Emy

Post-conversion Emy. Illustrated by Samael.
Gender	Female
Orientation	Panromantic asexual
Physical attributes
Species	Android Honduran white bat
Personal details
Meta
Universe	Universe C

Emy (serial number SH10151, known simply as Robat in some circles) is an android who was formerly, and still resembles, a Honduran white bat.

History

Emy was originally born as a regular Honduran white bat.

Sometime during her mid-20s, whilst trespassing in an abandoned cybernetic conversion laboratory, she accidentally had her consciousness transferred into an android doppelganger.

Personality

Emy is carefree and more than a little eccentric. She is mindful, but is happy to be left to her own devices and given freedom to be a bit weird. Her tastes are eclectic and varied, a result of her shifting interests and frequent desire for newness and change.

Following conversion, she acts a little more logically and literally. She also has developed a tendency to hoard mangoes, although the reason for doing so is unknown, as she cannot eat them.

Appearance

Prior to conversion

Emy, prior to being converted into an android. Illustrated by karpet-shark.

Emy was a Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba) with very light grey (almost white) fur and pale green skin—similar to but less flesh-coloured to typical Honduran white bats. Also like most Honduran white bats, she was extremely fluffy, with an abundance of fur that made her appear quite round despite actually having a relatively slim physique underneath it all.

Her nose pointed upwards, as is typical of the species. Her arms extended into full wings with black membranes. Her ears similarly were green on the outside with black inner membranes.

She wore half-framed horn-rimmed glasses and dressed quite airily, favouring long skirts, cardigans, baggy tops, ponchos (for wings) and generally less stifling fashions.

Following conversion

Following conversion, Emy's body is composed of white metal plates placed over a black, flexible membrane, which is visible around her joints and contains her internal chassis. Various parts of her plating carry green accents, including the edges of her ears, wings, nose and legs.

Below Emy's head is the input/output collar, her primary means of interfacing with other technology.

The lower part of Emy's head contains a pointed "nose" and a mechanical "mouth". The upper part of her head is dominated by a large visual display that shows her "eyes", although it may potentially display any graphic. This display is surrounded by multiple sensors. On the top of her head are two "ears". These ears are composed of a mesh of flexible, black material, and can rotate and actuate independently of one another.

Following conversion, Emy no longer wears glasses and is rarely seen wearing clothing.

Abilities

Being converted to an android has given Emy a variety of related abilities:

• Can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
• Can interface with other technology, both over wires and wirelessly.
• Superhuman strength and durability.
• Does not require food, water or oxygen; instead being solely powered by electricity.

The process responsible for her conversion was unfinished and experimental technology from several years prior, and as such she is limited by her outdated and unstable hardware and firmware.

Prior to being converted to an android, Emy could proficiently play the ukulele.

Hardware specification

Emy's exact hardware specifications are unknown, but roughly include:

• ≈ 2.5 GHz dual processors
• Between 512 MB and 2 GB of RAM
• ≈ 250 GB of hard drive capacity
• 802.11b/g compatible wireless card
• Bluetooth 1.1 wireless card

Emy's I/O collar includes a variety of ports, including a IEC 60320 C6 port for charging; Ethernet, USB and Firewire 400 ports for data transfer; a variety of video and audio output formats (including DVI-A, VGA, component video, TOSLINK, and a 3.5mm headphone port); and a Kensington security slot.

Sensor physiology

Although Emy's head aesthetically resembles that of a biological creature—with eyes, ears, mouth and nose—the actual functions of each of these elements do not align with their organic analogues.

Emy's "eyes" do not see, as this is actually a CRT display. The display is typically seen rendering Emy's "eyes", but can also display other graphics and text, and is used for debugging or other maintenance activities carried out by third-parties. The display can be deactivated, and normally is turned off when Emy is in sleep mode.

The vast majority of Emy's sensor organs are located around her display. This includes visible light and infrared (thermal) cameras, and LIDAR scanners, which are positioned to the sides of the display, creating a near panoramic field of view. An array of microphones is also positioned at various locations around the display, providing some sense of directionality with the sources of sounds.

Her ears are, in actuality, speakers. These project any audio that Emy produces, including her voice.

Emy does not have a sense of taste or smell.

Emy's mouth is largely cosmetic. It can flex slightly to aid in conveying emotions. There is a shallow cavity behind it containing a quick-access battery terminal, allowing Emy to "eat" batteries for a small increase in energy (the batteries have to be removed once exhausted, however).

Her nose is a wireless charging and discharging point. Emy can choose to share electrical energy with compatible devices by contacting them with her nose, as can other devices be used to charge her. She can also discharge small jolts of electricity from her nose on demand.

Trivia

• Emy is named after Emmy the Great, in contrast to Alexander Grey being named after Alexander the Great.
• Emy is a popular girls name in Honduras. Emy is based on a Honduran white bat.
• Emy's serial number, SH10151, is taken from the Hooverphonic track "2Wicky", where this is the serial number of an orbital weapons platform. The song in part takes the number from the Roland SH-101.

External links

• Emy in the Guest Art Gallery
• Emy in Expansive Stories
• Emy's playlist on Apple Music