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Star Trek: War Of The Machines

• Thread starter Into Darkness
• Start date Apr 27, 2016

Into Darkness

• Apr 27, 2016

In the Voyager episode "Prototype" there were two races of robots created by the Pralor and Cravic that were at war. As you know, Torres was kidnapped and made to create a prototype with one of the robots watching. In the end she terminated the prototype and was beamed out to safety. Just before beam out the robot mentioned (kind of) that she'd become the enemy and she said she never wanted to be his enemy. We learnt in the episode that the machines were programmed to defeat their enemies at all costs. Well, my series idea is basically this... the Pralor machines managed to copy Torres' prototype and managed to begin building more machines and defeated the Cravic machines with overpowering numbers. The Pralor machines now able to replicate themselves now had a new enemy to focus on, aka the Federation. The Federation is their new enemy thanks to Torres destroying the prototype and Voyager attacking the Pralor ship. Following the destruction of the Cravic machines, the Pralor machines searched for Voyager and discovered the whereabouts of the Federation. In 2440 the entire armada of Pralor ships reaches the Alpha Quadrant and colonises a star system to be used as a place to launch their assault. Along the way to the Alpha Quadrant the machines regularly discovered new technologies and copies them into their own designs becoming even more of a threat.  

• Apr 28, 2016

Dukhat said: are you planning to actually write something Click to expand...

^Never said it had to be. But when someone says, "Well, my series idea is basically this...," that usually means one of three things: 1. They think that this is what the new show is going to be about, in which case discussion can ensue, 2. It's an idea they have for a fan fiction of their own, in which case it really should be in the fanfic section, or 3. It's just something they randomly pulled out of their ass and have no intention of doing anything with it other than the initial idea in the first post (which was what a LOT of posts in the Future of Trek section were before the new series was announced), in which case, I don't see much point in discussion if the OP doesn't even care enough to elaborate more. That's why I asked what his plans were. Of course I could be making a mountain out of a molehill. That's for the OP to decide.  

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The Cravic warship was one of the last STAR TREK ships that Eaglemoss produced. It's from the VOYAGER episode 'Prototype' and has an unusual star shape. The Pralor and the Cravic were both android species that were locked in an endless war. Eaglemoss made but never released the ship.

Eaglemoss also produced a limited run of 500 Pralor ships, which are grey instead of brown. Look out for those in the near future.

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The Pralor were a humanoid race from the Delta Quadrant that were involved in a war with the Cravic at some point in the 23rd century . During the war both races built Automated Personnel Units to fight the war. At some point they agreed to a truce, but the personnel units sensed that they would be decommissioned and responded to the threat by destroying both the Pralor and the Cravic. The Automated Personnel Units would then carry on the war until at least the year 2372 . ( VOY episode : " Prototype ")

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The APU Frigate is a type of frigate used by the Cravic and the Pralor in 2410 .

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Automated Personnel Unit

Automated Personnel Units were a type of android constructed by both the Pralor and Cravic around the early 23rd century .

Programmed to fight in a war being waged between the two groups, both types of units were of a virtually identical design: humanoid in form with "faces" having only the most basic of features. The primary external difference was that the Pralor units had a silver colored metallic covering while Cravic units had gold colored ones. Pralor units included designations 3947 and 6263 while Cravic units included a designation 122 . Both Pralor and Cravic units were also designed with chromodynamic power modules – power sources intended to be non-reproducible as a safeguard against the androids becoming self-reproductive. Automated Unit 3947 displayed the ability to discharge chromodynamic energy through his hand as an offensive weapon powerful enough to at least knock two people unconscious.

Eventually the Pralor-Cravic war came to an end and both sides agreed to deactivate their Automated Personnel Units. The units on both sides, sensing a threat to their existence, turned on both the Pralor and Cravic, exterminating both races, and resumed the war.

In 2372 , the USS Voyager discovered a non-functioning Pralor unit. B'Elanna Torres reactivated the unit, and was able to determine a means to reproduce the chromodynamic power module such that other androids could be powered. When she realized that allowing the Pralor units to procreate would vastly alter the balance of power in the conflict (and possibly the quadrant), she destroyed her work and allowed the remaining automated personnel units to continue their war. ( VOY : " Prototype ")

Known Automated Personnel Units [ ]

• Automated Commander 122
• Automated Unit 3947
• Automated Unit 6263
• Prototype Unit 0001

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The Automated Personnel Units were created out of separate vacu-formed components that were fitted over the actors to allow them full movement and flexibility. ( Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts , p.169)

Even though none of the units are specifically assigned a sex, their voices sound distinctly male, as they were voiced by the same two actors – namely, Rick Worthy (who played both 3947 and 122) and Hugh Hodgin (who played both 6263 and Prototype Unit 0001).

Ken Biller said of the challenge involved in creating the robots, " That was an almost impossible task given what our budgetary constraints are and given the time that is alloted. We couldn't afford to do body makeup so suddenly he's in costume. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 92)

In a 2010 interview, Rick Worthy recalled working in the costume; "[It] was a lot of fun, but really hard too because I couldn't see anything inside the robot suit. They put two little slits where I could barely see out. I had to practice where my marks were on the floor and when the cameras rolled I had to force myself not to look down. When it was over I had to voice over the whole thing, because I was speaking from inside of a mask and the sound wasn't recorded very well. " [1]

The small eye-holes in the robot costumes dictated the kinds of shots that "Prototype" director Jonathan Frakes could use. As Rick Worthy explained, " Jonathan had to set up each shot in such a way that made the slits unnoticeable to viewers. " ( TV Zone , issue 126, p. 28)

In their review of "Prototype", authors Mark Jones and Lance Parkin refer to the Automated Personnel Units as " stiff, inexpressive robots. " ( Beyond the Final Frontier , p.288)

Similarly, Ken Biller was unhappy with how the costume looked; " The robot looked like the guy in the suit. It just looked really, really hokey and cheesy […] If he is a mechanical man, why is he wearing a suit? He looked like the tin woodsman and it was unfortunate and disappointing. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 28, No. 4/5, p. 92)

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The Star Trek: Myriad Universes novel Places of Exile makes reference to the chromodynamic power module the Automated Personnel Units possessed. In an alternate timeline, Torres' experience with them makes her perfect for a mission to a Casciron ship where she would hide aboard after disabling the Vostigye vessel, Ryemaran .

The Automated Personnel Units appear in a Delta Quadrant patrol mission in Star Trek Online , in which the player becomes caught in the crossfire between the two types. An APU cruiser is also available as a playable starship.

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• Automated Personnel Unit at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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