Drones

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:
The only use I have been able to figure for drones are light drones mounting EMC and allegiance subverters.

Other than that

What is "EMC"? And is it in common use that it should be included in the Acronym dictionary?

[Fyron]

EMC is a typo for ECM.

Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

If you give it 2 Solar Sail IIIs, it will make 300 supplies per star per turn.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
If you give it 2 Solar Sail IIIs, it will make 300 supplies per star per turn.

That is so obvious, that it is embarrassing not to have seen it!

[tbontob]

One Last question on mines...I hope.

The discussions in this thread and others do not address whether drones are affected by mines.

This ommission implies that they are not affected at all.

Is this true? Y/N?

[dogscoff]

But does anyone know if a race (with which you have a military alliance) can serve as a spotter?

Not military alliance, no, but with a partnership treaty you get full visibility of every system that your partner has a presence in. The "military information" you read about probably referred to sharing data on enemy ship designs.

And yes, drones are vulnerable to mines, just like ships. There was a bug in some Versions where a single drone could take infinite damage from mines (thus clearing the entire minefield) without being destroyed. That has been patched out now.

Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

This is all true. however, I think new orders can be issued to a drone which has completed all previous orders and survived: For example if it was ordered to go through a warp point and survived, or if it attacked a ship/ planet and survived.

[ November 12, 2002, 11:58: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

[tbontob]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

This is all true. however, I think new orders can be issued to a drone which has completed all previous orders and survived: For example if it was ordered to go through a warp point and survived, or if it attacked a ship/ planet and survived.

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I thought a drone cannot be ordered to move to a specific location such as a warp point. Instead it must be assigned a target.

Have I got it wrong?

[Hotfoot]

Originally posted by tbontob:

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Originally posted by dogscoff:

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Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

This is all true. however, I think new orders can be issued to a drone which has completed all previous orders and survived: For example if it was ordered to go through a warp point and survived, or if it attacked a ship/ planet and survived.

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I thought a drone cannot be ordered to move to a specific location such as a warp point. Instead it must be assigned a target.

Have I got it wrong?

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You're right, it does have to be assigned a target. Dogscoff is getting ahead of himself, in a fashion, and already including the ability of drones to "attack" warp points, which behaves to them in a similar way as the warp order, it would seem. Of course, us regular mortals won't get to see that in action until the next patch.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Hotfoot:

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Originally posted by tbontob:

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Originally posted by dogscoff:

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Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

This is all true. however, I think new orders can be issued to a drone which has completed all previous orders and survived: For example if it was ordered to go through a warp point and survived, or if it attacked a ship/ planet and survived.

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I thought a drone cannot be ordered to move to a specific location such as a warp point. Instead it must be assigned a target.

Have I got it wrong?

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You're right, it does have to be assigned a target. Dogscoff is getting ahead of himself, in a fashion, and already including the ability of drones to "attack" warp points, which behaves to them in a similar way as the warp order, it would seem. Of course, us regular mortals won't get to see that in action until the next patch.

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Hotfoot, I am a bit confused. On the one hand, you seem to say drones can "attack" warp points and thereby move through them. And on the other hand, you say we cannot do it until the next patch.

Which is it?

[Hotfoot]

Originally posted by tbontob:
Hotfoot, I am a bit confused. On the one hand, you seem to say drones can "attack" warp points and thereby move through them. And on the other hand, you say we cannot do it until the next patch.

Which is it?

We will be able to do it when the next patch gets released. Some of us (myself not included) have the dubious honor of beta testing the patch, and thus are able to do this now. Some of them, however, seem to forget that the rest of us are not reading the same edition of the book just yet.

In the next patch, drones will be able to "attack" warp points to move through them. This is what we will be able to do with drones, and what some people are able to do with drones.

[tbontob]

Ahh...so

Some of "us" are on the fast track...

And forget where they are!