think that Robot HIMSELF is becoming too attached to Shadow and not focusing on prophecy and the coming transformation of the Robot Cult. Then the false Robot gets the new body and transforms themselves into the Cult leader, while Robot has to find a way of convincing Annie and Kat that they've been duped by an usurper. One more thing: Happy New Year folks! Happy new year indeed. |
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 4, 2016 8:03:59 GMT
Oh crap, maybe the Court really does know. What we know, however, is that Robot is not the only 'bot practicing parkour. This is important information, people! Calling it right now: that robot sensor device was set up by The Court Robot from earlier - notice the same green hues on both robots, when compared to the blueish-purple hues of the other followers - and this is actually a set-up for the competing Robot faction of Gunnerkrigg Loyalists to come in and rat out Robot's cult to the Court. And soon, very soon, we'll have a Robot Civil War on our hands, with Loyalists and Fanatics fighting each other. An internal religious conflict? That would NEVER end in bloodshed! Other theory: Robot's CPU gets switched from another robot - perhaps a Seraph - when they think that Robot HIMSELF is becoming too attached to Shadow and not focusing on prophecy and the coming transformation of the Robot Cult. Then the false Robot gets the new body and transforms themselves into the Cult leader, while Robot has to find a way of convincing Annie and Kat that they've been duped by an usurper. One more thing: Happy New Year folks! Happy new year indeed. I think we'll need a lot more evidence before we accept the rest of calpal 's post. It's a longshot for now - an interesting longshot, but a longshot nonetheless. Also, it wouldn't be hard for Kat or Annie to recognize a usurper. They know Robot very well, and they could always check his chip for that special blue thing. |
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Post by rafk on Jan 4, 2016 8:04:52 GMT
Oh crap, maybe the Court really does know. I assume there is surveillance on Annie and Kat, so I'm sure the Court knows about Robot and Shadow. The question is if this surveillance relates to the Court or whether this is a rival for the robot cult leadership. |
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Post by noone3 on Jan 4, 2016 8:10:32 GMT
An internal religious conflict? That would NEVER end in bloodshed! Electrolyte would be spilled... |
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 4, 2016 8:11:16 GMT
Oh crap, maybe the Court really does know. I assume there is surveillance on Annie and Kat, so I'm sure the Court knows about Robot and Shadow. The question is if this surveillance relates to the Court or whether this is a rival for the robot cult leadership. If he's a rival, he might actually be more qualified. As a robot trained in the Etheric Sciences, he would recognize the etheric changes the robots are undergoing. Assuming, of course, that my pet theory is somewhat reasonable and that there actually is an etheric effect occurring, rather than just a "normal" cult. |
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Post by keef on Jan 4, 2016 9:12:02 GMT
It's Eglabot!
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brokshi
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Post by brokshi on Jan 4, 2016 9:25:00 GMT
The court bot actually has a very similar build to Robot, looking at it. It's taller and thinner, and with more detailed hands, but still. Could that be the model Robot's current body is based on?
If nothing else this explains why it's so adept at parkour.
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Post by gpvos on Jan 4, 2016 10:12:49 GMT
Also, it wouldn't be hard for Kat or Annie to recognize a usurper. They know Robot very well, and they could always check his chip for that special blue thing. Wouldn't all robots have that extra blue thing on their CPUs? |
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Post by calpal on Jan 4, 2016 10:14:55 GMT
I think we'll need a lot more evidence before we accept the rest of calpal 's post. It's a longshot for now - an interesting longshot, but a longshot nonetheless. Also, it wouldn't be hard for Kat or Annie to recognize a usurper. They know Robot very well, and they could always check his chip for that special blue thing. Hey, now when have I ever been wrong about anything?! Other than, you know, all those times I was wrong... but they don't count! |
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Post by Goatmon on Jan 4, 2016 10:18:19 GMT
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Post by arf on Jan 4, 2016 10:31:45 GMT
Yep. That's the guy. Quite a trusted member of the Gunnerkrigg Power Station staff ("qualified to operate this facility."). Current assumption is that they are who Eggbot is working with. Hmm... Eggbot skirts a little close to rule 113h itself. |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 4, 2016 11:20:48 GMT
Spybot leaves after seeing Shadow and Robot start doing homework. To me that implies that Spybot's spymasters are not concerned about Shadow or the relationship between Robot and Shadow.
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Post by aline on Jan 4, 2016 13:45:45 GMT
What we know, however, is that Robot is not the only 'bot practicing parkour. Although we never really saw any other robot doing it, I guess I always kinda assumed this was something other robots could do. Not all of them, obviously, but at least the ones who can use it for their job. The seraphs always seemed agile enough. I find it more interesting to find a spy among Robot's "fidels". Although I do wonder why exactly Robot's relationship to shadow is of interest to him? And if the Court really does know, another question: what are they (not) doing about it? This has been going on for a while, now. Or perhaps it is a recent discovery? |
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Post by fwip on Jan 4, 2016 14:35:59 GMT
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Post by ctso74 on Jan 4, 2016 14:39:36 GMT
Clearly, Eggbot has a phobia of homework.
