In " The Hostage," Connor is shown to negotiate and may lie to comfort the deviant Daniel without being noticed, as his LED does not change color accordingly. It is shown when Connor-60 is outmatched by Connor when Hank Anderson questions them about his son, and he bluffs (LED turns red instead of yellow before) to try tricking Hank into believing him.Ĭertain androids, such as Connor, can lie without inducing intense emotion.
In doing this, her LED momentarily changes yellow.Īs an indicator of emotion in "Deviant" Androids, blue is indicative of calm or contented feelings, yellow indicates apprehension and caution and red indicates abnormal intensity in emotions, including anger, sorrow and deception.Įxcessive mental stress that does not lead an android to deviate can also be indicated by the LED. Kara can place an order for necessary household devices and components much quicker than a real person can possibly do, by recognizing the need of component, accessing the purchase interface and completing an order, all done by wireless communication processed by her. Intensive processing that does not interfere with either the physical and mental qualities of an android may cause its LED to change color, although it is rarely seen. In deviant androids their feelings are also reflected by the LED's color, with the blue-yellow-red scale mapping to the quality of emotion (from positive to negative) and to the amount of intensity or turmoil. Red means critical levels of effort, imbalance and system distress. The color switches between blue, yellow and red, representing a generalized scale of good to bad: Blue signifies a stable and well condition. The LED changes its color immediately on condition change, but rarely it is seen to gradually change along the glowing ring. The coloring of the LED's light indicates the quality of the android's condition. The LED will always indicate the worse condition out of both mental and physical aspects.Ī constant light indicates a stable level of activity, while flickering indicates rapid or unbalanced activity. Feedback lightingĪs an external feedback biocomponent, the LED lights up, flickers and changes color, according to the amount, strain and quality of an android's mental processing, physical condition, and, in deviants, their emotions. There is mention of androids that come with LEDs that can be readily deactivated or removed to heighten the illusion, such as CyberLife child androids (e.g.
After removal of the LED, the temple is shortly after covered by activated skin again. Interfering with it merely causes a short local deactivation of the skin at the surrounding temple. It seems to be attached quite superficially, as it can be removed without much damage to the head it can be cut or leveraged off with any sharp object. Activated human skin covers its surroundings as it does with the rest of the body. The LED is level with the skin, set in a shallow indent high on the right temple. As it is a major marker of their android identity, runaway deviant androids usually hide or remove it to pass as humans.
Androids are required to bear it, according to the American Androids Act ,to identify them and distinguish them from humans.