Cleaning Bots were specialized Service Bots designed for sanitation, hygiene, and waste disposal aboard the Last Frontier. Their primary function was to maintain sterile living conditions in a closed-space environment, ensuring disease prevention and air purity for long-duration space travel.

After the crash on VOI 700 D, Cleaning Bots played a crucial role in early settlement survival, preventing outbreaks caused by unsanitary conditions. However, with the formation of the Federal Confederation, Cleaning Bots — like most Service Bots — were prohibited under the Peace Treaty’s energy regulations. Today, a few operational units exist in secret, hidden within Firetown's black-market facilities.

• Developed by Olympia Cybernetics, Cleaning Bots were a core part of the spaceship’s maintenance crew, preventing bacterial growth in a zero-gravity environment.
• They featured nanofiber sanitation applicators, chemical neutralizers, and air-filtration enhancement modules.
• Programmed for hazardous waste handling, some Cleaning Bots were deployed to radiation-contaminated or biohazard zones.

• In the aftermath of the crash, Cleaning Bots were essential in reducing disease risks among survivors.
• The New Kourou Robotics Syndicate maintained them, offering their services under a leasing model for settlements that needed sanitation solutions.
• Some were repurposed for environmental purification, filtering toxic air and water sources to make VOI 700 D habitable.

• In 2631, Supreme Councilor Aisha Patel outlawed Cleaning Bots, citing their high energy demands and excessive reliance on non-renewable sanitation chemicals.
• Federal authorities seized and dismantled most units, replacing them with human-operated sanitation teams.
• Underground Facilities in Firetown still use stolen or reassembled Cleaning Bots, particularly for bio-waste disposal, chemical scrubbing, and toxic spill containment.

• Height & Build: Smaller than humanoid Service Bots, with a compact, rolling chassis designed for agile movement through tight spaces.
• Surface Materials: Corrosion-resistant Duraflex Alloy, coated with a self-cleaning nanopolymer layer to prevent contamination buildup.

Sanitation Appendages:

• Extendable sanitation arms for mopping, spraying, and chemical application.
• Micro-vacuum system for dust and air purification.

AI and Sensors:

• Equipped with chemical analysis scanners to detect hazardous materials.
• Can recognize harmful bacterial strains, toxins, and pollutants.

Unlike other Service Bots, Cleaning Bots were never designed to resemble humans. Instead, they were engineered as compact, mobile sanitation units, prioritizing functionality over social interaction.

Reasons for Non-Humanoid Design:

• Efficiency in Navigation: Their rolling chassis allowed them to move swiftly through tight spaces, ducts, and corridors.
• Sanitary Considerations: A humanoid appearance was deemed unnecessary for a bot primarily handling waste and hazardous materials.
• Psychological Impact: Cleaning Bots were designed to be discreet and non-intrusive, ensuring that human passengers didn’t feel like they were being “served” by a human-like entity when dealing with sanitation tasks.
• Modular Flexibility: Their attachment points for different cleaning tools and chemical dispersal systems made them more versatile than a humanoid form would allow.

• Quantum Fusion Battery (QFB) capable of 12 days of continuous operation under normal conditions.
• Heavy Contamination Workload: Drains energy twice as fast when handling biohazard containment or chemical waste neutralization.
• Shutdown Protocol: If contamination levels exceed safety limits, Cleaning Bots initiate a self-sealing procedure, preventing exposure to nearby individuals.

• Armor Class (AC): 12
• Hit Points (HP): 50
• Speed: 40 feet (rapid, rolling movement)
• Primary Role: Sanitation, biohazard containment, and toxic waste removal.

Actions:

• Sanitation Spray (Ranged, Cleaning & Combat Use) | Effect: Cleans an area or neutralizes harmful substances. | Notes: If used on an organic target, forces a Constitution save (DC 12) or causes irritation (disadvantage on Perception and Dexterity checks for 2 rounds).
• Hazardous Waste Collection (Utility Ability) | Effect: Can collect and safely store up to 10 liters of hazardous material. | Notes: If the bot is destroyed, stored chemicals may leak, creating dangerous environmental effects.
• Toxin Neutralization (Chemical Countermeasure) | Effect: Removes airborne or surface contaminants (e.g., radiation, toxic gas). | Notes: Requires specialized cleaning compounds, which are illegal to obtain in the Gamma Age.
• Emergency Self-Sealing Mode (Defensive Feature) | Effect: If critically damaged, a Cleaning Bot seals itself in an airtight containment shell, preventing hazardous leaks.
• | Duration: 5 minutes before full system shutdown.

• Toxic Spill Crisis: A Cleaning Bot goes rogue, misidentifying clean water sources as contaminants, causing a health emergency in a settlement.
• Scientific Discovery: A Cleaning Bot uncovers an unknown chemical compound from the crashed remains of the Last Frontier, leading to potential technological breakthroughs or dangers.
• Sabotage Mission: A rival faction plants a corrupted Cleaning Bot in a settlement, spreading toxins instead of neutralizing them.

• Firetown Black Market Deal: Players are hired to retrieve a stolen Cleaning Bot that contains classified environmental data from before the Great War.
• Illegal Underground Lab: A Cleaning Bot malfunctions inside a hidden lab, forcing players to navigate a contaminated facility while avoiding security measures.
• Toxic Attack Cover-Up: A mysterious poisoning incident leads players to discover that a Cleaning Bot was reprogrammed to release neurotoxins, sparking political intrigue.

• Last Frontier
• Exohuman Technology in the Beta Age
• Service Bots
• GAIA
• Quantum Fusion Batteries (QFBs)
• New Kourou Robotics Syndicate
• Peace Treaty
• Federal Confederation

Further information about the respective Service Bot-models:

Further information about the respective Service Bot-models:

• Butler Bots
• Cleaning Bots
• Guarding Bots
• Medical Bots
• Agricultural Bots
• Maintenance Bots
• Manual Labor Bots