[Fallout 5] New Eyebot Variants — Design Pack

Below is a plug-and-play design kit for expanding Eyebots into a full gameplay pillar: exploration, scouting, crafting, settlement logistics, and stealth/combat support. You’ll get variants, modules, benchmarks, UI, encounters, and quest hooks that mesh with your factions (Hidden-In-Plain-Sight Rebels, Ashen Reign, Vault X-21, Spark Rats, etc.).

1) Baseline Spec (All Eyebots)

Frame: Hover micro-chassis, 2 hardpoints (optic & payload), 1 utility bay.
Core stats: Noise rating, Signal strength, Battery capacity, Armor tier.
Commands Wheel (Pip-Boy): Follow, Hold, Orbit target, Ping (scan), Tag enemies, Fetch, Jam signal, Mark artillery, Strobe/Decoy.
Progression Tiers: Mk.I (junkyard), Mk.II (workbench craft), Mk.III (rare plans), Mk.IV (quest-gated prototypes).

2) Variant Roster (14)

1) SCOUT “Survey-Eye Mk.II”
Fog-of-war reveal, mineral/plant pings, caches at low altitude. Perk synergy: Perception, Explorer.

Special: Auto-map “points of interest” as waypoints; low noise, fragile.

2) COURIER “Pony-Eye”
10–30 carry weight, can be dispatched to settlements or vendors you’ve met.

Special: “Return on death”—drops a map marker with last known path.

3) BROADCASTER “Repeater-Eye”
Radio relay, playable music tapes, lure or panic siren.

Special: Toggle Propaganda Jammer (suppresses enemy morale auras).

4) MEDIC “Stim-Eye”
Fires low-dose stim/antidote darts to allies; triage spotlight shows downed friendlies.

Special: “Auto-Stitch” when player is below 25% HP (cooldown).

5) HACKER “Keyhole-Eye”
Short-range overclock to terminals, turrets, doors (difficulty gated).

Special: Wasp Sting: one-use shock that opens a 2-sec hack window on guarded panels.

6) RECYCLER “Scav-Eye”
Magnet wand lifts scrap; auto-disassembles Tier-0/1 junk into components.

Special: Smart Sort direct-routes components to settlement workbenches.

7) DECOY “Firefly-Eye”
Holo-strobe + chaff cloud; draws fire and adds brief enemy accuracy penalty.

Special: Mirage: duplicate pings on enemy HUDs (synth/raider tech only).

8) PHOTO/INTEL “Phot-Eye”
Captures geotagged photos; clues overlay for bounties, fauna catalogs, wanted posters.

Special: Forensics Lens reveals blood trails and recent footprints.

9) SAPPER/EMP “Null-Eye”
Pulse disables robots, turrets, and power armor HUDs for 3–6s.

Tradeoff: Loud; drains most of the battery.

10) SHEPHERD “Siren-Eye”
Ultrasonic herder: pacifies or redirects wildlife; briefly disorients ferals.

Special: Charm Band: chance to leash a single tameable critter as a temporary ally.

11) CUTTER/BUILDER “Weld-Eye”
Micro-torch opens sealed vents and thin doors; speeds settlement construction tasks.

Special: Field Bench: deployable micro-station for Tier-0 repairs.

12) SPOTTER “Goliath-Eye”
Laser designator grants +VATS hit chance and enables off-map artillery/vertibird runs.

Special: Kill Confirmed: tagging a boss unlocks a temporary damage amp window.

13) STEALTH “Shade-Eye”
Photochromic plating, low-noise rotor, dampened EM.

Special: Backscatter Scan: reveals cloaked or stealth-boy enemies in a cone.

14) CONVERSION “Failsafe-Eye” (ties to your Doomsday robots thread)
Safely “arms-length” scans volatile bots; if hostile exploders are present, applies a Loopback chip to convert them to non-suicidal companions (quest-gated).

Special: Failsafe Ping: pre-detonates enemy sappers at distance (Engineering check).

3) Faction Reskins & Perks

Hidden-In-Plain-Sight Rebels: Cloth wraps & matte paint; passive Blend-In (reduced detection in settlements).
Ashen Reign: Ember filigree; Zeal Chant aura granting ally resolve (fear resist).
Vault X-21: Clean ceramic shells; Lab Protocols: bonus on science terminals; grants unique “Specimen Scan” bounties.
Spark Rats: Scrap-punk limbs; Wire-Tap: chance to duplicate 1 mod from hacked turrets.

