[geoschmo]

The manual is not clear. It does allow for differing interpretations.

If you read only this sentance, "Once the drone encounters the target, it will ram the target and do as much damage as possible." then it does indeed seem to support the idea of drones as kamikazee only weapons.

If however you read the sentance in context of the rest of the sentances before it and after it, it becomes apparent that the manual is discussing only possible uses for drones, not a firm set of rules for their use.

The key is the phrase "are usually equipped" in the first sentance. The second and third sentances are merely describing the operation of a drone equipped in the manner described by the first sentance.

If the intention of the programmer was to restrict drones to such operation then he would have probably not allowed them to have non-warhead weapons, which he did not do. At the very least he would have required that all drones have at least a warhead in addition to whatever other weapons the player wished to add, but he didn't do that either.

[ December 22, 2003, 17:15: Message edited by: geoschmo ]