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[10ebbor10]

Any votes yet?

[~Neri]

Regardless. If the only thing we send down is drones that explode themselves, there isn't a chance that they'll nick anything.

[Taricus]

Problem is that we're wasting our resources.

As for votes Ebbor, I think that may need others to be awake.

[~Neri]

We are in space. On the Moon. There's a fuckload of materials on the moon.

[Yourmaster]

We actually need to get started on voting.

Ki'K Drone.

A small flying drone, weighing about 200 pounds. and about the size of a medium sized table, loaded with a number of tools of sabotage, as well as a fairly large Thermite Incendiary Bomb. Capable of sustained flight and is dropped from Low Earth Orbit. It seeks out a designated target and either attaches itself to it and destroys vital components before launching again and searching for another target or it smashes into the target at a high velocity, exploding violently and spraying Thermite everywhere. One is Guaranteed to sink anything smaller then a Terran battleship, two will do the job for a battleship. Three for a carrier, and four for a supercarrier. Can easily outpace the majority of Terran civilian planes and a number of Terran military planes. It is capable of destroying ground targets as well.

Thermite is fucking nasty stuff.

Also can burn in space. So we'd have the tech for it.

+1.

[Sheb]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: It's a Big-Ass laser. The size makes it impossible to fit on smaller craft, but it can be fired from a dedicated space station. Most of the effort goes into fitting the needed fire control to make it effective at very long range (100,000 km). Intended use is park a few in GSO and use it to clear the orbit.

Evil Gas Bomb: This gas bomb shell, once delivered to the planet, will explode and cover a wide area with Evil Gas, gas that infects humans and makes them carry out their worst fears/repugnant behaviors(murder, theft, evil in general). Side effects may include hunger for human flesh.

Metal Hounds: Large creatures in the forms of fifteen foot dogs. Genetic modification and  selective breeding gives them amazing senses. They are trained to find a target's sent and kill them. Cybernetics allow underwater breathing as well as extra strength and durability. They have lasers on their back, because lasers.

Light Fighter: A drone designed to be fast, well armoured and well-armed with a couple of frontal laser cannons. Designed to either act as an escort for our dropships, or by itself on a strafing run on any targets we designate.

Defense Drones: Short range automated drones which rely on rockets and gliding on retractable wings to maneuver in the atmosphere.  They attach to a drop ship (or other vessels) for entering and leaving the earth's atmosphere and feature heat shielding for defense.  Weapons include a high powered laser cannon and a self destruction charge which also doubles as turning the whole thing into a missile.

Ki'K Drones: A small flying drone, weighing about 200 pounds. and about the size of a medium sized table, loaded with a number of tools of sabotage, as well as a fairly large Thermite Incendiary Bomb. Capable of sustained flight and is dropped from Low Earth Orbit. It seeks out a designated target and either attaches itself to it and destroys vital components before launching again and searching for another target or it smashes into the target at a high velocity, exploding violently and spraying Thermite everywhere. One is Guaranteed to sink anything smaller then a Terran battleship, two will do the job for a battleship. Three for a carrier, and four for a supercarrier. Can easily outpace the majority of Terran civilian planes and a number of Terran military planes. It is capable of destroying ground targets as well.

Code: (Votes) [Select]

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: Sheb
Evil Gas Bomb:
Metal Hounds:
Light Fighter:
Defense Drones:
Ki'K Drones: Yourmaster

Just copy-paste the list and add your vote.

[~Neri]

I'm voting Ki'K Drones.

[Yourmaster]

I'll rename the metal hounds next Design stage, if it matters that much.

[Sheb]

Then just copy the list and add your name on it so we can keep track of it easily.

[FallacyofUrist]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: It's a Big-Ass laser. The size makes it impossible to fit on smaller craft, but it can be fired from a dedicated space station. Most of the effort goes into fitting the needed fire control to make it effective at very long range (100,000 km). Intended use is park a few in GSO and use it to clear the orbit.

Evil Gas Bomb: This gas bomb shell, once delivered to the planet, will explode and cover a wide area with Evil Gas, gas that infects humans and makes them carry out their worst fears/repugnant behaviors(murder, theft, evil in general). Side effects may include hunger for human flesh.

Metal Hounds: Large creatures in the forms of fifteen foot dogs. Genetic modification and  selective breeding gives them amazing senses. They are trained to find a target's sent and kill them. Cybernetics allow underwater breathing as well as extra strength and durability. They have lasers on their back, because lasers.

Light Fighter: A drone designed to be fast, well armoured and well-armed with a couple of frontal laser cannons. Designed to either act as an escort for our dropships, or by itself on a strafing run on any targets we designate.

