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Published: 2009-03-12 03:54:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 2305; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 18
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Description And now we have the literal Motor-mouth; Frances "Fran" Wakeman, the former XJ-5. ^_^

Back in the day, Fran represented a leap in AI technology when compared to her earlier sisters. She was able to calculate and determine preferred courses of action and theoretical scenarios almost immediately. The only problem was that she was constructed simply to test Nora's current robotics ideas. Nothing more. Her body was mostly old radio parts and a pair of thrusters.

So what did Fran do with her limited mobility? She talked. Endlessly. And when she wasn't talking she was blaring music from her speakers. On top of that, her sense of social etiquette left something to be desired. She'd really say just about anything that popped into her head. Good thing she was smart enough to make up for it when things were in a pinch.

Now though, Wakeman has given Fran are far more useful body. She has retractable legs just like her other sisters, but when you've spent your whole life airborne... who needs 'em? Too bad it can still talk a hundred words a minute.

Fran's focus on the team is, as always, the thinker. She is able to take in all the chaos around her and issue exactly what the girls need to hear to get the job done. This is made infinitely more effective when she links up with Tria's widespread network.

She's also capable of advanced communication and data gathering capabilities, allowing her to crack and disrupt enemy systems with exaggerated ease (usually just by overloading the their networks with useless virtual chit-chat...)

And while Fran is the most physically underwhelming of her sisters, she does have a variety of catastrophic sonic attacks she can fall back on if absolutely necessary.

So, as far as field ops go, Fran's the best bot to have in their corner. Now if only she could just stop talking...
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Comments: 16

cat-gray-and-me78 [2010-10-30 08:44:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow this is cool! Aw, you should have left the pig tails in though, still a neat design.

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Festum In reply to cat-gray-and-me78 [2010-11-01 00:34:24 +0000 UTC]

Well, they're all older so Fran's kinda outgrown the pigtails.

Glad you like her. ^_^

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Cpt-Zim83 [2010-04-09 00:06:53 +0000 UTC]

Neat

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Festum In reply to Cpt-Zim83 [2010-04-09 01:38:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy you like her. ^_^

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Cupidcomet77 [2009-12-07 00:20:24 +0000 UTC]

Um, question: you said that she has legs now.

So, where are they?

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Festum In reply to Cupidcomet77 [2009-12-07 01:18:26 +0000 UTC]

Much like all the XJs, Fran's unused parts just sort of break apart and fold inside the body.

I'm not sure how Mrs. Wakeman figured out a way to fit tons of mass in such small frames without increasing their weight, but I'm also not a scientist.

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Cupidcomet77 In reply to Festum [2009-12-07 11:29:03 +0000 UTC]

Maybe she had some help from Optimus Prime and the Autobots.

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Festum In reply to Cupidcomet77 [2009-12-10 00:15:52 +0000 UTC]

Who knows?

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Cupidcomet77 In reply to Festum [2009-12-11 03:08:30 +0000 UTC]

I wouldn't be surprised if she did.

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fembotsunite [2009-03-13 15:55:27 +0000 UTC]

a very cool look for her

-PencilMonkey

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Festum In reply to fembotsunite [2009-03-14 02:26:55 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, Thanks a lot. I'm glad to hear it. ^_^

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Tuume [2009-03-12 18:53:20 +0000 UTC]

Once again, awesome transformation. I never would have thought that she could be used for anything other than blabbing! NIce work on the design as well! I wonder what XJ-6-8 are gonna be like...

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Festum In reply to Tuume [2009-03-14 02:24:51 +0000 UTC]

Well, Fran has been shown to be pretty smart in the show. I just played pretty highly on that side of her. ^_^

Look forward to the others.

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Tuume In reply to Festum [2009-03-15 21:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I will!

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Deaku [2009-03-12 06:11:32 +0000 UTC]

The brain and the chatterbox all in one, bet she can get on people nerves just a bit.
Does she go to school as well, Or does she hang out at home to assist Nora?

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Festum In reply to Deaku [2009-03-14 02:23:55 +0000 UTC]

Well, she was always guiding her sisters in the few appearances she had, so it's not so much conjecture on my part that the mouth has a brain to go with it. ^_^

Fran attends night classes irregularly, but just for something to do.

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