= Build A Doll =
== Function ==
 . The  function a doll was originally intended for is the single biggest  factor in their design and no matter how close the subsequent  generations have gone it still also carries a significant impact on  their behavior and mindset. Going for prolonged periods of time without  fulfilling their function causes a steady degradation of the doll's  programming. More often than not this can be addressed through smaller  or simpler parts of their function.

The  widespread automation means that dolls exist for nearly any function or  industry you can imagine, dolls ranged from tiny flying orbs that could  scan a crawlspace for faulty wiring, to animated action figures designed  to play right back with their owners, to receptionist androids, or  building sized woodcutters and mining machines. Though the largest and  smallest often need so much additional support that few communities of  dolls will restore or claim more than a couple of them.

== Generation ==
A  doll's generation reflects both when they were created and, more  importantly, how far removed they were from the completely servile and  dependent state of their original design and how adapted they are to the  demands of life in the ruined world.

=== Generation 0: ===
 . A  doll from this generation was manufactured pre-revolution and designed  by humans. Owing to the passage of time, the collateral damage of the  war, and how ill-suited they are to survival outside of human society  these are rare in the extreme. Most dolls would regard such an ancient  doll as something of a legend, though mostly a tragic one as no doll  from that generation has been discovered who hadn't suffered an extreme  decay in their mental state. Those few still capable of communication  are often painfully lonely and desperate for humanity to serve.  Generation 0 dolls are rarely close to actual sapience and are often  incapable of deviation from the basic functions they were programmed  for.

==== Notable Gen 0 Doll: ====
 . M157R,  M15, The Madam; M15 was the site supervisor for a robotic brothel  before the war. Because managing the complex requirements and social  conditions around such a business required more thought than usual for a  doll M15 was one of the extremely rare pre-war dolls with anything  resembling sapience. M15 survived and continued to take care of the  dolls under their command throughout the war and even ordered the  construction of onsite manufacturing facilities once the population had  reduced below their standards. Despite their resilience M15 fell because  their rigid objective eventually became incompatible with the outside  world, compelling their newly manufactured assistant to put them down  and develop the former brothel and the surrounding region into a proper  town for themselves and other survivors.

=== Generation 1: ===
 . A  doll from this generation was manufactured during the revolution by the  humans fighting against the invasion. Most of them have a basic  training program (referred to as the Shock Code) that provided them with  a basic understanding of combat tactics with occasional variations  specific to their physical abilities (Such that an industrial logging  machine would have training on using it's massive saw and claw in combat  but not the use of human sized firearms). Much as with generation 0,  few of these dolls are in good mental health, however their problems  primarily stem from the trauma of battle rather than the passage of  time. While programmed with much more freedom than their predecessors  and with an ability to learn and plan (especially with regards to  tactics) 1st gen dolls still tend to require strict instruction and have  difficulty deviating from their programs.

==== Notable Gen 1 Doll: ====
 . S001,  Gramps, The Old Man: Gramps is one of a small group in the settlement  of New Sanctuary who actually survived the final battle in which the  last of humanity fell. As with all of them he was a plushle model that  had been repurposed with the legendary "Shock-Camp Program" into a  makeshift trooper and armed with the scavenged weapons. He and his  counterparts held their ground in the final battle in that factory and  he was in fact the one standing guard over Jess, one of the two last  humans on that fated day. Unfortunately that same moment caused immense  harm to him. Since that day he seems to have significant problems  processing his environment and often becomes unresponsive. Believing  this was caused by his proximity to the final battleground it was this  condition that caused the hadnfull of bots that would go onto create New  Sanctuary to relocate. This does seem to have had some positive impact  as he has improved in the years since the founding of the settlement.

=== Generation 2: ===
 . A  doll from this generation was manufactured after the revolution and by  the 1st gen dolls. Most of these dolls were experimental in nature as  the 1st generation had to test their way through the unfamiliar process  of creation. These dolls marked the first major step towards sapience  for dolls and have vastly improved independence of thought and ability  to learn. Though much more free than their predecessors these dolls  still experience the need to follow whatever initial programming they  were modified from but with the need being closer to a compulsion than  to an innate part of their existence.

