The Sprinkler
device
Originally listed with Possible Combatants; moved to Possible Fixtures because it is fixed in place and not a unit.
seed current version v0.1
A fixed, soakable zone-control fixture with a threat ring, soak meter, and knockout window.
Legend
The Sprinkler is Stage 0's turret, promoted to canon — a fixed emplacement with a soak meter, a knockout window, and a visible threat ring, answering the question of whether it was ever a kid at all (charter §5.6, §8).
Suburb
Somebody's lawn sprinkler, left running.
Current draft
A fixed, soakable zone-control fixture rather than a kid or commandable unit.
Why this possibility exists
Charter §8 settles the kind question with evidence: "Question answered by Stage 0 — fixed emplacement, not a unit," the prototype's own turret promoted to canon. The one open thread it names explicitly is the deflection experiment.
Still unresolved
- Whether the sprinkler deflects incoming throws (the Fetch trick) — charter §8 calls this a Stage 1+ experiment, unresolved.
- Soak-meter capacity and the knockout window's duration — no numbers recorded.
- Threat-ring radius, and whether it's visible to both teams or only the defending one.
Featured question
Does the sprinkler deflect incoming throws back at whoever fired them — the Fetch trick — or is that still an open Stage 1+ experiment?
Evidence and source notes
- Charter v8 §8, the roster repo-citation
- Glossary v0.1, the roster in both registers repo-citation
Appears on possible maps
No published map currently includes this fixture.