Back to U.S. Colonial Marines The United States Colonial Marine Corps is America's interstellar force-in-readiness. The USCM is America's only major means to forcibly enter a hostile area from space.

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Equipment Motion Tracker Personal Data Transmitter Powered Work Loader Synthetic Humans

MOTION TRACKER As its name implies, a motion tracker distinguishes moving objects from a stationary background. Motion trackers are standard issue to USCM squads, but can come in downgraded civilian models. Motion trackers can have a range of up to 1000m.The Motion Tracker is high-power ultra-sound doppler configuration. It sends out an electronic pulse which reflects off anything moving, sending a feedback signal to the user. There are many problems with the trackers, however. If the enemy has radar scanners, he can home in on the tracker's user by using its own signal. It is also easily fooled by decoys or "Jumping Jacks". Many commanders do not like to use it as their primary source of recon.

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PERSONAL DATA TRANSMITTER Electronic tracking device (also known as a PDT) which is surgically implanted into terraformer colonists and USCM personel. Another variation on the design is a removable unit, built into a commonly carried item such as a wristwatch. PDT's can monitor postion, lifesigns, and whether the subject is alive or dead, moving or stationary.

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P-5000 POWERED WORK LOADER Lift: 4000kg Weight: 210 Kg Add on equipment: Welding Tool/Torso Mount The P-5000 Powerloader has become an integral part of most dockyards and cargo bays; its bipedal frame allows it greater access to cargo storage areas as well as more accurate and safer placement of cargo modules. Powerloaders are only a recent innovation, designed to transport cargo across terrain standard cargo handlers (forklifts, trucks, etc.) would find impassable. The latest model is the P-5000, currently in service aboard all Marine spacecraft, where its ability to handle cargo pods and missiles with equal ease has increased the efficiency of Marine teams in pre-drop preparation.

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Ash 120A-2   Bishop 341-B   Call - Auton

SYNTHETIC HUMANS Also known as androids, synthetic humans are usually standard issue in USCM squads. Marine androids are always programmed for non-combat roles, such as piloting, driving, tactical assistance, or medics. This is because all androids are programmed with Isaac Asimov's First Law of Robotics, which states that an android cannot kill a human, or by mission of action allow a human to be killed if it can be prevented. However, this programming can be overriden if one has the necessary technical expertise. Some androids have been modified to disregard this First Law, usually by mercenaries or other shady characters. Ash 120A-2: A synthetic human and chief Science Officer onboard the Nostromo, he was a replacement for the ship's previous Science Officer after its stop at Thetis. Ash tried to protect an alien that was brought on board the Nostromo unintentionally, and then attempted to kill the crew.   Modern synthetic humans have a basic chassis of carbon fiber with latchment points for an artificial musculature. The synthetic's silicon muscles are either powered by microhydraulics or electrical stimulation. Power is supplied by a 25kW hydrogen fuel cell, with a lifespan of about 400 days. Since a synthetic human's skeletal system is just as unstable as a real human's, balance is provided by the musculature. There are no gyrostabilizers or joint motorization whatsoever. The synthetic mind is a Carbon 60 processor, which is centered mainly around a very powerful logic driver, and the circulatory fluid is a form of white liquid latex. Bishop 341-B: A Hyperdyne systems android assembled on LX469, he was stationed on board the Sulaco when it travelled to LV426 and accompanied a team of Colonial Marines to the planet. A qualified APC and dropship pilot, Bishop later called in a second dropship to rescue the surviving Marines.   Late-model synthetics have been built for military roles, mainly on alien-controlled planets. Whole squads were entirely synthetic, except for the section commander. This helped cut down costs for troop training and medicine. Recent advancements have produced androids with red-tinted circulatory fluid, and artificial memories. These synthetics are totally indistinguishable from real humans, except under microscopic examination. In the mid 24th century, however, the synthetic industry began to suffer severe cutbacks, after many androids tried to design newer synthetics (Second Generation androids, or "machines built by machines"), which were called Autons. Call, Annalee: A newcomer to the smuggler crew of the Betty, Call really wanted to kill the clone of Ellen Ripley before the Queen alien embryo inside it could be removed onboard the Auriga.

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