On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 9:59 AM CST Johannes Trimmel wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Brandon Cope wrote: > >> Sure drone operator is not very glorious. But you can build a pc around >> the unthanked hero stereotype as well. >> >> >> The main character in the movie Avatar is a drone operator ... > >While technically he is a drone operator, there are large differences to >drone operations as discussed in this thread (at least how i understood >it). > >The original mission of the drone is diplomacy and espionage not combat. A common use for modern drones is obervation and intelligence gathering. >The drone is not replaceable and he gets great personal attachment to it. We don't have bioroid drones yet. When we do, I expect operators to get attached to them. >The actual villians are thoose, who supplied the drone and keep his body. I'm not sure if this is relevant. >So overall, combat operation with a replaceable drone, that would be what >this thread discussed, does not really play a part in the movie. Disposable fighting drones are reslly just a limited group of a much larger set. Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
