MRVN

Mk. III Mobile Robotic Versatile Entity Automated Assistant
Marvins in Titanfall 2
Type	Maintenance Droid
Manufacturer	Hammond Robotics
Operational History
User(s)	Independent IMC Frontier Militia • Marvin's Finest Hour
Game Information
Appears In	Titanfall Titanfall 2 Titanfall: Assault Apex Legends

“

The most reliable service bot we've ever used. — Colonel Griggs, IMC

”

Mk. III Mobile Robotic Versatile Entity (MRVN) Automated Assistants, also known simply as "Marvins", are non-playable mechanical automatons manufactured by Hammond Robotics within the Titanfall universe.

They are mechanical personnel intended for manufacturing and other such routine tasks. They can be seen on many maps repairing machinery or simply walking around. They vary in appearance depending on the map - e.g. red Marvins intended for firefighting duties can be found on the map Demeter, and having different heads in War Games. Fire Control Marvins are mentioned by Spyglass in Assault on the Sentinel, presumably to assist with fires onboard the IMS Sentinel.

In Titanfall, players do not get any Attrition points or direct XP for killing them unlike other interactive props like Search Drones, however players can earn XP by completing challenges which require them to kill a certain amount of Marvins, such as Innocent Bystander. Marvins have the same health as Grunts, cannot be executed, and when the player kills one only a hitmarker shows on the screen. When a Marvin is attacked, the smiley face on its chest will change but will take no action against its aggressor. Marvin kills are recorded by individual weapon in the stats menu. In non-campaign multiplayer matches, Militia players will witness a Marvin signalling the Pilots to jump in the beginning intro, while IMC players will have a Spectre instead.

In Titanfall 2, War Games is the only map to feature MRVNs (albeit simulated) outside the campaign.

Given enough stimulation and exposure to ideas, it's possible for a MRVN to be "uplifted" in a way, becoming smarter and more capable than their bretheren, or at least given more responsibility. Such potential for uplifting may simply be built into a particular MRVN's capabilities. The most exemplary case of this is Pathfinder, a self-aware MRVN competing in the Apex Games as one of its Legends in order to find his creator; not only is he capable as a high-level combatant and tactician, but he even demonstrates vestiges of a personality in the way he speaks and carries himself.

Trivia

• MRVNs in the campaign of both games can be witnessed guiding the IMC dropships to land with handheld signal lights, cleaning windows, carrying cargo barrels and performing other menial labour.
• During a conversation about MRVNs, one grunt commented he'd like to have a "pet MRVN like the pilot's auto-Titans" to "carry munitions and retrieve injured grunts"
• MRVNs are also capable of some degree of (simulated) emotion; in Titanfall 2, taking the Arc Tool from one can make it show a sad face on its screen, as can not high fiving one in the dropship.
  • MRVNs who take non-fatal damage in Titanfall will temporarily show a sad emoticon as it stumbles about, this is absent in Titanfall 2 as MRVNs will always die in one hit no matter the weapon.
• At some point, a MRVN was accidentally given command of a group of Pilots.
  • Another MRVN has been trained by the Militia with tactical knowledge to become an ideal training opponent.
• The name "Marvin" may be a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which features a depressed android named Marvin.
• Their Simulated Emotion display may be a reference to the 2009 Film Moon in which GERTY, the Moon base's AI has a small display like MRVN's that displays his current emotion.

Gallery

Marvins at work

Hammond Robotics advertisement for the MRVN MkIII.

A "sad" MRVN in Titanfall.

An Aircraft Marshal MRVN on Outpost 201.