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Old December 22nd, 2003, 07:28 PM
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Default Re: drones riles !! plus some bug in strategies.

I hardly read only one sentence Geo, and did not take anything out of context. I simply bold faced the sentences that explicitly define what a drone does mechanically. If you want to take the rest of the section on drones into account, you get even more supporting the ICBM aspect:

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Once launched, the drone will automatically pick a target from those available in combat and seek it out (to ram and destroy it).
The other sentences do not discuss weaponry or combat use at all, just launching and targetting, and supply issues (plus other random stuff).

Your interpretation is not really supported by the in-game manual, especially since it directly states that drones are large, computer controlled missiles. I have never heard of a missile that doesn't "ram" into its target, or at the very least detonate near/above it and hit it with the shockwave/explosion. Now, how drones apparently actually work is quite different than what the in-game manual says (in the regard that they can be used other than as a "missile"). The in-game manual appears to be lacking here, and should be clarified. Sending email to Aaron.
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