Waznot Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Quick question for newbie, does the Kings Hand have a human operator inside or is it autonomous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuMantai Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 As far as I know it is autonomous. There are other big constructs (although not as big) that are also autonomous. Also, the Kings Hand has an asset called Soulstone processing matrix, which has an ability called "Moment of free will", which would suggest that it can think for itself which would be unneccessary would it be operated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waznot Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 just questioning, but "Moment of free will" could be like auto braking where the vehicle takes over from the operator, why would you need a "Moment" if it's fully autonomous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuMantai Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Just because it is autonomous, doesn't mean it doesn't follow orders. Constructs in the world of malifaux are still robots in the classic sense, built to serve. They are (usually) operated on soulstones, which can give them some semblence of self, so they can break out of that, but it is rare. Lazarus would be an example of a construct with a personality that is able to think for itself. A "Moment of free will" for the Kings Hand would be a moment where it breaks out of its strict order following and starts to think for itself. Which, depending on who you ask, can be a good or a very bad thing. For an operator, this would be a VERY bad thing, indeed. Also, an operated construct would not need the processor to act out it's orders, only the actuators to do what the operator wants it to, which would probably, given the Empires history, not be soulstone operated, but steam powered or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solkan Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 I think the fact that all of the descriptions refer to it as a “construct” means that it doesn’t have an operator. As far as I can tell, the authors have been pretty careful to reserve that term for autonomous devices, whether or not the device started out as a person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merchant Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 >ancient aliens guys "machine spirit" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeperColony Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 For the Abyssinian Dreadnought they make a point of saying that it is operated to ensure human control, whereas I don't remember the same description under the King's Hand. Which leads me to agree with the others who say it is probably autonomous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 The kings hand is a closely guarded secret no one is certain if it is manned or if it is the largest automation yet constructed it is the result of unprecedented cooperation between kings empire, Abyssinia and the guild. The kings hand represents a radical leap forward in titan design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAYNE Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Two words: Gremlin Pilots. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathnard Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 As far as i can tell the Kings hand was a joint Guild/KE project that's since been modified (thanks to Kassa's input) and put into mass production by the KE. Given this history, and the fact that it's design is so similar to the smaller Guild constructs in Malifaux, I'd be confident in saying that it's fully autonomous. What's more interesting to me is whether the Guild forces are using the same titan design (or whatever they've dubbed their own version) and how it differs from the Kings Hand? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aner-Dyfan Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Oh that is interesting, I think the Magister's Hand would be armed with a giant harpoon weapon, much like the peacekeeper. Though being armed with a giant coffin like some huge crazed metal death marshal would be all kinds of amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Posted May 10, 2019 Report Share Posted May 10, 2019 15 hours ago, Aner-Dyfan said: Oh that is interesting, I think the Magister's Hand would be armed with a giant harpoon weapon, much like the peacekeeper. Though being armed with a giant coffin like some huge crazed metal death marshal would be all kinds of amazing. That would be an interesting set of Upgrades, customising it to match the various guild divisions we know of. Does that mean there would be the Wedding certificate signed by Abula? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuMantai Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 10:35 AM, Adran said: That would be an interesting set of Upgrades, customising it to match the various guild divisions we know of. Does that mean there would be the Wedding certificate signed by Abula? The three branches of the guild that we know from Malifaux are very specific for Malifaux. I don't think we will see them incorporated into a construct that will likely never be used there. But we could see a similar aproach to earth, where there are distinct tasks that need to be done, and via upgrades the titan could be customized for those tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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