Do any of the servers have these huge droid robot hulks robotnics could build?

[Witch ~]

Maybe Im misremembering it but I remember some servers in ss13 having these huge robots and Im pretty sure dead players could take control of one.

[COUGH COUGH]

Yes, called Ripleys. Right now, on default wizden, they are only really for hydraulic loading of a lot of crates and items. On some custom servers, there are additional addons and mechs like this. But yes, they exist. No, dead players can't take them though, unless admin marks them as a ghost roll.

Dead players can, however, be put into borgs

[Witch ~]

Originally posted by Snort My Team:

Yes, called Ripleys. Right now, on default wizden, they are only really for hydraulic loading of a lot of crates and items. On some custom servers, there are additional addons and mechs like this. But yes, they exist. No, dead players can't take them though, unless admin marks them as a ghost roll.

Dead players can, however, be put into borgs

wait so theyre AI controlled?

[Cypher]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Originally posted by Snort My Team:

Yes, called Ripleys. Right now, on default wizden, they are only really for hydraulic loading of a lot of crates and items. On some custom servers, there are additional addons and mechs like this. But yes, they exist. No, dead players can't take them though, unless admin marks them as a ghost roll.

Dead players can, however, be put into borgs

wait so theyre AI controlled?

They usually need to be piloted by a player

[ALMIGHTY 2CAN]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Maybe Im misremembering it but I remember some servers in ss13 having these huge robots and Im pretty sure dead players could take control of one.

Servers like Starlight and goobstation have hulking combat mechs at the moment, if that's what you're looking for, none of them are currently available as ghost roles to my knowledge.

[Witch ~]

Originally posted by ALMIGHTY 2CAN:

Originally posted by Witch ~:

Maybe Im misremembering it but I remember some servers in ss13 having these huge robots and Im pretty sure dead players could take control of one.

Servers like Starlight and goobstation have hulking combat mechs at the moment, if that's what you're looking for, none of them are currently available as ghost roles to my knowledge.

How do they work? Do they just wander?

[Busts-A-Nut]

Mechs can be controlled like your character would (for now, in SS13 they where way more slow and clunky, they also took time to look around instead of being instant). Some servers have them round start and even have combat variants.
You just climb in and start controlling it with your movement keys.

Controllable robots are cyborgs which are controlled like a normal player character. But don't have hands (only a variety of tools), have special laws that they must follow at all times like "Do not harm the crew" (unless they have been hacked and granted hostile or silly laws) and also have access to every door by default.
But abusing that role to any capacity (including not following your laws) is an easy way to get banned from it.