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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 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. | ||
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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 | ||
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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]]. {{coords|-1982|201}} | |||
| where to find = Found in the control centre of the [[Steel Watch Foundry]]. {{coords|-1982|201}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 15 November 2024
This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink.
Properties
Books
Author: Lu La Forza
Rarity: Common
Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
Price: 14 gp 
UID
BOOK_LOW_SteelWatchFoundry_HowToBuildAWatcherUUID
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. X: -1982 Y: 201
Text
How Gortash hijacked the Gondian Auto-Guard project to create his Steel Watchers 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.
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:
- A zombie is decapitated and has its brain removed.
- The brain is 'tadpoled' and put in a brain jar where it becomes part of the Absolute hive mind.
- The tadpoled brain retains its psionic connection to its undead body.
- The undead, headless body is wired into the torso of a Steel Watcher.
- The Absolute elder brain sends psionic orders to a jarred brain.
- The jarred brain passes on the order to its connected Steel Watcher.
All of this telepathic traffic is coordinated through the Neurocitor in the Control Centre. But I hope to do something about that.