Modified Renraku Manservant-3

Source book: Stolen Souls

Switching back to the residential situation for a moment, another extraction technique that many teams like is replacing the household Renraku Manservant drone with one that has been modified by drone riggers. The Renraku Manservant has been intentionally designed to feature many safety measures to assuage fears that these drones, designed by Renraku to help with household chores, can never go out of control and become wannabe Deuses. The Manservant is limited in how fast it moves, and how strong it is. Plus, it generally has a panic button just in case it malfunctions and residents need to call corp security for assistance. By replacing the actual Manservant with a modified one that you control, a runner team gains another advantage that the unsuspecting extraction targets won’t be expecting. These modified Manservants have been redesigned to move at the same movement speed as any metahuman, and they have the strength to restrain a subject, ensuring that if a family extraction goes down, the family members have fewer options to flee. The manservant drone can be used to lock down possible alternate escape routes (e.g., breaking the lock for the back door to make sure it remains locked, or sealing any windows that are capable of being opened) and can decrease the chances that one or more of the family members may escape from the house and blow the extraction job. But they are often used in another helpful manner. While infiltrating the house, a modified Manservant drone can carry out its household chores as normal, but in doing so, it can seek out any firearms that may be in the house and unload their ammunition, or possibly replace the ammunition with blanks. If the weapons are stored in lock boxes, Manservant drones can hide the lock boxes during their normal routines, guaranteeing that if someone in the house reaches for a weapon during a violent home invasion, they won’t be able to find them in time. If you’re wondering if it would be worthwhile to invest in this drone, keep in mind that in 2075, nearly three out of every four households in North America have a Renraku Manservant or similar model. And nearly half (many of which are higher-income households) have two or more. So if you are working extraction jobs, chances are you’ll find opportunities to utilize this drone.