# Robot or android RP **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 28, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147 "2026-09-28T11:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/leon/32/3353_2.png) [@Leon](https://aurora4x.com/u/Leon)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/1 "2026-09-28T11:04:59Z")
All this can change let me know some ideas anyone has (Test save) Civs on Orbital off Non player races off Spoilers off Starting date 0001 Name - Optima Designatio Industrialis Short - ODI Homeworld - Terminus Race - robot Race pic 087 Ship 307 Space station 12 Flag 413 All Warhammer 40k names, systems , class Population 500m 2400 conventional 10 maintenance facilities 10 ground force complex 1 DSTS 10 military academy Ideal gravity - 0 Ideal temperature - 0 Ideal oxygen pressure - 0 Max atmosphere pressure 1000 Max gravity deviation 100 Max temperature deviation 5000 Max oxygen deviation 100 Population density modifier 167 (The average human needs 167 ft to survive, robots need a foot to charge) Population growth modifier 3 Research rate modifier 1 Factory production modifier 1 Starting tech points 5k ( trans Newtonian) I have a problem where all planets are colonizable but not are CC 0.0 all are CC 2.0 To change it I either have to take out dangerous gasses like carbon dioxide and hydrogen and put the hydroextent to 21% I was wondering if I can change anything that will be able to get CC 0.0 without manually changing each colony? ---
**Author:** ![AuroraSteve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/aurorasteve/32/96_2.png) [@AuroraSteve](https://aurora4x.com/u/AuroraSteve)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/2 "2026-09-28T11:07:37Z")
The game assumes you need to breathe, so any non-breathable atmosphere (or no atmosphere) is scored as 2.0 for colony cost. You can’t get around that. For v2.7.1, it also assumes you need water (that changes for some species in v3.0), so zero water is scored as 2.0. It drops linearly to 0 by 20% water. Due to the complexity involved, my advice would be to play a ‘normal’ game with realistic environmental requirements to get used to Aurora, before trying to stretch the limit of what is possible within the normal mechanics. ---
**Author:** ![Walter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@Walter](https://aurora4x.com/u/Walter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/3 "2026-09-28T15:08:48Z")
Robot populations could be a nice headcanon for species that “breathe” inert gases. The active stuff (oxygen, methane and so on) would be corrosive for their sensitive electronic “organs”. Vacuum would be a temperature hazard (or something), so some form of atmosphere - like in real world storage facilities - would be required. Just putting a spin on it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AuroraSteve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/aurorasteve/32/96_2.png) [@AuroraSteve](https://aurora4x.com/u/AuroraSteve)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/4 "2026-09-28T15:10:14Z")
That’s fine from an RP perspective, but it won’t work in-game without significant code changes. ---
**Author:** ![Walter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@Walter](https://aurora4x.com/u/Walter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/5 "2026-09-28T15:20:56Z")
Thought so. All yours then - if you go to sleep tonight and toss and turn because “Damn, I want robot people in my game!” I’d certainly not complain. Not the way I wish your day to end though. ---
**Author:** ![CopyOfSatan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@CopyOfSatan](https://aurora4x.com/u/CopyOfSatan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/6 "2026-09-28T16:11:49Z")
Actually, you can try using one bug _ **if** _ you _ **really need** _ to live everywhere. Whether to use it or not is on your conscience. [Bug Reporting for v2.7.1 - #149 by CopyOfSatan](https://aurora4x.com/t/bug-reporting-for-v2-7-1/19/149) It will break the game a bit in some moments. Just keep in mind that this is different from how the game was planned to be played. _You are offered a deal with the Devil. Your actions?_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Isotoxal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Isotoxal](https://aurora4x.com/u/Isotoxal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/7 "2026-09-28T20:15:04Z")
I tried a campaign once as a “machine descendants of humans” RP and gave them very low oxygen requirements, and very broad temp, pressure, and gravity tolerance. It didn’t last a week because of how trivially simple it was to colonize every system almost immediately. It got very boring very fast. I wouldn’t recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Walter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@Walter](https://aurora4x.com/u/Walter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/8 "2026-09-29T10:00:57Z")
That’s not how actual machines work though. My own PC at home reminds me of that every day with the whir of its cooling fans. When the environment is less than optimal, the extra overhead will mount. ---
**Author:** ![Abdoola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Abdoola](https://aurora4x.com/u/Abdoola)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/9 "2026-09-29T12:48:49Z")
This. Machines have a higher environment tolerance, but it is not infinite. Read about soviet Venera probes for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Isotoxal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Isotoxal](https://aurora4x.com/u/Isotoxal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/10 "2026-09-29T19:27:38Z")
