[Yimboli]

you could extend the train of thought that went into this drone policy to say "since an emperor of a galactic empire isn't standing behind the captain of a warship giving him orders, human players shouldn't be allowed to give orders to ships either"

do you think george bush is looking at a tactical view telling each private in Iraq where to go and what to shoot at? I'd argue that we actually have MORE control over contemporary drones (i.e. UAVs) than actual living flesh units.

Bottom line: I feel like this was added as a skin-deep "oh that sounds cool let's do it!" feature without really thinking through it.