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Message no. 1
From: Fixer <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Microdrones (was Re: rocket pistol)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 07:57:01 -0400
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Gurth wrote:

->According to Mike Bobroff, at 17:07 on 22 Oct 98, the word on the street
->was...
->
->One problem I think we're going to run into, though, is that drones
->constructed this way will likely be much more expensive than any existing
->missile with a more or less equal Intelligence rating.

I believe the reason a microdrone is so expensive is because of
the rigger interface. Too bad R2 didn't give us the option of making
'dumb drones' with autopilot only... it'd be a great cyber-dog....

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?
Message no. 2
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Microdrones (was Re: rocket pistol)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:47:54 EDT
In a message dated 10/23/98 6:48:13 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US writes:

> ->One problem I think we're going to run into, though, is that drones
> ->constructed this way will likely be much more expensive than any existing
> ->missile with a more or less equal Intelligence rating.
>
> I believe the reason a microdrone is so expensive is because of
> the rigger interface. Too bad R2 didn't give us the option of making
> 'dumb drones' with autopilot only... it'd be a great cyber-dog....

Umm, I always thought the reason smaller drones always cost more had to do
with the cost of miniaturization. And as for having a cyberdog, take a Small
Crawler drone (electric) and make it look like a dog, and voila, instant
cybermutt (use the wheeled or tracked drone version and you may end up with
something that looks like IQ9 - the dog from Dr. Who, or did I really goof up
on the name?).

-Herc
------ The Best Mechanic you can ever have.
Message no. 3
From: K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Microdrones (was Re: rocket pistol)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:06:14 EDT
In a message dated 10/23/1998 6:48:13 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US writes:

>
> I believe the reason a microdrone is so expensive is because of
> the rigger interface. Too bad R2 didn't give us the option of making
> 'dumb drones' with autopilot only... it'd be a great cyber-dog....

Actually, it does. Just do NOT put a rigger adaptation or a RCI into the
thing, go for the Autopilot only option.

-K
Message no. 4
From: Sean McCrohan <mccrohan@*****.OIT.GATECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Microdrones (was Re: rocket pistol)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 15:54:17 -0400
Quoting Mike Bobroff (Airwasp@***.COM):
> Crawler drone (electric) and make it look like a dog, and voila, instant
> cybermutt (use the wheeled or tracked drone version and you may end up with
> something that looks like IQ9 - the dog from Dr. Who, or did I really goof up
> on the name?).

K9, I think.

--Sean
--
Sean McCrohan (mccrohan@**.gatech.edu) | "He uses his folly as a stalking
Grad Student, Human-Computer Interaction | horse, and under the presentation
Georgia Institute of Technology | of that he shoots his wit."
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~smccrohan | _As You Like It_, Act 5 Sc 4

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