Newbie Drone Questions

[Captain Kwok]

Drones could be more than just missiles though, here is a couple of ideas:

Spy/Recon Probes
Mobile Point Defense units

[dmm]

I believe drones will be units, but able to traverse warp points. The way I imagined them, you couldn't give them orders every turn like ships. Kind of like an interstellar Version of an ICBM, but capable of performing missions other than just carrying a warhead.

Idea: Wouldn't it be cool to have a class of drones that do nothing but imitate ships? So, beyond sensor range, it looks like you have a fleet of twenty warships, but in fact all you have is a fleet of drones? How would you write an AI to deal with stuff like that???!!!!

[Atrocities]

Possible uses:

Recon Spy platforms
Solor Killers
Planet Killers
Planet Plauge deliver platforms
Early warning
Exploration

Send a Drone through a suspect warp point to set off any enemy mines if present.

Cloak it, and send it to the star of an enemy, then blow it.

Etc. The uses are endless if one sits and thinks about it. A new tool to use in ones quest to be the ruler of all.

[ZeroAdunn]

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Originally posted by dmm:

Idea: Wouldn't it be cool to have a class of drones that do nothing but imitate ships? So, beyond sensor range, it looks like you have a fleet of twenty warships, but in fact all you have is a fleet of drones? How would you write an AI to deal with stuff like that???!!!!

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That would be awesome. A reall hum-dinger in a PBW game. Think of it, you send a 3 ships escorted by a horde of drones with these components on them. It would create some situations, is that a real fleet that just passed through your warp-point, or a horde of drones.

Anyone know the sizes for drones?

[Dravis]

The small drone is 100kt. I found this out at the screenshots area.

[Mark Walton]

Won't the size of a drone be moddable - in vehicle sizes file?

[Tampa_Gamer]

Mark W. - Yes, the are (will be) fully moddable in the VehicleSize.txt file.