Nicely done! This reminds me of the "Terminator dog" episode of the new Scooby Doo show, my roommate and I watched just last night. XD

There are a whole line of robot animals in one of the Rift books, right up to full sized robot dinosaurs. No robocoons, though. 83

And at least one Sourcebook with excellent rules to build a robot.
*sigh*
It's too bad I can't work with the rest of the rules.

They don't make much sense to me either. Almost everything does mega-damage which means that if you aren't wearing mega-armor absolutely everything one-shots you. And if everyone has to have expensive mega-armor or magic, why have it at all?

Actually, that part did not bother me.
It'ts that level-based system and it's compülexity.
I have a very old RIFTS and Palladium Fantasy bok, but it only got worse when I bought 'After the Bomb' which had great rules to creat everything from ferals to anthros and everything between.
Mind you, I love the sourcebooks and the campagins they put out but I can't stand their basic rules. And you know what? I wish it was different. I truely wish it was.

For example, Century Station. That one book has more adventure and campaign possibilties than most Marvel and DC Role-Playing Games I've known together. But even if I could get a superhero group together, no one I know could be persuaded/coerced/forced ( ) to use the Palladium System.
And to top it off, some ideas from the Astro City comic series would fit so well into Century Station.
The old lady recently, that collected and repaired killer-robots, removing the 'Killer' part of their programming during the repair and making them her friends alone would fit in so well.
I could go on and on like that.
Sadly, I can't afford a game I'm not going to play anymore, not even if it's an interesting read. Not anymore. Those days are gone *sigh*

BTW, I wish them well and if that RIFTS Movie ever makes it into the theaters, I will watch it there. That's more what the Hobbit got out of me.
And I would do it even if I got wind that it is as weak as the 'Mutannt Chronicles' movie. Which was weak, but not bad.

I still want to cuddle it. Back-mounted Lawgiver Pistol and all.

Note to self if I see this going through my trash LET IT HAVE THE TRASH

I think the question on everyone's mind is how can it be upgraded to eat people? =P

Step #1: Come up with a practical reason why the producers should invest time and money into making it capable of eating people (I'll throw out "kidnapping" and "search and rescue" as possible functions).
Step #2: Make it bigger.
Step #3: Relocate stomach components to back, legs and tail (scale down weaponry if need be).
Step #4: Program it to nom marked targets.
Step #5: Sit back and enjoy the show.

"Sir, there's an issue with the scaled up Robocoons the city is using to clean up garbage."

"What's that, Jenkins?"

"They seem to be classifying sleeping homeless people as litter, and since they installed the trash digestion and processing systems in place of weapons, well..."

Gahhh I love when you get technical and stuff with your characters--and I don't just mean technological! <3 :3!!

Wow, lots of detail here!

Reminds me of a commission I made... my goodness, five years ago now: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3389381/ , https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3450675/ . In a good way. :)

Robot animals are neat. It's fun to write up all the text blocks explaining what does what.

I love robocoon! :D

http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009.....ders-optional/

Good lord. What are the odds? I almost gave it eye lasers, too.

Best not to risk it. http://www.intrepidgirlbot.com/2009.....have-a-bucket/

This idea is really cool! I'd love to see more feral robot animals from you.