From:	Richard Pieri <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Matching cars and people... (When car and rig unite? ;)
Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 1993 23:24:35 EDT

>>>>> "Reverend" == The Reverend <MDB0213@*****.TAMU.EDU>
writes:

Reverend> 1) Can control be "wrested" from the rigger controlling the
Reverend> drone? If so, does the drone become yours?

From the perspective of radio control, yes. It would probably require some
kind of ECM vs. ECCM, remote deck vs. remote deck contest.

Reverend> 2) How hard is it to find the right coded signal to a drone?

This is the difficult part. Considering the sheer quantity of bandwith,
sidebands, etc., that are available, combined with encrypted signals and
especially pulse-packeted transmissions, it would be very difficult.

Reverend> 3) Can a drone be jammed?

Easilly. Drones start having problems when LOS is cut. The RBB has a
section dealing with drones and communications.

Reverend> 4) How do you run people and cars simultaneously? In our case,
Reverend> our rigger jumped in his car (32), started it up (22), drove up
Reverend> to (and through) the warehouse (12) (and yes, we did check to see
Reverend> whether it could go that many meters), and d-loaded on the crowd
Reverend> (2). Considering that a vehicle combat turn is 1 minute, but the
Reverend> rules give speeds in meters per combat turn (which only works if
Reverend> a combat turn is 3 seconds), how do you decide when the rigger
Reverend> moves, in relation to everyone else?

Are you *sure* about vehicle combat turns being 1 minute? I was under the
impression that vehicle turns were the same 3-second turns as everything
else. Run things this way and you've got no problems.

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