There is an option, that I don't believe any one as mentioned. He could be reporting to Kat. She's no fool, and after the Love Boat incident, I wouldn't be surprised if she took investigative measures. Surely, she's keeping a closer eye on robots, now.
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Post by Anthony on Jan 4, 2016 15:38:07 GMT
The robot was first seen here. He seems to be a member of the Court security (others have the same symbol). |
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Post by goldenknots on Jan 4, 2016 15:44:29 GMT
The robot was first seen here. He seems to be a member of the Court security (others have the same symbol). And, since he is qualified to operate the etheric extraction facility, he seems to be fairly high up in the Court's research hierarchy. I wonder if he has his own agenda, or if his research group does, aside from the Court's leaders. |
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Post by dawolf on Jan 4, 2016 16:49:02 GMT
He's in the torn sea as well I think, although I can't see the breast markings so I'm going off the face gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1418gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1420in which case, firing torpedoes - we're talking military. For some reason I'm thinking Bond? |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 4, 2016 17:32:03 GMT
Maybe he is a double agent working for the Court as a secret agent while also spying on the Court for the robots. Maybe a triple agent by spying for the Seraphs while he is spying on the Court for the robots while he is workng as a secret agent for the Court.
Now I really want to see him hide under a box!
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Post by Daedalus on Jan 4, 2016 17:43:33 GMT
Also, it wouldn't be hard for Kat or Annie to recognize a usurper. They know Robot very well, and they could always check his chip for that special blue thing. Wouldn't all robots have that extra blue thing on their CPUs? What the "blue thing" is exactly is a mystery, but I was pretty sure from this page that it was an unusual addition to Robot's chip. I mean, I assumed that Kat had seen inside other robots' heads before, so she was comparing it to a "normal [robot] cpu"? |
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Post by Lightice on Jan 4, 2016 17:57:59 GMT
What the "blue thing" is exactly is a mystery, but I was pretty sure from this page that it was an unusual addition to Robot's chip. I mean, I assumed that Kat had seen inside other robots' heads before, so she was comparing it to a "normal [robot] cpu"? I'm fairly sure that Kat hadn't had a chance to look around inside a Court robot before that time. Based on their early interactions or lack thereof, it seems that the robots aren't normally supposed to interact with the younger students. Kat was comparing the CPU to a normal one, like any that you'd find in a computer, or that's what I got out of that scene. The "blue thing" is most likely the bit that enables the robots to be more than conventional machines, a some kind of etheric science gizmo connected to normal electronics. |
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Post by Bob, Squirrel King on Jan 4, 2016 19:12:58 GMT
He's in the torn sea as well I think, although I can't see the breast markings so I'm going off the face gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1418gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1420in which case, firing torpedoes - we're talking military. For some reason I'm thinking Bond? Not the same bot. The most obvious difference is in the head shape (this guy has a perfect rectangular cuboid, the others don't). If you look closely at the arms and legs, you can see some pretty significant differences as well. The only similarity I am seeing (beyond general body shape) is the pattern of the sensors on the head. |
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Post by dawolf on Jan 4, 2016 19:26:06 GMT
He's in the torn sea as well I think, although I can't see the breast markings so I'm going off the face gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1418gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1420in which case, firing torpedoes - we're talking military. For some reason I'm thinking Bond? Not the same bot. The most obvious difference is in the head shape (this guy has a perfect rectangular cuboid, the others don't). If you look closely at the arms and legs, you can see some pretty significant differences as well. The only similarity I am seeing (beyond general body shape) is the pattern of the sensors on the head. Fair enough, you might be right! He is a secret agent. Mentioned by Tom in the audio www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF-mrQUbQc4About 5:40 onwards over the next 20 seconds. |
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Post by l33tninja on Jan 4, 2016 23:14:43 GMT
I don't think the Court really cares much about Shadow to be honest. I think this spying is just to figure out more about Kat's work in organo-robotics. I think they have several projects they are working on, but all of them seem to be somewhat geared towards creating life. Whatever the Omega project Tony was researching, and Surma's pregnancy, it probably has to do with how to use the ether to make living things. It is clear, though, that Annie knows much more about the ether than Tony does, and also probably more than the court. They can't experience it like she can, only experiment on it.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 5, 2016 0:04:33 GMT
Why not the full version?  It's Mr. Eglamore! It's a station bot! It's Egla-bot! |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 6, 2016 0:27:24 GMT
Hello? Twenty-four hours with no new post on the boards, feels a little creepy.
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Post by goldenknots on Jan 6, 2016 1:41:19 GMT
Hello? Twenty-four hours with no new post on the boards, feels a little creepy. We're all maybe a bit creeped out by the spy, and awaiting some sort of chaos to descend as a result of his report, whoever gets it. |
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Post by matoyak on Jan 6, 2016 5:45:39 GMT
Hello? Twenty-four hours with no new post on the boards, feels a little creepy. We're all maybe a bit creeped out by the spy, and awaiting some sort of chaos to descend as a result of his report, whoever gets it. Eh...I don't feel it's creepy. Just that there isn't much to say about it. We already theorized that this guy's here for A Reason, and there's no new info given on this page other'n "yup, thar be a reason he be hur". So...eh. Not much to say here. |
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