>We don't, ya adorable sociopath. We're gonna use this bloody rock to build ourselves an army. Or at least the equipment for it. Though we're going to have to get the flesh vats up and working; but I'm sure the Doc will be more then happy to do that.
((Oh hell yes. If this goes right we'll have our own army to command. The armchair strategist inside me is squealing with potential glee right now.
((What makes you think you're getting an army?))
((I'm not saying
I am getting an army, but we, as in the HMRC former convicts, might be handed a few sods as support in some future mission. And seeing as how regular sods are dumb as bricks and need orders to perform well, we'll probably be given at least a certain degree of control over them. And even if other people get to command sods and I don't, I'll still be happy to see how other people use them (a good potential learning experience to!).
"How about providing two viable configurations for my life support systems? The transformation would ostensibly be a switching between these two configurations, which would cut oxygen to my brain for only a few seconds, yes? You'd have one configuration of connections for the skateboard shape, and one for the human form. You could even use the same systems, presumably, just change up the connection settings. And the transformation switch would require a signal from my brain to initiate, but the procedure would otherwise happen without my mental involvement. Something of that sort, anyway."
"Or heck, maybe just let me turn into another vehicle instead. Like a motorcycle. I'd literally be the village bike in that situation."
Propose more!
((Why not ask to be converted into a literal vehicle, like a
spider tank or
something related?
You could then fill the niche of armor support, while still be capable of amp usage. It could also have small hands in front of it if you need to do something that needs those. Or choose some other vehicle to become, because transformer-like tech just doesn't seem practical.))