Identification: androids incognito, with all the LEDs normally concealed under epidermal panels
Variants: the biotechnological version, created by injecting stem cells with monosodium glutamate
Also Known As: Fabricants, Nylons, or Infiltration‐Units
Origin: the unwisely named planet Autorobocybermaticon
| LOOKS: | superficially very humanlike except for the slightly unconvincing wigs (and occasionally their eyes) | B |
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| BRAINS: | smart enough to extract instant cube roots, dumb enough to forget that it's a dead giveaway | 160 |
| LETHALITY: | they're super‐strong, but whenever they're rumbled they try to strangle the witness as slowly as possible | 0.16 |
| CULTURE: | just emulate all the easily automated parts of other cultures | 24 |
| HARDNESS: | like orthoclase feldspar on the SF Mohs scale | 6 |
| TOKENISM: | refuse to register as a category | 00 |
Religion: pseudoscientologists
Wardrobe: satisfy Pantellurian Fraternity requirements by wearing a layer of real leather over the layer of fake skin
Affiliated With: non‐card‐carrying members of the Silicon Federation
Weakness: magnets
Arch‐Rivals: the Polymorphoids (cheaters!)
Not To Be Confused With: the out‐and‐proud Robodroids