DEWBOT V Payload Specialist
Lunacy provides an huge opportunity for Human Players (a.k.a. Payload Specialists) to score directly...and to score big!
The traditional FRC Human Player is called the Payload Specialist in the 2009 competition, Lunacy. The Payload Specialist role is a tremendously important one in this game. Payload Specialists can score directly by shooting Moon Rocks or Super Cells into opponents' Trailers. Bonus scoring with Super Cells is not possible without effective Payload Specialist coordination.
There are two different types of Payload Specialists: Outpost and Airlock. Each alliance has one Outpost Specialist who shoots Moon Rocks from a seated position in the middle of the field. The Outpost Specialist also startes each match with (4) Empty Cells and must feed these Empty Cells to alliance robots (who then must transfer the Empty Cells to an alliance Airlock).
Each alliance has two Airlock Specialists, who play from the field corners. The Airlock Specialists shoot Moon Rocks from a standing position. They also recover Empty Cells from the Airlock for exchange into Super Cells. During the last 20 seconds of each match, the Airlock Specialists may shoot these Super Cells into opposing Trailers. A Super Cell in a Trailer scores 15 points, as opposed to 2 point for Moon Rocks or Empty Cells.