I didn’t say infinite tolerance, I said very broad range. Humans have a temp range of 24 degrees. Just expanding that range to 100 degrees, which present day machines can easily handle means most systems had cheap targets for early colonization. It means you can ignore a lot of the effects of eccentricity. Venusian planets were still off-limits but otherwise the number of colony candidates was insane. This isn’t theoretical. I played a game with these setting and I can tell you it removed any decisions you normally have to make about when and where to colonize. It made the game boring enough to quite after a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Leon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/leon/32/3353_2.png) [@Leon](https://aurora4x.com/u/Leon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/12 "2026-09-29T22:47:49Z")
> [@Isotoxal](#): > > I played a game with these setting What’s are your full race settings ---
**Author:** ![Isotoxal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Isotoxal](https://aurora4x.com/u/Isotoxal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/13 "2026-09-29T22:59:17Z")
I can’t say what the exact settings were. I don’t have that save anymore. They were way below your proposed settings, though. ---
**Author:** ![nuclearslurpee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/nuclearslurpee/32/368_2.png) [@nuclearslurpee](https://aurora4x.com/u/nuclearslurpee)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/14 "2026-09-29T23:41:00Z")
> [@Isotoxal](#): > > This isn’t theoretical. I played a game with these setting and I can tell you it removed any decisions you normally have to make about when and where to colonize. It made the game boring enough to quite after a few days. For the same reason, I usually reduce the gravitational tolerance range from 0.9 to 0.65. ---
**Author:** ![kyonkun](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/kyonkun/32/1752_2.png) [@kyonkun](https://aurora4x.com/u/kyonkun)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/15 "2026-09-30T01:36:43Z")
> [@nuclearslurpee](#): > > I usually reduce the gravitational tolerance range from 0.9 to 0.65. This always makes me miss LG-infrastructure. Hauling in twice as much regular infrastructure just doesn’t have the same soul even if it’s functionally equivalent. I liked the idea of the LG-colonies having a separate civilian economy where they ship LG-infrastructure around to support each other. ---
**Author:** ![nuclearslurpee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/nuclearslurpee/32/368_2.png) [@nuclearslurpee](https://aurora4x.com/u/nuclearslurpee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/16 "2026-09-30T02:53:41Z")
Same, I miss LG infrastructure. I do understand why it was removed (especially to help the AI) but I miss it anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Walter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@Walter](https://aurora4x.com/u/Walter)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/17 "2026-09-30T17:32:29Z")
I’d highly doubt that 100 Degree figure. Take hydraulics for example. Those are optimized for oil temperatures of 50-55 degrees Celsius (at least in construction and farming applications, which is what I know). You can work with 40-80 degrees, but in the colder range you loose power and responsiveness, while in the higher range you loose longevity to the tune of ~75% shorter lifespan if you consistently max out your temperature. Beyond 80 degrees you can have an immediate failure at any time. The machines surrounding us are optimized to work at the same temperature ranges we are and they fail at the same temperature ranges we do. You can expand their viable range if you add heating and/or cooling systems, but you can do the same for people. That’s what Infrastructure in Aurora does. The point I agree on is that a 100 degree tolerance range before gene modification takes the fun out of colonization. That’s not on the machines though. ---
**Author:** ![Isotoxal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Isotoxal](https://aurora4x.com/u/Isotoxal)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/18 "2026-09-30T21:07:27Z")
Equipment mounted externally on the ISS cycle between -150 and +100 every 90 minutes. Mars rovers cycle between 0 and -70 every day. They work just fine. That was my basis for the choice. > **[Weather at Gale Crater - NASA Mars | Curiosity Rover](https://mars.nasa.gov/layout/embed/image/mslweather/)** > > Share the latest weather at Gale Crater, Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Leon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/leon/32/3353_2.png) [@Leon](https://aurora4x.com/u/Leon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/19 "2026-10-01T02:28:19Z")
Wait how would I simulate a borg game? ---
**Author:** ![nuclearslurpee](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/nuclearslurpee/32/368_2.png) [@nuclearslurpee](https://aurora4x.com/u/nuclearslurpee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 4:01am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/20 "2026-10-01T04:01:17Z")
1. Select fleet 2. Use “Send Message” order 3. Set message: “We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.” 4. Cycle orders checkbox. ---
**Author:** ![S810\_Jr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/aurora4x.com/s810_jr/32/1911_2.png) [@S810\_Jr](https://aurora4x.com/u/S810_Jr)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147/21 "2026-10-01T07:48:58Z")
Dont you need at least two for cycle to work? [Next page](https://aurora4x.com/t/robot-or-android-rp/1147.md?page=2)