Protectron (Fallout 4)

Protectrons are a type of robot encountered in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Characteristics
Unlike protectrons in previous games, this iteration appears to have a transparent "faceplate" made of plastic or glass, with several blinking red lights visible behind the faceplate. It is possible to break this plate by fully damaging the head, which 'blinds' the protectron, reducing its accuracy. If the protectron is inactive and a melee weapon is used; it will increase the chance of breaking it. Previous versions had an opaque metal faceplate with a glass dome on top.

Gameplay attributes
Compared to previous games, Protectrons have become significantly sturdier and particularly so against ballistic damage. On higher difficulties, they can easily shrug off shotgun blasts to the head. However, by attacking their limbs, their more vulnerable insides will be revealed, which can be attacked for extra damage. If both of the Protectron's arms are destroyed, it will begin to glow yellow and explode like a mini nuke or a car after a short time.

Personalities
In Fallout 4, each Protectron now has a programmable personality, so that it can serve a variety of roles: default, subway steward, law enforcement, fire brigadiere, medical responder, and construction worker.

Generally, the personality does change the behavior of the protectron, and what it says as it patrols (construction workers will make comments about workplace safety and attack characters without work helmet. and medical responders will make comments about injuries and be generally passive until attacked). Medical responders will not heal player injuries and all variants will attack hostile NPCs on sight. The only notable change is that subway stewards will insist on seeing the player's subway token and will attack when it is not produced (regardless of whether the player has one in their inventory or not).

(NOTE: it is possible to give the subway token to the subway protectron. Timing is everything as the player will need to press the action button/key immediately following the bot's request. The player has a window of approximately .8 seconds to give the coin. Check out the YouTube video demonstrating the process .)

Personalities can be changed remotely without having to shut down the protectron.

Notable protectrons

 * Takahashi
 * Buddy

Appearances
Protectrons appear in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
Protectrons are modeled after Robby the Robot from the 1956 sci-fi movie, Forbidden Planet.

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