Welcome to the IO Family of Androids. We’re not the borg, we’re more than the borg, we don’t assimilate, we think for ourselves, remain individuals however we are a collective of RPers that enjoy interactivity and meaning in our second existence. You might ask yourself “What does IO even mean.” All things aside it can be broken down to binary, 1’s and 0’s, on and off. IO is just a name.

The second question you might ask yourself is “What does this thing do?” It does a lot and it uses RLV to do it! No it is not a collar. It essentially provides you with a toolkit of interactivity. All-in-all IO has several things you need to maintain, from battery to lubricant, it has an xp system that augments your health and nanite totals as well. Think of it as an RP tool gamified.

If you’ve got here, you’re probably wanting to get into the nitty gritty and want to know everything IO does. Keep reading, we’ll explain as high level as we can.

IO has 5 manageable stats that need to be taken care of. These stats are health, battery, lubricant, nanites and temperature. Luckily IO comes with a handy HUD that will assist you in knowing when something requires your attention.

From the moment you become a new android, IO sets your total health at 10,000 HP and 1000 Nanites base. These numbers are augmented as your level goes up via utilizing IO. We’ll talk more about the levelling and xp system after we’ve gone through the basics.

When purchased IO comes with a basic lithium battery which provides you with a full 12 hours of battery which can be recharged via the included charger. Alternatively, you can purchase a more advanced battery at the IO Lab. There are 4 flavors of battery, lithium, solar, fusion and coldfusion, all of which provide a set battery life with different means of recharging. Click here to learn more. Make sure you’re always charged and ready to go!

While we’re on the topic, if you by chance run out of battery, you will then run on reserves. You have approximately 10 minutes to get to a charger or you will shut down. If you shut down a few things can be done. 1. You can get sent home so that you can get charged by your charger (wireless helps), 2. If you have an admin, they can integrate with you which will charge your reserves and give you a little bit of battery, or 3. You can have someone prod you with a bot prod which will give you enough reserves and battery to get home and charge back up.

Lubricant is an important part of an androids daily life. It ensures your temperature remains low as well as keeps you moving. There are a few ways you can acquire lubricant one being from the IO store. Lubricant depreciates as your make your way around the grid. Be careful taking damage, you might spring leak.

Lubricant is super important. It keeps you from overheating and if you have none left you will be frozen until you have some. The are 2 types of lubricant, natural and synthetic. Natural lube is given by your admin sexually and synthetic is given by either lube pump(s) or a lube bottle (acquirable at the IO store). Natural lube depreciates 3 times slower than synthetic lubricant.

Nanites are another integral part of your android life. These little friends repair your health if you go under 100% as well as protect you from being hacked by other bots or human admins alike. As you level up your shields go up faster, starting at 1000 nanites. Nanites can be received by Admins or via the purchasable nanite installer. (You can use the nanite installer located in the IO lab as well)

We all get hot sometimes, and that’s no different for us androids. Simply moving can increase our temperature. We have ways to stay cool and prevent our systems from shutting down. IO will always warn when temperature is too high and needs attention.

Types of Batteries (Purchase at the IO Store)

Every IO comes base with a lithium battery. Battery times are based on being on standby. Battery power drains with activity. Remember doing things utilizes more battery as well, teleporting, moving, hacking, punishing etc. Always make sure you’re charged and ready to roll.

What does INTEGRATION do?

Integration is the act of an admin “taking care” of their android. When an admin integrates with their bot whether it be directly (them being a bot themselves) or by an integration box, IO gets repaired, temperatures drop (if they are high), health is repaired, battery is charged and nanites are installed. Integrate uses nanites. The number of nanites installed is equivalent to the amount of second it will take to install ie. 100 nanites will take 100 seconds.

What does PUNISH do?

Punish is the act of punishing their android. When an admin punishes with their bot whether it be directly (them being a bot themselves) or by a punish box, there is a chance that there could be health removed, or damage received to IO and if the admin is a bot themselves they will get a nanite every time this procs (50/50 chance). Punish uses battery. Damage could cause you to spring a leak and your lubricant will drop even while not moving.

What does HACK do?

Hack is the act of trying to take ownership of a bot. Hack ability is determined by how many nanites a bot has. The more nanites, the harder it is to hack and if an android is over the shield threshold it’s impossible (1000 to start). If a hack goes through successfully the unit will then become “owned” by the hacker who will have access to the main menu of the bot as well as additional abilities including renaming their new bot. Hack uses battery and nanites. Note that when a bot has an admin, they will be significantly harder to hack if their admin is close to them, they can also stop the process as long as they have enough resources to do so.

Preventing Negative Actions (Hack / EMP Shield)

Other bots and human masters alike can EMP and Hack any master or slave droids. To prevent this you must keep your shields up. To keep your shields up one must ensure that their nanite volumes (NNmol) are at an amount that raises their shields (Augmented by Levels). If your shields are up you will be safe so always ensure that your nanites are topped off.

Warnings

Warnings happen when stats are too low. There will be vocal audio and IO will shine orange at 10% letting you know when something is critically low and then a second warning and turn red once the stat hits 5% left. This is to ensure that you are aware that you might want to top up your stats or get repairs done.