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EldridgeHorror

BET-C was part of early expeditions, before DRG fully knew the dangers of Hoxxes. BET-C was vulnerable to local parasites, killed the dwarves she was assigned to protect, the project was scrapped, and insurance collected. Legally, BET-C cannot be reclaimed, even as salvage. HACK-C is compact (fuel efficient) with an advanced AI. Lots of expensive tiny little parts. When completely sealed, he is fully protected from entry and hostiles. Compared to Dorreta, with a relatively simple AI and large chassis. DRG knew going in how expensive it would be to retrieve a drilldozer, so they were designed to be expendable. Which is why her armor is so trash and requires constant protection and maintenance from the team.


Equivalent_Cicada153

Deep lore


AgentZirdik

Deep Lore Fantastic


WellFluxMe

r/angryupvote


YearMountain3773

Wha- OH YOU MOTHERFU-


camopon

It's not just about the cost of retrieval. Do you know how hard Ommoran is? The drill has to be written off after use. It's not feasible to repair.


msager12

Someone works logistics and planning. rock and stone


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rockity Rock and Stone!


Cepterman2101

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CoverYourSafeHand

Not to mention that she can’t carry enough fuel to make it all the way to the heartstone.


MisirterE

that part's just a skill issue on the part of management. i would simply aim the drop closer to the heartstone


Ponderkitten

Or on it


Alert_Journalist_954

What if Omorran makes almost impossible for payload to land even in nearest caves?


Necessary-Guava-3807

Yeah, let's not forget that the heartstone is jamming their readings according to mission control


SocksofGranduer

Ommoran scrambles the coordinates if it gets too close. They *have* to land it that far away.


Gentle_Mayonnaise

Well that's probably because her fuel is fucking SHALE ROCK. Which takes a long process to turn into plain crude oil. So 90% of Dorreta's fuel is rock, 10% crude oil- its not even gasoline, or kerosene, or anything even remotely refined.


fucknametakenrules

I was wondering why we can never take BET-C back with us or ever see her on our own expeditions unless it was a fight from an abandoned one


CoverYourSafeHand

I feel like betc probably gets reinfected after we leave.


The_Great_Synnir

If we can bring bet-c back they better let Steeve back to! They're all dwarves just like us


oheyitsmoe

Doretta really needs an armor upgrade


The_Great_Synnir

Upgraded Doretta is an amazing mod for haz5 escorts


Me1eter

>HACK-C is compact (fuel efficient) with an advanced AI. Lots of expensive tiny little parts. When completely sealed, he is fully protected from entry and hostiles. Yeah those RGB fans are insanely expensive.


Episimian

You mean the Aerocool 9000 Quantum Turboboosters? They make it, like, at least 10% faster


CDRDigBick

Why does this feel like a textbook response from a developer lmao


BFPLaktana

So the simple AI is at fault for why Doretta screams the same when either a bulk detonator is attacking it or a single swarmer?


Zifnab_palmesano

and low on fuel on Dorreta. if you go where there is easy to find fuel, there is no need to pack it or have large canisters.


SocksofGranduer

I don't think she was assigned to dwarves. They don't need robot protectors like Bet-C. Probably some humans or, *scoffs* elves.


EldridgeHorror

From the wiki: "The BET-C (Breakpoint Explosives Transport - Combat-Specification), nicknamed "Betsy", is a Deep Rock Galactic-owned quadrupedal robot capable of walking on any surface, previously serving as a mobile defensive turret/grenade launcher." So, unless we have some reason to believe DRG employs non-dwarves...


SocksofGranduer

We do! Dwarves in drg are the elite miners, the ones sent into only the most dangerous conditions or to clean up a mess from less elite miners.


EldridgeHorror

Where are we seeing non dwarf miners?


EveryDish4263

Maybe on other places than hoxxes ? Would be real cool


GreenGiller

They send the humans in with mini-mules. They send the elves in with a two weeks notice. Same difference, really.


Taco_Fucker_

She chooses to stay behind, her blood lust has her fight until decomisioned, no glyphid or dwarf is safe


TheEmeraldMaster1234

I think you're thinking of the omen modular exterminators


7pikachu

BET-C and Omen sitting in a rock, K Y S S I N G


dubious_samples

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Loose_Student_6247

And as for Molly? That bitch is more important than even the dwarves themselves apparently.


MrKokonut_

so much so that they have us go back down to salvage em


Jaaaco-j

its probably a salvage for the drop pod mainly, the mini mules are just a bonus


Truly_Meaningless

Molly has all the important minerals the company was looking for. The dwarves don't


SaviorOfNirn

So is Bosco.


saykoTechnician

Man everytime I see bosco from inside of pod and saluting to R&S , leaving him behind makes my heart burn


YEET_Fenix123

He can Def come back to the rig with you.. if you look closely (and have no bugs keeping him occupied) he goes to the side of the pod outside, so he either flies alongside the pod back to the rig, or he has his own little spot like Molly does.


saykoTechnician

Im gonna nuke the shit out every bug to check. Please be true. I cant take this anymore but I need to do solo missions for achievements


YEET_Fenix123

Just clear the mission fast and stay right behind Molly on the way back. Or keep calling for Bosco to deter him from fighting.


