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====== Skill Software ======


Like constructs, nonheroic robots do not gain skills. They must be programmed with software that gives them the ability or the knowledge to perform certain skills.

Skill software (often called "skillware") is embedded in the robot's central processor or "brain" and can be saved after the robot is destroyed.

To write skill software from scratch, a character must have an equal number of ranks in whatever skill the software is designed to emulate. (For example, a character with 3 ranks in the [[Disable Device (Skill)|Disable Device]] skill can write software that confers up to 3 ranks in the Disable Device skill.) The character obtains the necessary components by making a Wealth check against the software's purchase DC. He must then succeed at a [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] check (DC 20 + number of skill ranks emulat-ed by the software) after investing 12 hours in the software's construction.

**Class Skills:** All skills programmed into a robot become class skills for the robot.

===== SKILL CHIP (PL 5) =====
A skill chip enables a robot to gain up to 8 ranks in anyone of the following skills: [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]], [[Demolitions (Skill)|Demolitions]], [[Disable Device (Skill)|Disable Device]], [[Listen (Skill)|Listen]], [[Repair (Skill)|Repair]], [[Search (Skill)|Search]], or [[Spot (Skill)|Spot]]. A robot can have multiple skill chips. However, skill chips do not allow a robot to benefit from skill synergy.

A skill chip can be erased and reprogrammed with 12 hours of work and a successful [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] check (DC 20 + number of skill ranks emulated by the software).

**Purchase DC:** 4 x number of skill ranks.


===== LANGUAGE CHIP (PL 6) =====
This chip allows the robot the read, write, and speak one language as though it has the appropriate [[read write language skill|Read & Write Language]] and [[speak language skill|Speak Language]] skills.

**Purchase DC:** 12.

===== SKILL PROGIT (PL 6) =====
Sophisticated emulation software encased in a thin but durable plastic casing, a skill progit enables a robot to gain ranks in a single skill. The number of ranks cannot exceed the programmer's ranks in the skill being emulated. A factory-built progit typically holds 4, 8, or 12 ranks of a particular skill. A robot can have multiple skill progits. However, skill progits do not allow a robot to benefit from skill synergy.

A skill progit can be erased and reprogrammed with 12 hours of work and a successful [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] check (DC 20 + number of skill ranks emulated by the software).

**Purchase DC:** 3 x number of skill ranks.


===== SKILL NET (PL 7) =====
A skill net consists of a series of interlocking programs that allow the robot to acquire ranks in multiple skills. The number of ranks in any given skill cannot exceed the programmer's ranks in the skill being emulated. A factory-built skill net typically holds 4, 8, or 12 ranks in as many as four different skills. A robot can have multiple skill nets. Skill nets allow a robot to benefit from skill synergy.

A skill net can be reprogrammed one skill at a time. Replacing one skill with another or increasing the number of ranks of an already existing skill requires 1 hour of work and a successful [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] check (DC 20 + number of skill ranks emulated by the soft-ware).

**Purchase DC:** 18 (four skills at 4 ranks each), 21 (four skills at 8 ranks each), or 23 (four skills at 12 ranks each).
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