Weyland

Weyland is a Beta android from Zile City who works as a scientist and engineer. He rebuilds Reckless Roger with interchangeable limbs and becomes his remote guide and close companion during the city's crisis. He also works with The Stardance Kid, combining his technical knowledge with the pair's fieldwork.

Personality

Weyland is curious and comfortable with the work he enjoys. His interests lean toward applied physics and observable mechanisms, while his exact specialty remains unspecified. An unfamiliar system can absorb his attention even in the middle of a conversation.

He takes Roger's unusual consciousness seriously without claiming to understand its cause. His ability to repair a body or modify software does not give him a complete explanation of the person using it.

Weyland can move quickly from careful explanation to distracted replies or irritation. His familiarity with Roger leaves room for teasing and interruption. Stardance regularly challenges the assumptions behind his technical advice. He may understand how an intervention works while still having to accept that the choice belongs to the person affected.

Abilities and equipment

Weyland works with physical components, software, diagnostic displays, and communications. His guidance helps Roger identify useful parts and navigate damaged infrastructure. His access depends on working connections: restoring a network node can expand the information and assistance he can provide.

He also relies on other specialists, including Peavy, Segal, Barnes, and Bonnet. Their contributions make the group's work a collaboration rather than the product of one inventor.

Workspaces

Weyland uses laboratories in Zile City for examination, reconstruction, and remote support. Roger's initial examination and subsequent rebuilding occur in different laboratories; their addresses and physical relationship remain unspecified. His displays and communications equipment connect him to companions in the field, while his tablet also supports technical work away from a fixed workspace.