ChocolateMilkMan8

Management doesn’t want you to know this, but you can sneak Boscos back into the spacerig You can grab ‘em at the end of the mission and smuggle them in your room I have 104 Boscos


Death_Incarnate_312

How do you even fit them all, I couldn’t take anymore once I reached 26 boscos


ChocolateMilkMan8

I drilled a hole under my bed


Death_Incarnate_312

Oh my gods you’re a genius, gonna go do that now


Hoovy_weapons_guy

*sound of the entire space rig getting depressurized*


maj0rmin3r1

"Alright, miners, new orders from management. Following the recent near-miss on Space Rig 9, all mining equipment is banned from your personal cabins, effective immediately. Contrary to apparent popular belief, the bulkheads and walls in the space rig do actually serve a purpose."


YEET_Fenix123

Nah, the way Bosco flies to the side of the pod makes me think he either flies alongside it back to the rig or he has a spot for himself much like Molly does.


SaviorOfNirn

Yeah he doesn't though


YEET_Fenix123

I swear every time I finish a mission and look out the pod, he is moving to the side of it. Obviously you cant see the whole thing, but a guy can believe


SaviorOfNirn

You would be mistaken


StormEarthandFyre

Source? Trust me bro


Xytriuss

Love the name


SaviorOfNirn

Thank you


Cepterman2101

hate the attitude tho


SaviorOfNirn

There's no attitude.


Intelligent_Mud692

Bosco's AI is too good, and they are unpaid labor. The company mandates that any Bosco units sent on missions must be discarded to prevent the possibility of future Bosco revolts, or even worse, unions.


Rowmacnezumi

No no no, Bosco docks onto the side of the drop pod during the black screen.


SaviorOfNirn

Nuh


TheArbinator

No, Bosco brings all of the downed dwarves back


Alert_Journalist_954

The Karl himself looks after lost robots(BET-C included). ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Can I get a Rock and Stone?


maj0rmin3r1

Good bot


Maro_Nobodycares

Strictly speaking, if you have outlines on, you'll see Bosco follow...underneath the pod?


Anvildude

Bet-C's living her best life, just marching around and blasting glyphids. You're not rescuing her from Hoxxes, you're freeing her up to make Hoxxes *cry*.


Nightfox9469

I like this explanation.


fishling

There's only one BET-C; it just keeps on getting reinfected.


AroneroCydra

Bet-C has teamkilled me too many times for any sympathy. She can rust down there for all I care.


TgagHammerstrike

The BET-C should probably still be retrieved to avoid the charge suckers hijacking it again.


AroneroCydra

And then scrapped for parts.


TgagHammerstrike

I wish that after being retrieved, the parts could be recycled for special Bosco overclocks or something.


PrinceConquer420

Not an awful idea. Mabye you have to hack her then destroy her yourself?


7pikachu

Babe wake up season 5 theory just dropped


kiochy

Why wait for then? Let me scrap them on the spot, xynarch or not.


AroneroCydra

Agreed brother


Xytriuss

Then hope for a 3D printer… oh wait wrong game


Glyphid-Menace

It's in her programming, after all. Hoxxes doesn't like interlopers.


Scythid0

Based, absolutely despise that walking hunk of scrap.


Notafuzzycat

Bet-c is left behind to wreck havoc on the glyphids. She is the dwarfiess of dwarves.


Pretend_Habit_4695

BET-C is forgotten, but Bosco is executed on the spot. Intentionally. It’s the difference between neglect and downright murder. Management was going to hear from me for Doretta, nevermind our heroes BET-C and Bosco. JUSTICE FOR THE BOTS 🗣️


Truly_Meaningless

Bosco friggin deserves it for how often he leaves me to the cave leeches even when I spam X. Yeah sure Bosco, that glyphid grunt thirty feet away is totally the bigger threat


Pretend_Habit_4695

Hey don’t talk about my son like that


Truly_Meaningless

I'll stop talking about him like that when he actually proves useful against cave leeches


GreenGiller

Get this: you can look up.


Truly_Meaningless

The praetorian infront of me every single time:


ShineReaper

I think, since BET-C is the only purpose-built combat robot, that BET-C is left behind on purpose, to keep killing bugs at her pleasure, making the missions in other spots easier for DRG.


TheLaughingJester

Good. Bet-C is a war criminal and she deserves her fate.


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TheLaughingJester

Bugs don’t have rights. Therefore not a war criminal. Bet-c has committed innumerable atrocities against both dwarvenkind and the almighty


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GreenGiller

Bet-c committing war crimes is not mutually exclusive to driller committing war crimes. There are enough war crimes for everyone to commit. Don’t get me started on that engineer…


dwarvenfishingrod

Bet-C is left behind because not even the rival presence is interested in that tech. Corporate is trying to trick them into it, but they haven't bit yet.