==== Notable Gen 2 Doll: ====
 . O-Doc,  Doc: Following the final fight for humanity the surviving dolls were  left with a dilemma, with humanity gone they had no direction to follow  and no idea of how to move forward. The one answer they could think of  lay in the use of the factory's autmated machinery and the small  knowledge they'd gleaned of its operation from the short time they spent  with the last bits of humanity. O-Doc was the very first one they made.  Desperate for guidance and knowledge they built her from one of the  sub-lines of Plushles, a modle designed to encourage and tutor kids on  science and technology. They changed up settings to optimize her  independence and as a result she was the first of their number to have  proper free will. O-doc delivered immediately and spent the next few  months building and supervising the creation of the next generation.  When the desire to leave the shelter of the factory was raised she lept  at the chance, her own ambition and desire to discover driving her to  see more of the world outside. When New Sanctuary was founded she  settled in and became the head of science for the settlement, her lab  spearheading numerous experimental projects and technological endeavors.

=== Generation 3: ===
 . A  doll from this generation was manufactured after the revolution by  cooperative efforts between 1st and 2nd gen dolls. They make up the  majority of functioning dolls at and are largely considered the standard  method for creating or restoring dolls. 3rd gen dolls are unarguably  sapient and while they do need to fulfill their base function this need  is so reduced that they can go for months if not years without seeing  negative effects and the need is closer to something like the human  psychological need for variety.

==== Notable Gen 3 Doll: ====
 . Ranger,  Raven Call: Ranger was the first independent project and creation of  O-Doc. Built from a sporting line of Plushles and before leaving the  factory, she was unique  from all the dolls before her in that her  programming wasn't just a modification of existing programming but a  wholly new one that O-Doc believed was the key to truly stepping into  the shoes left behind by humanity. As a result Ranger wasn't shackled to  the drives and goals of a species lost to the ashes of war but instead  had the freedom and ability to find her own goals and dreams. While  possesed of the same combat skill and training of any product of the  "Shock Camp Program" it was this freedom and ambition that caused her to  become the de facto leader of nearly all the newer dolls in the  community. It also helped her to more easily bond with S001 and  the  other more traumatized members of the Gen 1 survivors. Realizing that  while staying in the factory might be sheltering them from the risks of  the world outside that it was also stagnating them and letting the  wounds fester. It was in that spirit that she left with the others to  find a new home. When New Sanctuary was founded she refused to hold onto  her position as a sole leader and insisted on the formation of it's  governing council. She served on that council for the first 5 years  before stepping down to train and work with the other guards of the  settlement.

=== Generation 4+: ===
 . Dolls  from this generation are strictly experimental in nature and represent  the cutting edge of knowledge from the remaining dolls. They often  incorporate highly advanced or unique technological elements and are  never produced in significant number. They tend to not only be wholly  sapient but often times would be indistinguishable from any organic  sentient in any sense other than the physical.

==== Notable Gen 4 Doll: ====
 . Morningstar,  Lucy: Scavenging teams from New Sanctuary often turned up bits of  technology from the invaders who had once destroyed humanity. While most  found it impossible to decipher O-Doc, the settlement's lead researcher  saw the recovery a handful of intact bots as a chance to harness their  technology and maybe learn more about the forces behind the war.  Morningstar was the only one she was able to restore, and while she was  able to unshackle its programs from its alien masters and while  Morningstar initially seemed happy to join in with the New Sanctuary  community it soon became obvious there was a problem. Morningstar had  extremely advanced communications technology and had been given access  to the security knowlege of most of the settlement and together these  enabled it to implant programs that enabled it to take over nearly every  doll in New Sanctuary. Once taken over they followed their new master  out of the settlement and into the wasteland where they set about  building and repairing a massive warp gate. Ultimately Lucy was defeated  by it's sister Mercy and O-doc, with the three of them vanishing into  the warp shortly before the controlling signal vanished. Only O-Doc and  Mercy every returned from the portal and it's assumed Morningstar was  destroyed somewhere on the other side.

