Drone Auto-Shelving Units, Because you don't trust Metahumans not to filch a few items... Options

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Horizon Anthropomorphic Stocking Clerk:

A commercial drone designed to stock shelves and keep track of inventory with digital precision, as well as monitor theft with hyper-heuristic possibilities to catch future attempts at shoplifting. These units were a popular brand with various A- and AA-Level commercial operations (Such as big name stores like Sears-Eatons and The Hudson's K-Mart) until the Technomancer scare of 2070, which brought Metahuman staff back into vogue. These Drones were quite large (They are three meters tall) to allow for reaching up to top shelves, and comes with "Life-Like Friendly Smiling Troll Face©" software to make them more appealing, and had just enough personality software to politely answer simple questions about products or services the store offered. They are now found working in low-level convenience stores and in rural areas by store owners that either don't have enough family members to fill out a whole work crew, or are too cheap to hire staff.

Similar Models: AZT Beanpicker, Kong Wal-Mart ShelfMaster
Std. Upgrades: 2 Mechanical Arms, Walker Mode, Store Mapsoft 3, Products & Services Datasoft 3

Horizon Anthropomorphic Stocking Clerk
Handling: 0
Accel: 10/20
Speed: 20
Pilot: 3
Body: 3
Armor: 0
Sensors: 3
Availability: -
Cost: 3,000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif)

Tiny Trog > I know a few folks in the Merc business that uses the Kong Wal-Mart model for Stretcher Bearers. As they were designed to work from the trucks to the shelves, and handle liquids at times, their crawler treads are better at handling light rubble without jostling injured people. Outside of a city, however, they get caught up in underbrush pretty easy. They also keep the armory organized pretty well, too, apparently. On the downside, they're toast against even light fire.

Money > The move away from Drones back to people has been a major adjustment to the economy in a lot of places. You wouldn't think so, but it's estimated that in some places as much as 1.248 jobs were created for each drone taken offline, excluding Autofactories. That's over six paying jobs for every five drones that didn't get an income, or spend any money. That's six people that can pay rent, buy food, and a few other services (barely) against the one slightly better paid guy that maintained between 20-50 drones depending on the reliability of the models and how hard he was worked. Of course, that guy is now on the dole.

Truth > I'm happy to see these things gone. The Horizon models were monitoring our purchases for the Tir, and Aztechnology was selling the data gained from them to the Bugs so they could monitor the health of the people they were going to try and take over.

Pride > The AZT models are nearly useless, at just over a meter-and-a-half tall, because they were designed for Stuffer Shacks almost entirely. They are sometimes seen in some small stores in the Barrens where the owner doesn't trust any staff not to make off with merchandise.

Tiny Trog > Pride, not even a Halfer joke from your Humanis Big Book Of Humor? I'm impressed.