Tectonic Stabilizers

Tectonic stabilizers are huge robotic platforms used in terraforming operations to reduce geological activity on a planet.  A tectonic stabilization platform is typically built on top of a large drill head and burrows deep into the ground, typically at some critical location on a fault line.  Tectonic stabilizers are often deployed in networked groups to reduce geological activity in a particular region. 

Once in place, the tectonic stabilizer deploys a number of different tools to absorb and mitigate geological forces.  Most such platforms include enormous shock absorbers and thermocouples that convert geological activity into electricity.  This energy is then used to power the platform, with any excess power transferred to the surface via long power cables that extend from the top of the platform.

While in place, most tectonic stabilizers also deploy a number of other tools, such as drills, jackhammers, earth-moving equipment, etc. to shift the earth around it into more stable configurations to reduce seismic activity.  This activity is coordinated by the platform's artificial intelligence, as these platforms are deployed without any biological crew.

Titans

When the Holy Empire of Man took over the island, the locals called them the "Sky Kings". One village embraced the Sky Kings and their ways while the rest clung to the old ways. One day, the Celestial Knight descended from the heavens and stood by the village. Then a mighty hurricane rose from the sea and destroyed all the enemies of the Sky Kings. The village and the Celestial Knight stood unharmed, square in the eye of the hurricane for three days. The locals called it a miracle, the commanding officer called it weather control.

Titans are enormous walking vehicles similar to battleoids, but at a larger scale.  The smallest titans are about the same size as the largest battleoids, but the largest are far larger.  Because of their size and complexity, titans are always piloted by a crew of at least two, and usually three or five pilots connected via an inter-brain network based off the early experiments of the Markovians (notably technology recovered from the Archipelago incident).  Unlike battleoids, Titans are never mass-produced. Each one is custom-built for a particular use.  Many prosperous industrial worlds prominently feature a titan in their planetary defense forces, as a status symbol.

History

The first Titans saw deployment around GSC 850 among the star-kingdoms along the Sagittarius rim.  The Planetary League never widely adopted the technology, but the Holy Empire of Man used them extensively, mainly as an intimidation tactic.  The Empire of 1,000,000 Suns gained the technology shortly before the War of the Empires, and Titans saw extensive use during that conflict.

Personal Drone Swarms

Many of the galaxy's inhabitants, especially the well-to-do and those from technologically advanced worlds, are often attended by swarms of small robots.  These drones are typically coordinated via an app on the user's personal media device, or neural interface.

Often, a group of drones with related functions will be packaged and marketed together as a swarm.  One of the more popular swarms is the "Pixie Pals" by Pegasus Cybernetics, a group of personal security devices marketed primarily to young women.

Another common application of this technology is the personal constructor swarm, a group of robots designed to rapidly fabricate a wide variety of items.

Some personal drone swarms are purely ornamental, acting as a form of automated jewelry.

Computronium

The ultimate computer, computronium has been described as "programmable matter".  In fact it is a remarkable feat of nanotechnology, the shrinking of a computer to the atomic scale.  Before Era-3, even the best nanoforges in the galaxy couldn't produce a sample of computronium above 5% in purity. 

It is said that the core of Troniac, the Computer-God was made of pure computronium. After the Battle of the Pillars, during the 1000 Years War, when Troniac its self took some substantial damage, fragments of purportedly pure computronium started circulating among Troniac Cultists that were supposed to be fragments of Troniac's core.  These shards were often kept as holy relics, and many of these formed the basis of the known Avatars of Troniac, and some of the more dubious samples formed the minds of some of the Mad Saints of Troniac.

There were also a few sources of naturally occurring computronium.  This was exceedingly rare, as the natural processes necessary to deposit the right minerals in the right configuration proved extremely complex.  Yet, given enough time, space, and matter, nature found a way.  These natural computronium deposits only ever produced a material of very low purity, generally regarded as junk by anyone on search of computer power, yet endlessly fascinating to anyone interested in geology or computer science.

Computronium above a certain critical mass, tends to be independently sentient.  Unless the computronium is formed in a certain way, so as to properly integrate it into an interactive environment with a suitable suite of inputs and outputs, it tends to be hopelessly insane.  As a result of these facts, the Planetary League heavily regulated the production of computronium within its borders.  In spite of these same facts, Gazillion, inc continued to produce computronium in many of its own facilities, often enslaving the resulting AIs to power its technological empire.

Grunkle-fly delivery drone

The Grunkle-fly delivery drone was inspired by the Bravaxian Grunkle-fly.  Manufactured late in era-1 by Pegasus Cybernetics for making light deliveries, the Grunkle-fly was not an uncommon sight on far-flung frontier worlds.

E1MS Artillery Pod

Overview

The Artillery Pod was an important weapon in the armory of the Empire of 1,000,000 Suns.  Before the 1,000 Years War, these walking artillery pieces were, for the most part, fully robotic.  During the war; however, they defected to the Cult of Troniac in large numbers, and subsequently, were manufactured almost exclusively for operation by an organic pilot.

Heavily armed and armored, but slow and ponderous, the Artillery-pod was often used to set up fortified positions, especially in rough terrain. 

Flashlight Robot

The Flashlight Robot made by Pegasus Cybernetics, was originally designed as a gift by Barvik Muglow (one of Pegasus' lead engineers) for his son's birthday in GSC 65.  It was so popular among Muglow's coworkers that he later submitted an official prototype that was developed into the popular workshop assistant.

Standing a svelte 20cm high,(with the head extended), and weighing about half a kilogram, the Flashlight-bot was easily portable.  Later iterations of the design included additional features, such as a video projector.

Superstructure Maintenance Robots

Asteroid strikes, equipment malfunctions and the ravages of battle necessitate a system of in-flight maintenance for star-ships, space habitats, and other large structures in space.  Maintaining a ship in space is a dangerous, difficult job, one that most captains utilize robotic labor to accomplish.  These robots generally remain on the exterior of the craft while it is in flight.  Many ships come with sockets built into their hulls that store and recharge these robots until they are needed.  One of the more popular lines of these robots is the M-series by Pegasus Cybernetics.

The M-series from Pegasus Cybernetics is a popular and economically priced option for star-ship maintenance.