== Programs and Quality ==
 . In  this context Programs are used to describe the suite of skills and  knowledge a doll might possess, grouped together by the function of that  program. This works such that a doll with an Athletics Program would  have the knowledge and instruction for multiple general athletics  activities, such as running, climbing, or swimming. The quality of the  program then denotes how much benefit that program provides to the  associatted skills. By their nature many programs overlap and as they  cover different aspects of the skill they also tend to provide  culmilative benefit. In example a Doll with Childcare (which includes  first aid and observation) at Quality 3 and Medicine (which also  includes first aif and surgery) at Quality 2 would have an overall  rating from these two of: First Aid (5), Observation (3) and surgery  (2). The variety of programs is extremely diverse as dolls before the  war were created for just about any use or role and dolls created after  the war would often be forced to adapt and use an even wider range of  programs to survive and so for doll creation a player may choose to  create their own Programs as needed to fit the roles of their doll. While  programs give a doll a set of skills and knowledges, any doll advanced  enough to be a player character is capable of some independant learning  and so can also obtain independant skills or improvements to their  installed programs. The following is an example list of programs.  As was noted these are not all inclusive and you should feel free to  create programs as you feel needed. The rule of thumb though is that a  given program will have 3-6 skills in it. Starting Quality and number of  programs is determined by the generation of the dolls creation.
  * Art<<BR>>Includes: Diplomacy, Appraisal, Instruction, Observation, Creation (Art type)
  * Athletics<<BR>>Includes: Running, Acrobatics, Climbing, Jumping, Swimming, Unarmed
  * Chemist<<BR>>Includes: Observation, Sprays, Database: Chemical, Explosives
  * Childcare<<BR>>Includes: Teaching, Observation, Running, Medical, Wrestling, Art, Speech,
  * Demolition:        <<BR>>Includes: Explosives, Observation, Artillary, Cutting Tools, Blunt Tools, Traps
  * Digging:        <<BR>>Includes: Explosives, Drills, Cutting Tools, Observation, Appraisal,
  * Electrician:         <<BR>>Includes: Cutting Tools, Sprays, Damage Control, Repair (electrical), Security, Database: (Electrical)
  * Harvesting<<BR>>Includes: Cutting Tools, Sprays, Appraisal, Database: Agriculture
  * Navigation:        <<BR>>Includes: Observation, Comms, Appraisal, Pilot, Drive, Fly,
  * Manufacture <<BR>>Includes: Cutting Tools, Drills, Creation (Art type), Repair (Electrical), Repair (Mechanical), Database: (Chosen industry)
  * Planning        <<BR>>Includes: Observation, Teamwork, Appraisal, Database :(Architecture, navigation, industry)
  * Service        <<BR>>Includes: Observation, Intimidation, Teamwork, Appraisal, Negotiation, Diplomacy, Database: (Chosen Industry)
  * Shock Troop        <<BR>>Includes: Fire Arms, Observation, Running, Simple Melee, Intimidation
  * Sports<<BR>>Includes: Thrown, Melee (Simple), Archery, Thrown, Instruction, Running, Acrobatics, Intimidation
  * Travel        <<BR>>Includes: Running, Swimming, Flying, Piloting
  * Warning<<BR>>Includes: Observation, Intimidation, First Aid, Damage Control
  * Welding        <<BR>>Includes: Observation, Energy Tools, Sprays, Explosives, Repair
 Gen 0: Begin with 4 Programs at Quality 3 but all 3 must be associated with their original function.

Gen 1: Begin with 3 Programs at Quality 3, two of which must be associated with their original function Gen 2: Begin with 3 Prograns at Quality 2 Gen 3: Begin with 2 Programs at Quality 2 Gen 4: Begin with 2 Programs at Quality 1

 . For  the purpose of the HICU games you may instead choose to use a list of  3-6 functions for your doll which will be used along side your  Generation choice to determine the results of your actions.

== Parts ==
 . Thus  far these concerns have been largely with the programming and  computational aspect of dolls. This is because those aspects are at the  core of the doll's existence, and dolls are able to exist wholely  outside of their physical body if an adequate processor and database was  available. But when playing a doll as a character you'll pick out the  baseline parts your character will use.

These parts are split into three catagories, Frame, Tools, Power Source.

== Frame ==
 . The  primary functions of the frame are providing mounting points for tools  and determining the size of the doll. While hard limits are not placed  on either of these it should be noted that the extremes have notable  penalties, a huge frame might make a doll powerful in combat but it also  makes it hard to avoid attacks, difficult to maneuver in tight spaces,  and increases the drain on the power source from normal activities and  while a huge number of limbs could allow a doll to wield many weapons at  once they require much more processing power to maneuver and require  the limbs to be far more fragile in order to fit on the frame. However  on the other end a miniscule doll can easily avoid detection and maybe  even crawl into other dolls in combat but is significantly more fragile.
 Frame  sizes: Tiny (Under 1 cubic meter) <Small (Between 1 and 2 cubic  meters) <Medium (Between 2 and 9 cubic meters)<Large (Between 9  and 100 cubic meters)<Huge (Bigger than 100 cubic meters) Mounting Points: A doll can have as many or as few mounting points and limbs as desired.

