>> Surface:
>> Armor: Laminate, standard, DR 1: 0.947 lbs, $9.47, .003 cf
>> Blackout paint: $0.758
>> Waterproof: $7.58
>
> would biomorphic surface be an option?
"Pigeon" isn't meant to be any more literal than an F-22 "Raptor". :)
Robots, p. 44
Sculpted -- like a metal bird statue
mannequin -- a store mannequin
realistic flesh is TL8...
you can also use sonar comms and laser comms.
the details are on high tech (4e), p. 40, and the rules about air/water
ranges are on ultratech (4e), p. 44.
lasercom: 0.5mi for 0.75lb
sonarcom: 30y for 1 lb (in air)
(and this includes cases, moulding, interface, etc for human use)
> otherwise perhaps composite armor
That would halve the armor cost, saving about $5 - not really a big difference.
but less magentic signature
> what about shaped cosmetic features (from Robots)?
To make it 'Attractive'? I suppose that's doable; can you think of any
reason a 'flying bomb' should have a bonus to reaction rolls?
so the average joe doesn't see it's a bomb...
> If you don't have camouflaged features, perhaps add 2sf of solar panel to
> generate .02kW...
Thought about that. But 2 kW to fly means it takes 100 seconds of
solar-collection for 1 second of flight-time; it seems much more
useful to have the energy-generation done elsewhere, where it can be
done more efficiently.
I caught the impression they will often be used to sit on buildings and
scan the territory...
> Also consider that the radios can be detected by RDFs -- how about laser to
> its nearest?
I'm at least going to write up a laser-comm module. Haven't decided
whether to make lasercomm the standard for ordinary Pigeon comms -
that could add troubles with losing comm by losing line-of-sight
rather than by jamming.
As for detecting them - well, if you think there are any overhead, the
answer is pretty much going to be, "Yes, around 50,000 of them. And if
you shoot at one, a dozen more will zero in on you...". ;)
use FAE?
> Also, do you need 140mph? you can get more endurance with less speed...
That's just the speed that results from using a CAR drivetrain with 20
lbs of lift.
perhaps take into effect the GEV so you need about half the thrust to
get off the ground? (although I'm back to thinking this has wings...)
> you might also be able to get away with making the computer Dumb to save
> $/mass.
Thought about that - but Computer Navigation, which seems the minimum
necessary to allow these things to fly around a city without crashing,
is complexity 2. As jamming has been raised as an issue, it seems a
bad idea to/require/ these things to have external control to be able
to fly.
I can't seem to find the rules for networked computers. (perthaps it was
only in a playtest draft?)
I seem to recall for each increase in complexity you need something on
the order of 11x the computers, and 1k$x total number of computers (so
it's an exponential cost, and cheaper to build a larger computer of the
next complexity, but...)
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