And Ebbor, We'd have voted for a 2120 option if it was there 
Nobody requested one.
the current military stances are against giving the kill decision to robots due to the "what if they go rogue" thought.
Wait, that's a real risk? Really? Always thought that was just sci-fi bullshit.
It's not a real risk. What is a real risk is that the robot starts engaging random things, because Computers have serious trouble to analyze and recognize video data. That's why no fully automated drone systems exist. Give a computer program a video with a single geometric object on it, and it'll only be able to successfully identify it in about 95% of the cases. Give it a picture of a tank and a real life environement, ...
The only thing so far, which drones can accomplish, is to follow a heat, movement or other signature, shown to them by a human controller.
And this is all feasible literally tomorrow with money and design added. We currently have the tech for all of this, just the current military stances are against giving the kill decision to robots due to the "what if they go rogue" thought. The U.S. is against letting the drones even fly themselves without human input, although they're perfectly fine with robotic munitions carriers and ground based anti infantry tankbots driven with an RC style controller.
Yeah, right. Diehard optimist you are. I'll grab your older post.
On a side note, drones fly automatically. They just need a human to pick targets and flight patterns.
The nice thing about EMP is that if EMP becomes a problem, we have bigger things to worry about since somebody just bloody nuked us.
That, or they were using a microwave projector to fry the components. The microwave projector by the way has an extremely short range and is more effective VS the living.
EMP Weaponry Exists, and it is fairly long range and doesn't kill people.Besides, who told you microwave weaponry is more effective against the living. It totally isn't. Humans are mostly water, and water needs a massive amount of energy to be heated.
Drones are actually fairly longrange given the facilities to create their own power. Solar panels go a looooong way, they can easily enclose them during battle since the rotational circuit system for the legs and sensors would allow them to slide inward and between armor plates. Could also give them a system to syphon off of downed vehicle power supplies or nom on energy in electrical wires, could even have some specialized to be power stores and producers. Some specialized to repair. Others specialized for combat. They'd all look rather similar alsos, soooo bit hard to target the supports.
You seem to have a serious disparity between the energy use of the average drone, and the energy output of the average solar panel. Unless your drones are all ridicously flat. (Like manta rays), they're going to sit idly in the field recharging for 30 days in the month. (Solar insolation is 1.3 kW/mē). For Comparison, your average desktop computer uses 0.5 kW. The Abrams tank has a 1,120 kW engine.
If we let them mine for themselves, we could give them assemblers that can construct on command using available materials mined by the miners. Course the builders and miners would need a kill switch installed so they can't go rogue and go all VonNum on us.
This is what I was talking about with the 2120 stuff. The Industrial supply chain for most products is immense. Self-replicating machines are unlikely.
Anyway, I'll be setting up a thread in a short while. But before that, I need a name for our glorious nation, and some suggestions for potential adversaries.
I will also be taking 1-2 people to control an enemy country, who will need to provide me with the following. Do note that this more of a position to help me than to actually play a game.
Nation Name :
Summary of military capabilities and military focus:
General Invasion Plan and reason for Invasion :
In addition, some general information about the newly selected setting. Resources are much scarcer, which has resulted in a significant reduction of globalization and international cooperation. Balkanization is in full effect, and in general you should not be worried about sudden UNSC invasions or other unwinnable scenarios.
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