This is an original theory of mine. Artwork belongs to me.
Admiral’s Note: “Robo-Pirates are a seriously underrated species. My goal is to provide information about my people and my Home Planet in the hopes that I can educate those who seek to learn.”
Disclaimer: Male and female robot reproductive anatomy is shown in the following diagrams. Those sensitive to such material may consider themselves warned and cease to continue reading. (It's nothing too saucy. So you are aware. Expect to be disappointed.)
FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
If you can’t read my writing, I have provided a step-by-step text explanation below.
"Robo-pirates are not born. They are made."
Female
First Chamber
A. Male inserts here.
B. Male ejects spark which travels to second chamber.
Second Chamber
C. Spark is held here. Energy tears sheets of metal from walls of second chamber in small amounts to create a magnet.
Magnet Evolution
A. Spark combines with mother's energy and pulls small metal sheets
B. Magnet is formed with polar opposites by charging metal particles
C. Protective shell is built, inside of which magnet spins constantly to conduct electricity which is the robot's source of energy - "The Heart"
Delivery
Once the magnet is formed, the mother ejects the fully developed energy core. As is customary the man must forge the child's parts himself, into which the energy core is placed, giving life to the young robot. The father is responsible for choosing the gender.*
*Gender details depicted in next diagram
Once the energy core and body are united, the child comes to life. Metal grows and expands as the child ages. The energy core makes this possible by heating and cooling metal to be displaced and reconfigured. Because of this, children must eat meals rich in metal in order to grow.
Fun Facts (Just some Robo-Pirate lingo):
Baby robots are called "bots."
Robot hearts are called "energy cores."
A male robot's genitals are simply referred to as "metal."
"Bolts" means what you think it means.
This educational post was provided by yours truly.
You're wrelcome.
×ARB
(Art Created 10/25/2019)
(Updated 10/2/2021)
Original Version (Old) below. Does not include female anatomy.
I seem to get this question a lot. I have decided to go into detail in the hopes of providing some answers. Yes, here it is. For the first time recorded in history, I present to you my oh so mysterious mouth.
Before we begin with the features, I must make a very important distinction.
With that out of the way...
Robo-Pirates don't have "teeth," we have MASHERS.
Mashers are small metal blocks that can move up and down, firing like pistons. They can fire at rapid speeds and with crushing force. Some mashers have angular tips that can extend when necessary, raising to create sharper points.
While we can still eat normal foods, consuming greases or oils and especially metals are necessary for survival.
These examples are ranked in order of strength, the top being the weakest.
But because robot diets mainly include consuming various types of metals our mashers would need to equal or surpass the crushing power of a hydraulic press.
(Sidenote: When I say “robot” for the remainder of this post, I am referring specifically to my own species. Not all robots in the known Universe.)
Carbon Fiber
Aluminum
Stainless Steel
Regular Steel (Strongest)
Notice that even the hydraulic press had some trouble completely crushing the strongest material, that being the regular steel.
To give you some perspective on size to strength ratios consider the following...
My mashers happen to be on the smaller side of things. Comparing them to pocket change here gives you a rough estimate of the size of most of my mashers, but even still I have others that are much smaller than that.
My mashers function just as good as any other robot's, and even for their size I would be able to crush up regular steel much more efficiently than the hydraulic press I showed you earlier.
Warning: Do not stick your hands in the robot's mouth.
BONE
Mashers have to be able to tear and chew up metals into small bits in order for them to be burnt down in our stomachs and recycled back into our bodies.
Considering that there are much tougher metals out there in the universe than those you may be familiar with on Earth, I can say with great confidence and ease that even our rudimentary mechanics are far more advanced and powerful than anything known to Earth.
"Salivary" Secretions - Much like humans salivate in order to lubricate food chunks for easy passage down into the digestive system, robot mouths can secrete oils and greases in order to lubricate substances being consumed.
Much of the oils and greases that we consume as a part of our diets are used to keep our internal systems healthy and can also be recycled into different parts of our bodies to help with various processes. The mouth is one such example.
Swallowing Substances - For humans and many other animals the tongue and cheeks work together, moving food between the teeth so it can be chewed. Tongues are then used to help swallow foods.
For robots, once the substances are chewed up and torn apart by our mashers, mashers will then move in a synchronized wave like pattern to move substances to the throat pipe.
Alright. Let's talk about lips. Robot lips aren't the same as human lips. No surprise there. When we say "lips" we are usually referring to the "edge" of something and not a pair of moving, squishy-face-lines.
Lip style can vary between robots, but for me personally, my lips feature a second set of "teeth."
The area seen in the picture above has been magnified to show what these "teeth" look like. These are not mashers, but are small raised points creating serrated edges.
HOWEVER...the black coloration you see on my lips is actually a tar-like substance. Think of something soft and malleable, yet firm.
The best example I have? Eh...
Have you ever stepped on those black lines in the parking lot on a hot summer day and found that they aren't fully solid? That they seem almost squishy?
This stuff. (So scientific. I know.)
This is very similar to the substance that can be seen covering my head and face behind my beard, and also covering the decorations on the sides of my head. You can also see my mouth bottom and lips are covered in this as well.
The malleable property of this substance allows me to create a tight seal when I close my mouth, and, to an extent, I can actually stretch them small amounts at will to cover up my secondary set of teeth or even move them to match the shape of objects entering my mouth.
So in a way, MY lips have some similar properties to a human's lips but only because of the tar substance covering it. And yes, if you're curious I can actually make somewhat of a smile or a frown if I really try, but I'm very limited in these motions.
Fun fact: Robot bodies naturally produce tar and crude oils, however seeing a robot who has this visible on the outside of their body is actually very rare. This tar like substance grows from my face in certain areas and requires constant maintenance. Around my face and eyes it can actually start to droop if left growing for too long without scraping the excess off. As for my decorations if I let it grow for too long all that happens is that they thicken up in size as the layers accumulate. In some photos you may notice that my decorations change in shape or thickness slightly and this is because I can style them in different ways depending on how long I let the tar grow. This is also how I'm able to grow "hair." All it really is, is excess tar growing from the top of my head which I can have styled so it looks nice. ★
Might as well.
And I can even have it dyed and cured so the color will stain through. My favorite color to dye my decorations is blue, or I leave it black. And as for my hair I either leave it black or dye it red. We even have a salon on the ship for these things but I'll have to tell you more about THAT another time...
