Androids

[EltonJ]

I thought I should start a thread on Androids. How are you using them in your setting if its not pact worlds? Do they have their own planet (again, not pact worlds setting)? Do you think they get the short end of the stick (pact worlds)?

[Isaac Zephyr]

One of my table's players actually built his with the intent on being from their PF homeworld.

Minor Iron Gods AP Spoilers:

In Iron Gods, you encounter ships from a planet and with a language referred to as Androffan.

Unfortunately due to the Gap, such information was simply wiped from canon. He was disappointed.

[The Drunken Dragon]

I'm running with the Azlanti Star Empire having a small army of android servitors that they trust on suicide missions, basing them somewhat on the behavior and backstory of the androids from Neir Automata. For a while I even contemplated revealing to my players that the entire ASE was actually run by androids that had been created by the surviving Azlanti to carry on their legacy. The androids survived and conquered, while the humans (bereft of resources) eventually went extinct...

I'm probably gonna never spring that though, since I think I might like whatever setting lore they put into AtAT better.

I also definitely use the AAF a lot, since I like the idea of a complex mix between a group of individuals fighting injustice mixed with what is essentially a "well-meaning" terrorist organization.

[Metaphysician]

I most definitely use Pact Worlds, but I have put some significant use of androids in my story so far. In particular, the current adventure centers around an Akitonian city-state called the House of Woe, a combination mining town and black market trade hub. As the name might suggest, they are super-mega into slavery, and probably the biggest linchpin of their current power are android slaves. Specifically, they have a technological system that lets them lock androids into artificially compelled obedience ( equivalent to a charm effect that refreshes itself every round ). This reliable coerced loyalty lets the ruler use several hundred android slaves as a "trusted" source of technical support, including the operations of the city's military aerospacecraft and fixed artillery emplacements.

Needless to say, the PCs are looking for a why to get access to said control system, and blow it the hell up.