Okay, so…. I am feeling a bit stuck here. Maybe due to the short night and not even having had a cup of tea yet, or due to being a bit stuck.
Draignean: can I use my mindhacking ability to assess what unseen defences there must be in the hallway? And would Aubrey know the chances of doing such a scan without triggering said defences?
Secondly, can she similarly assess the maid from that distance?
I guess the only chance we really have (apart from Khate wading through and taking it all on her armour) is Aubrey disabling the defences. Normally this is something I’d imagine she’d have no problem doing, but this doesn’t seem like a normal case. But not impossible. Then we have to presumably disable the killersexbot by hacking or violence (or kidnap).
A note, the hallway in question is the actual umbilical connecting the Caracal to the Flounder, and is controlled by the Flounder. It is unlikely to be trapped. Yes, you can absolutely use your abilities to attempt to detect electronic devices. Granted, some things may be shielded and difficult to detect, or they may be designed to be entirely analog, in which case you won't feel them at all (until it's too late).
The great thing about mindhack implants is that you're not really scanning, you're more just able to see the already present fields more clearly. Just looking around has now chance of triggering things as a mindhack, it only gets dangerous if you fiddle with stuff.
It's a bit far, but Aubrey could probably glean a little about the maid.
PS. You're all being totally racist against sexbots. There's absolutely nothing to suggest she's secretly got badass ninja programming. She could just be the sexy maid. It's completely possible that's what she is.
Eh, neurochemicals?
I should've started that speculative post with something like: "Could we get details on how pleasure robots are generally used?" and "Robots are still able to be aptly modified, right?"
Asking in part because certain members of our team do have qualifications in knowing about these that are NOT Boris, Kes, or Sadish, because I just noticed the sore lack of video feed communication. :x
Well, uh, pleasure robots are generally used to... Well, when a man loves a robot very much, or if he's horny and alone on spaceship except for his cat, he gives the robot a special kind of hug and- oh god I can't do this. You fuck them, that's what pleasure robots are generally used for, that and being programmed into various endeavors that no sane living creature would or could attempt. They vary in quality from mildly interactive blow-up dolls to nearly complete morphic simulacra with better AIs than most dreadnoughts. (T1000)
As far as aptly modified... Well, robots are really only aptly modified if you're both a decent programmer and a decent engineer. Of course, pleasure robots are generally designed with some form of intuitive interface for adding new functionality to, because, well, reasons.