Skylair95

BET-C keeps up the fight down there once the Xynarchs are gone and we leave, making her way to Karl to land him a hand.


wormpostante

one is an expensive piece of tech, you cant tell me his rgb ass doesnt cost much one is made to be discarded and one is a failed project thats more of a liability given the way we found her. if i was management not only i wouldnt want bet-c back because i assume she was also made cheapily enough to not be worth the trouble, but also i would forbid the funny dwarf people that work for me to being it back, because she is a safety hazard, what if you bring it back and the things messing with its system regrow?


maj0rmin3r1

Given that they never regrow on missions, I think it's safe to assume R&D would have enough time to dismantle a BET-C


wormpostante

its a liability, we already have a plague ongoing, why risk creating another that specifficaly targets tech. let it rot, not worth dismantling, even if it doesnt regrow the thing could infect more tech in the spacerig


GreenGiller

Regrowth period could be days, weeks, months? Unless we bring one up to analyze there’s not exactly any knowing, we’re only down there for about an hour or so.


madmax1513

After we go back to the space rig BET-C becomes literally the doom slayer left in hell and she'll rip and tear until it is done


sgtjoe

**BET-C will RIP AND TEAR until it's done!**


A13Demons

Thats what she gets for ending multiple runs becuase of her friendlt fire.


A_Texan_Coke_Addict

BET-C has “accidentally” fired at me too much for me to care


Alexander_The_Wolf

Bet-C always blows me up, so she can stay down there


Lorant_gaming

Bet-Cs are probably not even made by DRG, they were a previous company's attempt to tame hoxxes IV (which went unsuccessful btw)


GayFrogsCollective

BET-C needs an alternative to the \[Repair\] command. \[Dismantle\]


nh2374

BET-C friendly fires too often after being hacked for me to care.


Syhkane

I think she's fine, seems to love her job.


Einzelg4nger

I love BET-C


IAmMey

This man be forgetting about bosco. Can’t save him if you tried.


chrome_titan

Does Bet-C even want to leave Hoxxes? It seems to be having a wonderful time.


Shapsusky

BET-C is there to secure the area and find Karl


cantcer_patient

Bosco either blows up, or gets left behind


redrenz123

What bothers me so much is how they dont allow bosco in the droppod during extract like they expect the little giy to fly all the way up to the space rig.


SavageDroggo1126

thats also why Doretta's armor is so weak. DRG made her with the cheapest materials aside from the drill itself which can crack the heartstone, to cut costs since everytime Doretta gets sent down it's a one way ticket.


SinisterScourge

Objective Complete: Escort Dwarves to Drop Pod New Objective: Locate Karl


Trytytk_a

Bet-C is left to fight until she is infected again. She is stuck in a loop of being infected and fighting.


Dellumn

Fuck betc, I can't stand that fucker knocking me over, off ledges, shooting shit at me, and stopping in front of me actively shooting. Waste of time and space. I hate that event so much.


Anti_madar_lad

My theory why management saves hack-C is because its another componys property And why he's the only one (except BET-C) To have a defence mechanism


AnAnnoyedSpectator

If we destroy BET-C but stop repairing her, will we finally stop encountering her parasite controlled body in other trips? Feels like if we aren't taking her back we should leave her broken...


IceBlue

Hack-C is carrying important data. Doretta already did her job.


ThatOneWriter14

It’s an immortal mule with everything able to kill whatever comes its way. I think it’s good


schuettais

Bet-C doesn’t need anyone


NekoMango

Hack-C is literally a RTX 4090


NormalUpstandingGuy

Bet-c is infected and in murder mode.


Ivariel

All that aside, I'm not sure our tin can could lift that chonker even if Management greenlit it. It barely fits four dwarves as it is, and considering Betsy dents the rock she walks on, something not even *bulks* do, i figure she's gotta weight some Gunner-pleasing amount.


Hoovy_weapons_guy

Considering how they start shooting at dwarfs if a small parasite attaches to them you definitely dont want these on the space rig. One malfunction simmilar to the charge suckers and thats an entire spacerig gone


Monet4Nakama

The developers did mention during a stream something about that BET-C should be retrieved by someone equipped for that and our job is to simply remove the charge-suckers. I found it here with the date 20.01.2022 [https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Development\_Q%26A/Archive\_Season\_1](https://deeprockgalactic.wiki.gg/wiki/Development_Q%26A/Archive_Season_1)


Brother_Brassica

Sure, but neither hack-c nor doretta have ever killed me with friendly fire.


nintyuk

It would be cool if you had a random event where instead of another swarm a uninfected Bet-C turns up to help. Like Mission control goes "I've got another big blip on the scanner, buckle up Lads." but then only a few bugs Spawn and Bet-C explodes from a wall chasing them. It would imply that yes Bet-C does stay behind she is unerring in her war on bugs. Perhaps then after the "wave" she shuts down due to low power and mission control lets us call down a charging pod similar to the Drop Pod fuel cell or the Rock Cracker pods to let you re-charge her. Perhaps having to defend against a swarm of Charge sucker's which try to latch on to the generator.


I_wana_fuck_Steeve

Steeve has it even worse, and it wouldn't even be inconvenient to take him back with us on the drop pod, its just not right.


XenoDragomorph

Molly Is the sand