Android don't breathe, but can they smell?
I don't have Starfinder yet but in the Pathfinder rules it doesn't say no. Therefore they can smell.
My guess would be no, if they don't breath then I doubt they have a way of processing the air around them.
My guess would be no, if they don't breath then I doubt they have a way of processing the air around them.
At least not in the way we know it. They could still potentially have olfactory sensors of some kind.
They can breathe, they just don't need to breathe. It's a relevant distinction since they can speak without using speakers. They still eat and sleep, and they still have functional mouths.
Of course, it does state that they "do not breathe." You could take that to mean they cannot do so, if you really wanted to. It would mean they don't have a voice of their own, though.
My guess would be no, if they don't breath then I doubt they have a way of processing the air around them.At least not in the way we know it. They could still potentially have olfactory sensors of some kind.
That is true, you could just decide that your model can while maybe older ones can't. I feel that could be a case by case type of thing.
Androids smell like burning plastic and feet. So, yes.
Android don't breathe, but can they smell?
Yes because it does not say they don't. It says they don't breathe.
Since the exception to breathing was noted it is logical to assume exceptions from standard are noted.
Given Perception is a skill governing your ability to process information using all your senses beyond simply sight and hearing, I would think it would be important to be mentioned if they can't smell, since logically that would affect their Perception - just like their difficulty with emotions has an effect on their Sense Motive. At the very least, it would effect which sort of Perception checks they can make, as per Perception rules for scent.
Given there is no such mention, that means they have full olfactory capabilities. That said, that doesn't necessarily mean they smell in the same way - their sense of smell may be binary, or have a greater or lesser scope, without quite effecting how they perceive things. This could even be something that changes from android to android, given their mechanical nature and their unique condition.