From:	Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject:	Drone control
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:05:39 -0400

"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Marc Renouf."
] That depends on what was going on when the jamming was activated.
]If the rigger controlling the drone was piloting that drone directly, then
]he could very well have been dumped when the jamming took effect. If he
]was dumped quickly enough, it's possible that the rigger didn't have time
]to issue any commands to the drone before his command channel succumbed to
]the jamming. If that were the case, then yes, the drone would just sit
]there picking its tailpipe. The drone may have rudimentary "self-defense"
]programming built into its dog brain, but without an order, it's not going
]to do much else.
] Now if the drone was being commanded in "captain's chair" mode
](i.e. the rigger was just issuing commands to the drone) or was given an
]order and let go autonomously, then the drone would probably try to
]execute its last command until it either succeeded, was destroyed, or ran
]out of juice.
]Marc

Splendid! That's what I needed, thanks Marc!

Scott