AAA-17

AAA-17 is one of the bots involved in making androids suitable for home use. The AAA program, or Amphibious Assistant Android program, only built one android of design seventeen. This project was lead by Arthur Freesol at the time. He was put in deep storage after testing, but later became involved in the Nimrod IX mission as a data handler and crew assistant.

Appearance
AAA-17 is what is known as an OBD, or "Older Bot Design." Unlike the smooth appearances androids are known to have today, AAA-17 has a more edged, box-like appearance. He has a humanoid body structure with the two arms, and two legs. He is mostly colored a black and gray with whites. On the right side of his head is a printer module, allowing him to make solid copies of what he has seen. He has a speaker on his chest, allowing him to communicate with others around him. In addition to his visual module, he also has a deployable visor that can scan organisms and structures to notify AAA-17 of their condition.

Personality
AAA-17 has been programmed with a very simple personality, as the only real goal of the AAA units were to serve whomever they were set to be sold to. Thus, AAA-17 is very obedient. He will follow any task given to him, unless it involves the harming of himself or another crew member. He has been programmed to "not form relationships," to not regard anyone as below him, and to stay quiet. AAA-17 will never interrupt anyone, and he will often wait until everyone has spoken before he gives his input. He is very humble and tries to treat his crewmates with respect. He has no particular skills, but with his robot nature he is easily able to hack into computers or pilot ships.

The AAA Program
AAA design seventeen was built to counter a coding problem with AAA design sixteen. AAA-17 was given a British accent, the first of the bots to receive this, along with the first deployable visor. However, he was put into deep storage for reasons unknown to him, and deactivated while the AAA program continued with its designs.

He was activated at a later date and met a young ASP subject named Q56. The two quickly became friends and would engage in the human ritual of "hug." Eventually, the two were assigned to the mission Nimrod IX, along with a few other STaN employees.

Nimrod IX
Upon the crash-landing of Nimrod IX, AAA-17 set to leading the colonists to their underwater base and informed them of the issues of their landing spot. He spent most of his time in the base helping Grover and Phoebe with the crops and finding minerals for the crew's benefit.

Upon the arrival to Aquarius IV, he took to cleaning the facility as well as hacking into the facility's computer network. He gained basic information on the facility's main purpose as well as the location of the larger underwater city of Aquarius V.