4) Modules & Crafting

Slot types: Optic, Payload, Utility Core, Armor Skin, Power Cell

Optics: Long-range zoom, Thermal, Forensic, Night-eye, Backscatter.
Payloads: Stim reservoir, EMP cap, Chaff cartridge, Torch fuel, Micro-net, Photo plate stack.
Utility Cores: Pathfinding+, Broadcast amp, Hack overclocker, Salvage daemon, Stealth field.
Power Cells: Civilian (base), Military (battery+), Fusion pebble (rare; doubles uptime).
Armor Skins: Cloth wrap (noise-), Ceramic (ballistic+), EM weave (EMP-), Mirror (laser-).

Workbench Tiers:
T1 (Robot Workbench) → T2 (Field Robotics Bench) → T3 (Vault X-21 Forge Terminal) → T4 (Spark Rat Back-Alley Bay).
Blueprints drip from bounties, labs, faction favor, and photointel turn-ins.

5) Numbers to Balance With

Noise: 0 (silent) to 100 (sirens). Stealth line < 25; standard 40–60; Broadcaster 80+.
Signal (control radius): 40–120m; Repeater extends to 200m; tunnels reduce range.
Battery: 90–300s active flight before cooldown/dock; Fusion pebble doubles.
Armor: 0–3 plates; each plate adds 10–15% DR, +weight, +noise.

6) UI & Controls (Quick)

Pip-Boy Eyebot Tab: Live feed thumbnail; battery ring; command wheel (Q/E).
Hot-Orders: Scan, Tag, Fetch, Jam, Designate, Decoy, Heal, EMP, Torch.
Telemetry: Mini-HUD icons (⚡ battery, 📶 signal, 👁️ alertness, 🎯 target lock).

7) World Integration & Encounters

Randoms:
- “Stray Repeater” blasting pre-war ad jingles (follow to stash).
- “Courier in Trouble” ambushed by raiders (save to unlock courier network).
- “Spark Rat Demo” selling illegal overclock cores (risk of meltdown).
Dungeons:
- Relay Spires (restore Commonwealth-wide radio mesh for fast-dispatch).
- X-21 Optics Lab (boss Eyebot with prism array; backscatter plans).
Settlement:
- Build Eyebot Docks (assign tasks: patrol, courier, recycler, medic).
- Dispatch Board: schedule courier runs, intel scans, bounties.

8) Quests (Hooks)

“Lost Frequencies” — Rebuild 3 relay spires; unlock Repeater crafting + map-wide dispatch.
“Eyes on the Inside” — Place Shade-Eyes in two hostile bases; photograph evidence; choose to leak on your station for faction reputation.
“The Good Doctor Is a Sphere” — Rescue a Stim-Eye prototype; add Auto-Stitch passive.
“Failsafe” — With your engineer companion, reprogram a Doomsday sapper; gain Failsafe-Eye plans and the Loopback chip.

9) Companion Personality Packs (Optional)

Witty, Soldier, Nurturer, Loner modules (ties into your AI Emotion Modules).
Each adds +1 unique emote bark set, 1 minor passive, and a situational quip radio.

10) Loot & Progression Loop

Turn-Ins: Photographs, decoded logs, salvaged optics → faction credits & blueprints.
Milestones:
- 5 successful courier runs → Cargo+ mod.
- 10 medical saves → Field Sterilizer (heal potency+).
- 3 artillery designations on bosses → Spotter laser upgrade.

11) Balance Safeguards

EMPs don’t perma-stun bosses; they interrupt once per phase.
Courier can’t bypass key progression locks (quest items = no-carry).
Stealth Eyebots share the player’s stealth cone—no free invisibility when you sprint.

12) Fast Drop-In Tables

Variant → Role → Signature Perk

Survey-Eye → Exploration → Fog reveal + resource pings
Pony-Eye → Logistics → Safe courier runs
Repeater-Eye → Control → Radio relay & lure/jam
Stim-Eye → Support → Auto-Stitch save
Keyhole-Eye → Utility → Burst hack window
Scav-Eye → Crafting → Auto-disassemble junk
Firefly-Eye → Defense → Holo decoy & chaff
Phot-Eye → Intel → Forensics lens + bounty proofs
Null-Eye → Anti-Tech → EMP cone
Siren-Eye → Creature Control → Pacify/herd
Weld-Eye → Builder → Torch + field bench
Goliath-Eye → Offense → Artillery/vertibird target
Shade-Eye → Stealth → Backscatter reveal
Failsafe-Eye → Conversion → Neutralize sappers

13) Designer To-Dos (Minimal)

Build 1 shared Eyebot skeleton → swap modules/skins.
Implement Noise/Signal/Battery as the core triad.
Gate T3/T4 modules behind faction arcs + lab dungeons.
Add Photo/Intel loops to naturally surface world lore and bounties.

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