
Ms. Gold
An old nugget mech model manufactured around 25 years ago that used to serve ONEderland and its surrounding areas. Primarily in charge of the other nugget mechs' work as a whole. Owing to her adorable appearance, she was widely celebrated as "Ms. Gold" by the workers during the gold rush. Although ONEderland fell into decline for two decades, she continued maintaining the operation of the station and its nearby facilities. Her components and exterior are in various degrees of disrepair due to her excessive length of service and perpetual exposure to morphic field pollution. After undergoing partial maintenance and upgrading, she is now working as a crew member on The Eternal as a COLUMBA employee.
"This is ONEderland's Ms. Gold, 'former' manager of ONEderland! Let's all say hi to her!"
"That robot lady that's indestructible even if struck by lightning?"
"I saw with my own two eyes how she threw money on the battlefield during combat exercise previously..."
"Why did she come aboard The Eternal? Working at Mander Mine would suit her better, no?"
"Come to think of it, since she has left ONEderland, who's in charge of managing it now? And does Mr. Peter Hwang know of this...?"
"Ah! Big Gold Potato!"
—"Gold is not Big Gold Potato, beep."
Among the several crew members' responses, Gold only replied to this comment that she couldn't comprehend. Following the brief introduction and welcoming ceremony, she was officially considered a member of The Eternal.
All in all, The Eternal's crew members were pretty welcoming of this extraordinary newbie and even overcame all kinds of obstacles for her. For example, when she had to be photographed for crew registration, they specially brought her a small stool for her to step on; searched through past articles to find her date of manufacture; and included the length of the antenna on her head as part of her height as she requested...
Ms. Gold really likes The Eternal, at least that's what she said.
Unlike the AI Moore who's in charge of managing the entire CDCA Bureau, Gold evidently does not possess such advanced analytical computational skills. Not to mention, she was designed and created over two decades ago. Even when compared to BOX—who's part of the 'Android Mechanic' series as well, albeit a newer model—she also appears slow and outdated.
It is seriously fascinating that such an almost-archaic robot could continuously remain in operation for decades. Part of the report noted that there was a possibility morphic field pollution had caused her framework or logical circuit to change.
After ONEderland's situation basically stabilized, a researcher expressed a desire to conduct a comprehensive inspection for Gold, and she agreed to it. However, the result was out of anybody's expectation—prolonged morphic field pollution did not change any of her internal components nor affect her program much.
This model of nugget mech was created with the intent of accompanying human gold diggers, and she accomplished it impeccably. It seems the best explanation for this would be a coincidence, or perhaps, a miracle.
"Gold thinks, BOX have functionality issues. Why not, accept inspection?"
"There isn't any functionality issue with me! I will not accept these dubious inspections! I will not!"
It's unknown when it began, but somehow, Ms. Gold became insistent that BOX's hostile, teasing attitude toward the Conductor must be due to a virus in BOX's program. As such, she kept persuading BOX to return to its manufacturer to undergo a program inspection.
In contrast to that, BOX does not believe that anything is wrong with its program at all and thus constantly turns down Gold's suggestions. This sparked off an intense, unending chase aboard between the two robots of different sizes and styles.
From a maneuverability standpoint, the Bionic Operator X, which is BOX's model, is much smaller, making it ideal to play the role of humans' assistant. Meanwhile, the Android Mechanic Nugget Mech—Ms. Gold's model—has various Outdoor Gear integrated, hence making it much larger and heavier. In such a chase, Gold doesn't have the advantage, which makes it understandable that she would lose.
However, what BOX doesn't know is that Ms. Gold had already been serviced and upgraded by COLUMBA when boarding The Eternal. COLUMBA not only replaced her exterior with a much lighter and sturdier material but also added a special weapon module, "Rocket Punch," for her.
Hanging upside down on the ceiling of the front carriage, BOX only made it in time to see the armor on Gold's arm glow when activated...
After the ONEderland Hotel incident came to a close, ONEderland received a grant from out of nowhere, with a transaction remark of only two words—"Remember her."
As it was a truly vague remark, Ms. Gold eventually decided to use this money on the construction of ONEderland's historical archive. For robots, to "record" is to "remember."
However, a problem arose during an unexpected juncture of the construction. The downtime Ms. Gold experienced prior had caused her memory module to be significantly damaged, resulting in her having only a small portion of the documents and reports left saved in her memory. Meanwhile, owing to the lack of upkeeping throughout the years, ONEderland did not have much relevant memory retained either.
Ms. Gold was extremely troubled by that, and when The Eternal crew noticed it, everyone offered various advice. One of them ultimately stood out and attracted her attention: "How about seeking help from Mr. Peter Hwang and Baxter? With their influence, they should be able to locate those past gold diggers and gather some stuff that can suffice as historical materials, right?"
Needless to say, Peter agreed to Gold's request with a bitter smile, getting to it right away while mumbling how he would have to owe people favors again. Conversely, Baxter nearly spat out his cactus drink upon hearing that request. His eyes widened in shock as he exclaimed at her outlandish idea, though he still made great contributions later.
Of course, not everyone who was contacted was willing to help. Some of them weren't keen on recalling anything concerning ONEderland, and some hung up after going on a tirade, but at the same time, a good number of them did send back some items and even materials too.
In these materials, The Eternal crew discovered a special photograph of young Peter and Baxter standing before ONEderland's entrance with arms around each other's shoulders. Gold stared at the photo for a long, long time until she finally asked for a special commission from The Eternal.
"Please, bring Peter and Baxter, back to ONEderland. Gold, want, take photo. ...With everyone."
I am Gold. What? Know me? But this, first meet. ...Just joking! Yes. I learn, jokes, Conductor. Happy, be your friend.
Support mode activated. Which mine to explore today?
Now, I registered, visitor of COLUMBA. So, I'm permitted, board The Eternal, and combat. Please, make use of me. I won't, charge you high.
Hopefully, BOX go to, COLUMBA's factory, for servicing. Gold thinks, he is foolish, sometimes, and hostile to you. Might be virus.
Robots of my model, can defend, external currents, we have insulation coating. Gold, sturdy, but internal short-circuit, out of options...
Is Peter Hwang here? Oh, not. ...The investment money, he said, give me, not received yet. Is he hiding?
I talked, to camera head, Moore. He said, sympathize, what I've been through. Why sympathize me? He has no human important to him.
Rock 'n' Roll!!! Now playing, the Top 10 songs on the newest Rock 'n' Roll singles chart... Yay~ Gold happy. After coming out, listen to new Rock 'n' Roll songs, endlessly. ...So happy.
Gold's name? It was given, by everyone, many years ago. Humans wanted Gold, to lead them to gold, so they called me "Ms. Gold."
That Turbulent Sea child, called me Big Gold Potato. What that mean? An endearment?
BOX, agreed to servicing! Gold, happy. What? Rocket Punch? ...I don't know, beep. Not at all, beep.
Once told Conductor, Gold is a gold-digging robot, no parents, no siblings. But now, have friends. ...Gold, really happy.
Robots generally will not remember what happens during downtime. I have already forgotten what happened in ONEderland at the time... but it must have been something horrible. I will not let such a thing ever happen again!
ONEderland has become lively now. Gold's wish has been realized. Next, Gold would like to find a new wish.
Gold, move out! Nugget Mech, follow.
Everyone, come with me.
Nugget! Mech!
Gold, Rocket Punch!
Super Fist Mode!
Warning. Warning. System overloaded.
Want to see... aurora...
Gold, the best robot, human's friend, helper of all! What do you think, Conductor?