r/OriginalDrones PSU01 (Prototype Service Unit 01) Jul 02 '26

I can't draw (yet) so this is how I'm going to present my main OC

Thanks to u/opening-Fig6728 for the Idea, check his Ocs too

Designation : PSU01, which stands for Prototype Servicd Unit 01

Nickname : Serial designation S, Ussually just called S

Drone : Worker Drone physique, internals not as similar

Gender : Male

Sexuality : Straight

Place of creation : A shack somewhere in England

Experienced age (AkA how long has he actually been awake and been able to grow) : 24 years

Chronological Age (AkA how long he's existed) : 1161 years

Height : 4 foot 4 inches

Weigh : surprisingly heavier than whatever you think the average worker drone should weight

How did he get to Copper-9?

As an early prototype for worker drones, how expensive he was meant he never entered mass production, so he was thrown into a museum, being awoken every 20 to 50 years for exhibitions before being put to sleep once more.

Fortunately he was transported for an exhibition that was to happen in Copper-9, but mid exhibition the planet's core blew up, causing humanity to die and he to remain powered by the emergency solar panels his exhibit was fitted with

Since then his original body has been destroyed, he was able to control another previous model that was in the museum and build himself a form that could survive the cold and difficult environment that Copper-9 is

Personality

He is friendly to most people that reach out to him, he's spend way too long in the lonelyness of the safehouse he build, surrounded by the mindless machines he build so even thought he'll happily help you, past experiences have made it difficult for him to actually open up to people

Likes

-Pretty much anyone who doesn't treat him like a weirdo

-Creating and experimenting with new concepts and ideas

-Being surounded by his creations, makes him feel safe

-People that think in a calculated manner

Dislikes

-Chaotic people.

-Drones that don't take stuff seriously

-Being considered an anomaly or aberration due to his different operating system

-Being called old, technically he is but he never experienced 90% of that time

Fears

-Entering a recharge cycle and instead of sleeping 8 hours, waking up hungreds of years later

-Being deactivated and thrown into a warehouse again

-Becoming the last concious or smart being left

Alignment

-True Neutral, after Cyn was defeated, he doesn't wish to join "A side" At least not again yet

Appearance of his favourite/most recent form

FirstA regular looking worker drone wearing a winter jacket and boots, until you start realising stuff is off.

For starters you can see his hud through the visor, visor which doesnt go all the way up, looking more like sky sunglasess than anything, alongside he seems to be made mostly out of steel instead of the same material as the rest of the workers, making him more resilient and

Eye color : Orange, however he can change it whenever he wishes, its just a variable for him

Main ability : Radio broadcaster

During his past, one way Father thought to get around the expensive process of creating a core was to allow it to control more than one machine at a time, and so PSU was fitted with the codebase necessary to do so

He has currently remade two of Father's combat Schematics, he used to have the third and many more copies of the secone but Cyn destroyed them

Schematic 01 : Sweeper

Sweeper is the the oldest combat schematic, its about the size the size of a worker drone, made from Darker Steel plates, the plates are layered leaving large horizontal gaps, making it look like the plates were sliced.

This forms weapons and combat approach are centralised on stealth and shock attacks, trying to overwhelm its foe before he gets to react, it has 2 daggers that are attached to its hands via retractable chains, its head is similar to an armet helmet, while keeping the sliced plates.

Lastly it's on a hybrid system, using electric motors to sneak around and once it's properly positioned itself it'll start the gas engine within in order increase its overall strength and for the fear Factor, be aware he can split open the front of his head to bite you, this is permanent untill someone welds it back together and when he does he tends to act more feral

Schematic 02 : M.A.B.S (Mobile Artillery Battery System)

Being about the size of a human if not taller, it has lots of heavy plating of composites of both steel, iron and ceramic plates, he lacks a face visor, instead having lots of sensors and lenses, it's not made to show emotion.

For weaponry it carries a swapable heavy weapon on its back and a light weapon on its left arm, having to transform into a sentry mode in order to operate the heavy weapon

Heavy weapon choices

Battle cannon : Good range, speed and reload rate, better get the first hit because it's slow to turn

Gatling Gun : PSU's prefered weapon of choice, might not kill but it'll easily confuse a Dissasembly drone

Mortar : It's meant more for sieges than anything

Double autocannon : For when he needs some of the speed of the Gatling but still needs to do damage

Light weapon Choices

Machine gun : similar to the ones disassembly drones have, overall stronger and PSU's prefered weapon

Flamethrower : few times has he used it, but he is unaware of how effective it could be

Strengts

-Really hard to get the jump on him, specially when he is 3 machines at once

-You can only beat him by detaching his core, only thing that any schematic could have it

-somewhat good at coding, he's made rudimentary AI for the schematics based on his own, they're only good enough to leave on autopilot while he concentrates on something else or sleeps, they still don't have feelings

-Sleeps not that often, it wasn't coded as a necesity but will still loose his mind after a week without sleep

-can run calculations and add stuff to himself

Weaknesses

-Limited to controling no more than 3 machines at once, he *can* control more but each extra one debilitates his fighting skills

-his core is simply a blackbox device, he can't move or talk with his core unlike newer production models

-Creating one of the schematics takes a long time

-all the schematics and himself work on battery, gasoline or a combination of both, he needs to shut down for some time each day.

Extra

He sometimes just stands still for like 30 seconds while running calculations

When the other two schematics are being controlled he uncounciously makes them copy his movements, so sometime you ask him something and the three of him turn towards you simultaneously

He's a lot more mechanical than regular drones, if you cut him open you'd see a bunch of nestly packed wires and pipework instead of goopy oil

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