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== Drones == | == Drones == | ||
The Confederacy uses a variety of drones, from messenger drones or torpedoes to military scouting drones. <br> | The Confederacy uses a variety of drones, from messenger drones or torpedoes to military scouting drones. The term is also used in some places as a short label for [[Concubine]]s. <br> | ||
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=== "Anal"-class Probe Drones === | === "Anal"-class Probe Drones === | ||
First developed in Year 2 based on a combination of historical unmanned robot probe designs, the "Anal Probes" are larger than messenger drones and have the ability to return to the star system they come from, using a roundabout route if necessary to prevent the Sa'arm from using the return path as a way of determining the source of the probe. The probes are small enough to be somewhat stealthy in a star system, but large enough to contain enough fuel and processing power to go to the star system, gather data and return. Preferably they should be launched from orbit, rather than from a ship.<br> | First developed in Year 2 based on a combination of historical unmanned robot probe designs, the "Anal Probes" are larger than messenger drones and have the ability to return to the star system they come from, using a roundabout route if necessary to prevent the Sa'arm from using the return path as a way of determining the source of the probe. The probes are small enough to be somewhat stealthy in a star system, but large enough to contain enough fuel and processing power to go to the star system, gather data and return. Preferably they should be launched from orbit, rather than from a ship.<br> | ||
The "Anal" probes | The "Anal" probes do include an artificial intelligence, as they are programmed to self-destruct in the event of capture. <br> | ||
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=== Field Reconnaissance Drones === | === Field Reconnaissance Drones === | ||
V/STOL airborne drones can be launched from specialized armored vehicles. <br> | V/STOL airborne drones can be launched from specialized armored vehicles. <br> | ||
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=== Intelligence Drones === | === Intelligence Drones === | ||
Surveillance or tactical drones are used by pickup squads and anti-[[Earth First]] units of the Armed Forces of the Confederacy. These units are extremely small - about the size of an insect. <br> | |||
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Drones
The Confederacy uses a variety of drones, from messenger drones or torpedoes to military scouting drones. The term is also used in some places as a short label for Concubines.
"Anal"-class Probe Drones
First developed in Year 2 based on a combination of historical unmanned robot probe designs, the "Anal Probes" are larger than messenger drones and have the ability to return to the star system they come from, using a roundabout route if necessary to prevent the Sa'arm from using the return path as a way of determining the source of the probe. The probes are small enough to be somewhat stealthy in a star system, but large enough to contain enough fuel and processing power to go to the star system, gather data and return. Preferably they should be launched from orbit, rather than from a ship.
The "Anal" probes do include an artificial intelligence, as they are programmed to self-destruct in the event of capture.
Field Reconnaissance Drones
V/STOL airborne drones can be launched from specialized armored vehicles.
Intelligence Drones
Surveillance or tactical drones are used by pickup squads and anti-Earth First units of the Armed Forces of the Confederacy. These units are extremely small - about the size of an insect.
See Also
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