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| quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | | quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | ||
| book | | book author = Lu La Forza | ||
| book text = How Gortash hijacked the Gondian Auto-Guard project to create his Steel | | book text = How [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] hijacked the [[Gond|Gondian]] Auto-Guard project to create his [[Steel Watcher]]s is remarkable and horrible, and somebody ought to tell it. Might as well be me. | ||
The original design for the Auto-Guards outwardly resembled the eventual Watchers, but an Auto-Guard was designed to be piloted by a (small) individual in a cockpit in the torso. When Gortash, through some scheme involving fraud and blackmail, took over the Dock Foundry, he scrapped those plans and announced that the Steel Watch would be entirely remote-controlled from a central hub. | The original design for the Auto-Guards outwardly resembled the eventual Watchers, but an Auto-Guard was designed to be piloted by a (small) individual in a cockpit in the torso. When Gortash, through some scheme involving fraud and blackmail, took over the [[Steel Watch Foundry|Dock Foundry]], he scrapped those plans and announced that the Steel Watch would be entirely remote-controlled from a central hub. | ||
We had no idea that this remote control would involve both Myrkulite necromancy and illithid psionics. As finally worked out (under duress) by Zanner Toobin, fitting out of a Steel Watcher requires the following steps: | We had no idea that this remote control would involve both Myrkulite necromancy and illithid psionics. As finally worked out (under duress) by [[Zanner Toobin]], fitting out of a Steel Watcher requires the following steps: | ||
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- The brain is 'tadpoled' and put in a brain jar where it becomes | - The brain is 'tadpoled' and put in a brain jar where it becomes part of the Absolute hive mind. | ||
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- The undead, headless body is wired into the torso of a Steel | - The undead, headless body is wired into the torso of a Steel Watcher. | ||
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All of this telepathic traffic is coordinated through the Neurocitor in the Control Centre. But I hope to do something about that. | All of this telepathic traffic is coordinated through the Neurocitor in the Control Centre. But I hope to do something about that. | ||
| type = Books | | type = Books | ||
| rarity = common | | rarity = common | ||
| weight kg = 0.5 | | weight kg = 0.5 | ||
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| uid = BOOK_LOW_SteelWatchFoundry_HowToBuildAWatcher | | uid = BOOK_LOW_SteelWatchFoundry_HowToBuildAWatcher | ||
| uuid = 5ccec78c-e419-4b21-b561-83a740f9120e | | uuid = 5ccec78c-e419-4b21-b561-83a740f9120e | ||
| where to find = Found on the body of [[Lu La Forza]] in the control centre of the [[Steel Watch Foundry]] at {{coords|-1982|201}} | |||
| where to find = Found in the control centre of the [[Steel Watch Foundry]] | |||
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