Classic Sci-fi Novels
Lore of Rain
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The three "Laws of Robotics" built into the positronic brains of the robots in Aasimov's "Robot" series.

  • The First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  • The Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  • The Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
100

Mythrix's brother and the final boss of the first game

Providence

200

In Frank Herbert's Dune, Paul is given much specialized training that eventually leads to his awakening as the Kwisatz Haderach, including the ways of the Bene Gesserit, but it is briefly mentioned earlier in the book that he was also given training to make him this. 

A Mentat

200
This Risk of Rain enemy is said to smell almost saccharine sweet, or like strawberries.

Gup

300

To help his team orient themselves in the zero-gravity war games of battle school, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin tells his squad this.

"The Enemy Gate is Down"

300

This survivor is the only one to board the UES Contact Light without clearance or permission.

Bandit

400

As Valentine Michael Smith learns the ways of his fellow humans on Earth in Stranger In A Strangeland, he often uses this Martian word to mean that he understands something profoundly and completely.

Grok

400

MUL-T's original name in Risk of Rain 1/Returns.

HAN-D

500

In Ursula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven, George Orr is told by Doctor Haber to use his reality-altering dreams to solve racism, and ends up doing this.

Turning Everyone's skin gray

500

Despite many having cybernetic enhancements or exosuits, only this many survivors from the Risk of Rain series are actually robots.

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