As time permits, I will try to detail your MBD's:
EQUIPMENT GUY
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The equipment guy is responsible for the safety and care of all Computer property assigned to the Troubleshooter team.
Naturally, the equipment guy ("EG") is highly skilled in the repair and maintenance of all forms of weapons, bots, vehicles, and R&D devices. Feel free to ask his advice if you have a problem with a piece of equipment, or if you need an experimental R&D device demonstrated.
Also, be careful not to engage in activities that might damage your weapons, bots, or vehicles. Equipment guys are touchy about such things. For your own protection, inform your equipment guy whenever an item is malfunctioning, in need of preventative maintenance, or makes you feel a bit uneasy. He won't mind. It's his job.
So your primary duty is to inspect and repair equipment. If it breaks, you'll probably want to collect the parts to take back for inspection and say that field repairs were not possible.
RANDOM SURPRISE INSPECTIONS
Your duty is also to PREVENT equipment failures. This is done through Random Surprise Inspections ("RSI").
It is every Troubleshooter's duty to maintain and upkeep his own equipment. So the EG conducts inspections, which can involve a thorough examination of the entire team or just a quick Weapons Check ("WC") of selected team members. Failure to cooperate with the EG is TREASON.
So conducting frequent RSI's reassures you of the Computer's faith in you to do your job.
An RSI looks for more than just wear and tear. An RSI might be an opportune moment to uncover a monstrous Commie plot with a sympathizer! Uncovering such plots often lead to security clearance promotions.
No one can refuse an RSI.
NO ONE.
MULTIPURPOSE TOOLKIT
This contains your standard tools to effect repairs.
Your Duties include:
1- Weapons: Your most important duty. Failure to maintain weapons is treason of the highest order.
2- Bots: Inspect them regularly, just like weapons, for sabotague and wear and tear.
3- Vehicles: You are the official team pilot/driver.
4- R&D: You must ensure every piece of experimental R&D equipment assigned is tested at least once, and submit a full report. This often brings commendations.
5- Newfound gains: You are also in charge of retrieving, identifying, and repairing any items found along the way. Malfunctioning com units, nuclear reactors, and Old Reckoning devices included. Failure to retrieve and test discovered devices is treason.
FROM THE BOOK:
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You have been selected as the bots, weapons, vehicles and sundry equipment repair and maintenance officer, colloquially known as the EQUIPMENT GUY. The Computer trusts you! Why else would you be responsible for every piece of assigned mission equipment?
As equipment guy, you have many responsibilities. You must regularly and punctually carry out RSI's. Collect all weapons and equipment your fellow Troubleshooters carry, and check each item for signs of wear, misuse and sabotage. If you find evidence of sabotage or tampering, report it immediately to your loyalty officer or team leader or directly to The Computer. You will be soundly rewarded for your efforts.
It is also your duty to see that all R&D devices assigned to the team are tested, bots have their protective asimov circuits checked regularly and all vehicles perform as intended.
If your team comes across an Old Reckoning device, YOU are responsible for obtaining it and returning it to The Computer for anlaysis.
Finally, you serve as team driver/pilot, except on those occasions you feel it necessary to appoint someone else to this task.
Remember, if it ain't broke, fix it!
Like everyone else with their assigned positions, you didn't get any special training. Therefore, your character may need to pass off incompetence on the fault of others or make stuff up, like:
Computer: "Explain why docbot malfunctioned."
EG: Due to Commie sabotage, defective floor material, code-named "Gravel," gave way beneath Docbot, causing said bot to fall several thousand meters into Osmium Ore Procurement Shaft. Said bot exploded on impact."
Computer: Unfortunate. Please collect "Gravel" sample and return all parts of docbot to repair facility.
OR:
EG: Let me just, uh...detach this...Bot Brain Protector Plate...yeah, that's what it's called!
Docbot: Are you certain that's---OWWWW!
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:50, Fri 12 Dec 2008.