So, a bit over a month later, and what's up? well, I'm still stuck on the model, I'll be taking my sweet time working on or even getting to it, given I've got two stories and some lore I need to finish up on, one of which will take significantly longer given its size and intricacy (the fact that I'm filling alot of gaps from what is just a basic plot.).

But the other one I'll be able to release in a bundle of PDFs like last time, so to those of you who may or may not have enjoyed the last pack. Soon (TM).

In the meantime, here's an excerpt from the big one I'm writing that I quite like.

Chapter 12.

Pondking hadn’t been deep underwater before, but there was a first for everything, the exchange between him and King Prior keeping him company.

“We’re going to get old stock robots, General construction equipment and we’re going to get it by sinking a ship?” King said, somewhat exasperated.

Pondking nodded. “I can arrange most of it” the green robot plainly stated.

King nodded. “True, I’ll see if I find an old sea mine and we’ll both look for a contact or reason to ship the goods.”

Turned out King was good on his word about the mine, it was an old one from Dr. Wily’s first fortress, a pacific robot factory turned makeshift stronghold. Mines used were magnetic and had plenty of external trigger prongs, He’d be defusing it.

The access panel was located at the bottom, the chain-link had some latches beside it which locked the base closed, popping those and pulling the base downwards slowly exposed the mechanism.

The whole thing was overgrown with sea life, each move could set off one of the prongs and he’d be sea scrap, fortunately, a pulley system mimic of the human muscle system made him far more gentle and natural than every other bot in the Joe line and a good amount of other robots too.

The tension ended however when the yellow light on the mechanism fizzled off, the device was safe and disarmed. Pondking took out an angle grinder and finished off the chain.

Robots like him were used for tasks just like this, Humanoid robots were naturally considered among the most flexible designs, partly because humans had been designing for humanoid since the beginning and thus lots of the modern world was built to suit them, partly because of familiarity.

Why did he make observations like that?

He clung to the mine as it floated up, just because he was waterproof and light, didn’t mean he was a good swimmer. Insulator gel, thicker liquids suck in thinner ones, his relationship with floating and buoyancy was odd, with a side of inefficient paddling and swimming.  

It didn’t matter, the surface light shone and he emerged beside the mine.

“This is some really minor league stuff here.“ Pondking said as he looked up at King, who was sitting in his own themed boat. “You are the one who was sent to do these things, not that I could do it to begin with.”

The green robot pointed a finger as he treaded water “true, you’re a landlocked machine you are”

He tossed the angle grinder to King and climbed aboard.