T-Doll
The playable individual units in Girls Frontline are named 'T-Doll', this article's contents are based on 'Girl's Frontline Griffin confidential file' written by the producer Yuzhong, the official edition art book of the game 'The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1 - Until The Stars', or based on in-game story/dialogues.
Definition
T-Doll stands for Tactical Doll, all in game playable T-Doll units are second generation T-Dolls. T-Dolls are humanoid shaped Androids, who are both sentient and sapient, bodily system operation are entirely mechanized.
Development and history
Production skeletal robotics
- Prior to AD 2033
The advancement into robotics and automation are purely for the sake of faster, easier industrial process. Facility mounted and powered, one well placed robotics and automatons effectively replaced tens if not hundreds of human workers, at a lower cost and brings about greater efficiency. These strangely shaped industrial automatons advanced humanity's industrial capability by a fair margin and set the foundation stone for the development of more sophisticated robotics[1].
- AD 2033
Predecessor of T-Doll dates back to AD 2033, they are simply labelled as Skeletal Automatons, instead of Androids they are closer related to automation robotics, the very phrase 'Doll' itself also did not occur until a later date. Instead of being attached to a facility, they were designed for standalone independent field works. Specification for these automatons include:
- Strong body structure for hard labour
- Long independent operating time up to six hours, no longer than four hours of recharge time
- Modular design, able to easily mount and dismount different tools for different tasks, high common parts between machines to save repair and maintenance costs
- Compatible AI system, a newly designed AI system that can easily adapt to different tasks and tools, usually by the means of running different software
Such strict specification at the time was a great challenge for the development teams[2].
- AD 2035-2037
The first concept of 'Doll' occurred around 2035 to 2037. After the first companies made their fame and fortune from these industrialized automatons, they attracted interest from the military, soon the development of automaton for war initiated. Leihart General Manufacturing developed their first 'Doll' type automatons for Pan-European Military Union Assault Artillery vehicles. The Dolls followed the specifications of humanoid-shaped to fit easily in the vehicles, compatible with adaptable AI from Leihart's initial prototypes[2].
- AD 2041
Applications for the humanoid Dolls were quickly found in both military and civilian sectors, and a plethora of upgrades upon the original models were quickly developed by military and civilian companies alike. Among these were sensor upgrades, power management improvements, and improved AI. Before too long, the developments of these civilian companies had caught the attention of General Carter of the Military Union, resulting in the consolidation of two major companies into the Important Operation Prototype Manufacturing Company, or I.O.P.[2].
First generation Tactical Doll
- AD 2046
Second generation Tactical Doll
Design details
Digi-Mind, modules and compatible systems
Dummy linking
Digi-Mind
ASST System, weapons and Fire-Control Core
Others
Emotion module
Command module
Electronic warfare module