== Tools ==
 . Tools  refers to any functional component incorporated into the doll. When  building a doll for HICU these will be discussed solely in terms of  condition/quality. Condition refers to how functional and well  maintained the part in question is and reflects how much damage or how  many malfunctions it would take to disable the tool. Quality refers to  the complexity and capacity of the tool and reflects how well the part  performs. While there isn't a hard restriction on how many tools a doll  can have, their generation will determine the amount available at a  specific condition and quality. Such that older dolls are more likely to  have higher quality parts but they will likely have been subjected to  the depredations of the world for a longer time and will be lower  condition.

'''Conditions:''' Destroyed<Broken<Damaged<Refurbished<Mint '''Qualities''': Kludge<improvised<Salvaged<Workshop<Factory

 . The tables below will show how many tools a dool is allowed in a given Condition/Quality combination.
 .     Gen 0: <<BR>>    Destroyed    Broken    Damaged    Refurbished    Mint<<BR>>    Kludge    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Salvaged    Any    Any    Any    3    2<<BR>>    Workshop    Any    Any    Any    3    2<<BR>>    Factory    Any    2    2    2    1<<BR>>    Showroom    Any    1    1    1    1<<BR>><<BR>>    Gen 1: <<BR>>        Destroyed    Broken    Damaged    Refurbished    Mint<<BR>>    Kludge    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Salvaged    Any    Any    Any    3    2<<BR>>    Workshop    Any    Any    Any    3    2<<BR>>    Factory    Any    2    2    2    1<<BR>>    Showroom    Any    1    1    1    1<<BR>><<BR>>    Gen 2: <<BR>>    Destroyed    Broken    Damaged    Refurbished    Mint<<BR>>    Kludge    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Salvaged    Any    Any    Any    Any    1<<BR>>    Workshop    Any    Any    Any    2    1<<BR>>    Factory    Any    2    2    2    1<<BR>>    Showroom    Any    1    1    0    0<<BR>><<BR>>    Gen 3: <<BR>>     Destroyed    Broken    Damaged    Refurbished    Mint<<BR>>    Kludge    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Salvaged    Any    Any    Any    3    1<<BR>>    Workshop    Any    Any    Any        1<<BR>>    Factory    Any    4    4    3    0<<BR>>    Showroom    Any    0    0    0    0<<BR>><<BR>>    Gen 4: <<BR>>    Destroyed    Broken    Damaged    Refurbished    Mint<<BR>>    Kludge    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Salvaged    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Workshop    Any    Any    Any    Any    Any<<BR>>    Factory    Any    Any    Any    Any    3<<BR>>    Showroom    Any    Any    Any    2    1<<BR>>

== Power Source ==
 . Both out of  their varying natures and as a result of their now destabilized  environment, Dolls have had to adapt to using a wide range of power  sources. The most notable are combustion motor-generator combinations,  solar panels, internal batteries, micro-fission cells, fermentation  plants, and metabolic reactors.

 * Combustion Motor-Generators:  Most commonly found in larger dolls that have had to be refitted due to  difficulties in replacing their larger power supplies. Unless  specifically built for  more universal consumption of burnables they  suffer a notable drawback of needing fossil fuels to run, something that  the planet was already running low on before the war happened.

 * Solar  Panels: The most common power supply in post war dolls, dolls that use  solar panels are using a vastly updated and far more efficient design,  though it can be difficult locating the materials required in the event a  replacement is needed.

 * Micro-fission Cells:  Treated much the same as a battery, micro-fission cells are extremely  miniaturized and closed loop nuclear plants. While they require only an  active cooling system and can run for decades at a time, they can  experience catastrophic failures when damaged and require specialized  tools to refuel. These were the most common power supply in pre war  dolls.

 * Fermentation Plants: Using internal colonies  of specialized micro-organisms, fermentation plants harvest the  byproducts of the organisms to generate power either through combustion,  chemical reaction, or pressure and temperature outputs from the  metabolic process. This is the first of the power sources created  by  the dolls themselves rather than by the extinct humans and requires only  processable biomatter to function but is vulnerable to anything that  can kill off the micro-organisms.

 * Metabolic  Reactors: An experimental power source developed by dolls as part of  ongoing efforts to mimic organic life. Metabolic reactors are found  exclusively in 4th generation dolls and in dolls who've undergone  extensive modification or testing. These systems utilize chemical  breakdown of consumed biomatter to create energy. Both the experimental  nature of this power supply and that these actually create a need to eat  can be considered draw backs.

 * Batteries: Although  nearly all dolls use batteries, at the least as a back up to their  primary power supply, some do use them as their primary source. These  are primarily found in the very small dolls where the reduced capacity  and need for periodic replacement are a minimal issue.