From:	steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Drones
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 93 22:44:29 EST

Mutilating "tmont"'s response:

] Who says drones have to be bigger than a breadbox?
]
FASA does... well IMHO. The only drones you can mount *anything*
to are the larger ones: you need the body for Firm/Hard points
or something large enough (CF) to store the neat gadgets...

] Does anyone remember the movie Runaway with Tom Selek (sp) and Gene
] Simmons?

Mildly amusing flick... like the acid squirt devices.

] OK, something similar is in the CP 2020 Chromebook II. These little
] devils are drones though.
]
Any chance you could break a few copyright laws and post some
of this info????

] SOOOO, always willing to lobotomize another companies product for the
] good of the gaming community, I got an idea. Jow about making a whole
] new category for drones for riggers ( the mini's) these are drones
] designed to be very small (less than a foot in length) With the use of
] cyberware and nanotech and stuff I think it could fit. The options for
] a rigger would be great. SPIES, Mini Assassins (tm). I think about the
] smallest you could go would be about 6 inches. This would include the
] rigger gear for remote. And a small set of controlled devices.
]
] Think about it.
]
I have been. I have been contemplating a drone with legs rather
than the traditional travel mediums. Unfortunately, science is
not one of my strong points so designing these kinds of things
is rather difficult for me.

] This could even fall into the area of vehicle construction. Although
] with a slightly SMALLER tool set (just kidding). And maybe a new skill
] like mini (B/R).
]
I was contemplating lumping all the internals to a drone under
a special B/R skill. So that a builder would require a RPV B/R
skill to build the 'guts' and the appropriate B/R skill for the
drones mobility.

Not to discourage further discussion, but generally I find the responses
unresponsive. I was looking for a bit more meat behind the ideas; alot
of folks re-iterated the basic premises- a good GM will find something
for everyone to do, etc..

How about my *other* questions-
Dimensions of 1 CF?
Cost for building drones for arms?
etc. (I forgot the rest).
-Minotaur

P.S. I am not trying to sound shitty; the above is not meant in that
way. It just seems that everyone gave me the generic "gaming
advice" and either avoided or could not answer my specific
questions.