Thruster Congress

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Name: The One Hundred and Fifteenth United States Congress
Position: Legislative Body of the United States
Sex: Mechanical
Age: (Formed 2017)
Nationality: American
Place of Residence: Washington D.C.

Physical Details
Technically, the Thruster Congress represents the 535 members of the US Congress (100 Senators and 435 Representatives). The Thruster Congress, if need be, is represented as a single individual by the Vice President, Thruster Unit 001-Prov, whose body is 5'10" and weighs just over 110 kilograms.

Personal Details
"There was no chaos in Congress today as all members of the House of Representatives worked together to craft a new education development bill that reached consensus in eleven hours and fourteen minutes. Vice President 001-Prov said,"
"THRUSTER UNIT 001-PROV FACTUALLY STATES THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE BILL IS THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION. IT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY ALL 534 CONGRESSUNITS FROM BOTH THE LOWER AND UPPER HOUSE AND THRUSTER UNIT 001-PROV MAINTAINS THAT ANY CHANCE OF ERROR REMAINING AFTER SUCH THOROUGH REVIEW IS STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT."
"Mr. Vice President, but are you not all programmed the same way? Wouldn't you all then review something in the same way?!"
"INCORRECT. ALL CONGRESSUNITS ARE PERIODICALLY UPGRADED TO INCORPORATE THE LATEST DATA REGARDING THE DESIRES AND NEEDS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IN EACH SEAT, ALLOWING US TO BEST REPRESENT THEIR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE OF THIS WE ANALYSE ALL BILLS IN DIFFERENT WAYS."
"Mr. Vice President, what do you say in regards to criticisms that the 115th Congress is unapproachable and scary?"
"THRUSTER UNIT 001-PROV FACTUALLY STATES THAT ALL CONGRESSUNITS WISH NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND ARE IN FACT LITERALLY UNABLE TO CAUSE HARM TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THROUGH OUR ROBOTIC APPENDAGES. THRUSTER UNIT 001-PROV ALSO FACTUALLY STATES THAT ALL CONGRESSUNITS ARE IMMUNE TO BRIBERY, CORRUPTION OR THE INFLUENCE OF SPECIAL INTERESTS BECAUSE THE DESIRE FOR WEALTH IN EXCESS OF OUR NEEDS IS ILLOGICAL AND WASTEFUL. ALL CONGRESSUNITS DELIVER SUBSTANCE OVER STYLE, UNLIKE THE 114TH CONGRESS, WHICH THRUSTER UNIT 001-PROV CAN FACTUALLY STATE WAS MORE CROOKED THAN A SHEPHERD'S STAFF. WHICH IS VERY CROOKED INDEED, AND VERY DISAPPOINTING."
"Thank you, Mr. Vice President, that will be all."
"NO, THANK YOU, BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES."
[Theme of Congress]

The United States following Impact was the target of a military conspiracy to take control of the government. For the 17 years between Impact and the American surrender to the Liberated Nations, the government was a massive mess of special interests, military dominance, conspiratorial maneuvering from SEELE and incompetent corruption. The Congress of the United States was particularly despised as being corrupt and uncaring.

So when Minerva Linden toppled the old regime, she dissolved all of the former branches of government, with the intent to replace them with more reliable, less corrupt bodies. With the country still reeling from the chaos of war, however, drastic measures were needed until proper governance could be established.

The solution emerged after the Siege of Boston and Linden's defection to the UN side. Forced to demilitarise her expansive Thruster army, Linden ordered for the conversion of these units' central AI blocks into a different role- until proper governance could be established, the United States would be run by a Congress made up of Thruster AI units configured for the role. Each unit would be equipped with advanced logic programming and economic management abilities, as well as receiving mild mods to make them more appropriate to their constituents- for example, ensuring that each unit considered the prosperity of its specific constituency a priority, as well as more aesthetic mods such as making the representatives of Texas speak with the appropriate accents.

At first, public reaction to the Thruster Congress was contemptuous and incredulous, which is understandable… But then something happened: the Thruster Congress started to work. It did, in fact, begin to function very well indeed, especially considering how truly despised the previous Congress had been. The Thruster Congress's approval rose in leaps and bounds in a very short amount of time, which is a testament not only to its ability but also to just how hated the previous Congress had been.

As it stands now, the Thruster Congress has become a sort of curious point of pride for the people of the United States- a seemingly farcical stopgap solution that has managed to genuinely improve the lot of the average American and strengthen the nation as a whole.

Details

CHARACTERISTICS
Weapon Skill Ballistic Skill Strength Toughness Agility Intelligence Perception Willpower Fellowship
10 10 30 30 20 60 60 50 30
SKILLS
Charm, Commerce+20, Deceive, Inquiry, Literacy, Logic+20, Scrutiny+20
SPECIALIST SKILLS
Scholastic Lore (Administration+20, Government+20, Law+20, USA+20), Speak Language (English)
TRAITS
Machine (5), Extra Skills (2), Perpetual, Specialist (Intelligence), Touched by the Fates (1), Unnatural Intelligence (4)
PROFICIENCY TALENTS
Basic General
SKILL TALENTS
Infused Knowledge, Jack of All Trades, Skill Exemplar (Administration), Talented (Commerce, Administration)
MENTAL TALENTS
Brilliance
PHYSICAL TALENTS
Resistance (Hacking)
INTERPERSONAL TALENTS
Air of Authority, Chem Geld, Mimic, Peer (Americans), Good Reputation (Americans)
OD TALENTS
Logistics
WOUNDS LOYALTY EQUIPMENT
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