Defense Drones: Short range automated drones which rely on rockets and gliding on retractable wings to maneuver in the atmosphere.  They attach to a drop ship (or other vessels) for entering and leaving the earth's atmosphere and feature heat shielding for defense.  Weapons include a high powered laser cannon and a self destruction charge which also doubles as turning the whole thing into a missile.

Ki'K Drones: A small flying drone, weighing about 200 pounds. and about the size of a medium sized table, loaded with a number of tools of sabotage, as well as a fairly large Thermite Incendiary Bomb. Capable of sustained flight and is dropped from Low Earth Orbit. It seeks out a designated target and either attaches itself to it and destroys vital components before launching again and searching for another target or it smashes into the target at a high velocity, exploding violently and spraying Thermite everywhere. One is Guaranteed to sink anything smaller then a Terran battleship, two will do the job for a battleship. Three for a carrier, and four for a supercarrier. Can easily outpace the majority of Terran civilian planes and a number of Terran military planes. It is capable of destroying ground targets as well.

Code: (Votes) [Select]

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: Sheb
Evil Gas Bomb:
Metal Hounds:
Light Fighter:
Defense Drones:
Ki'K Drones: Yourmaster, Kevak, FallacyofUrist

I find the Ki'K Drones most practical for the moment.

[Hawk132]

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: It's a Big-Ass laser. The size makes it impossible to fit on smaller craft, but it can be fired from a dedicated space station. Most of the effort goes into fitting the needed fire control to make it effective at very long range (100,000 km). Intended use is park a few in GSO and use it to clear the orbit.

Evil Gas Bomb: This gas bomb shell, once delivered to the planet, will explode and cover a wide area with Evil Gas, gas that infects humans and makes them carry out their worst fears/repugnant behaviors(murder, theft, evil in general). Side effects may include hunger for human flesh.

Metal Hounds: Large creatures in the forms of fifteen foot dogs. Genetic modification and  selective breeding gives them amazing senses. They are trained to find a target's sent and kill them. Cybernetics allow underwater breathing as well as extra strength and durability. They have lasers on their back, because lasers.

Light Fighter: A drone designed to be fast, well armoured and well-armed with a couple of frontal laser cannons. Designed to either act as an escort for our dropships, or by itself on a strafing run on any targets we designate.

Defense Drones: Short range automated drones which rely on rockets and gliding on retractable wings to maneuver in the atmosphere.  They attach to a drop ship (or other vessels) for entering and leaving the earth's atmosphere and feature heat shielding for defense.  Weapons include a high powered laser cannon and a self destruction charge which also doubles as turning the whole thing into a missile.

Ki'K Drones: A small flying drone, weighing about 200 pounds. and about the size of a medium sized table, loaded with a number of tools of sabotage, as well as a fairly large Thermite Incendiary Bomb. Capable of sustained flight and is dropped from Low Earth Orbit. It seeks out a designated target and either attaches itself to it and destroys vital components before launching again and searching for another target or it smashes into the target at a high velocity, exploding violently and spraying Thermite everywhere. One is Guaranteed to sink anything smaller then a Terran battleship, two will do the job for a battleship. Three for a carrier, and four for a supercarrier. Can easily outpace the majority of Terran civilian planes and a number of Terran military planes. It is capable of destroying ground targets as well.

Code: (Votes) [Select]

Big-Ass Laser Mod 1: Sheb
Evil Gas Bomb:
Metal Hounds:
Light Fighter:
Defense Drones:
Ki'K Drones: Yourmaster, Kevak, FallacyofUrist, Hawk132

Drones sound useful.

[10ebbor10]

Ki'K Drones: A small flying drone, weighing about 200 pounds. and about the size of a medium sized table, loaded with a number of tools of sabotage, as well as a fairly large Thermite Incendiary Bomb. Capable of sustained flight and is dropped from Low Earth Orbit. It seeks out a designated target and either attaches itself to it and destroys vital components before launching again and searching for another target or it smashes into the target at a high velocity, exploding violently and spraying Thermite everywhere. One is Guaranteed to sink anything smaller then a Terran battleship, two will do the job for a battleship. Three for a carrier, and four for a supercarrier. Can easily outpace the majority of Terran civilian planes and a number of Terran military planes. It is capable of destroying ground targets as well.

Ki'K Drones:A relatively small flying drone, weighting about 200 kg. It is powered by a fusion scramjet. Air is compressed by the probe's speed, and then heated by a miniature fusion reactor, before being expelled out of the back of the aircraft. This avoids both combustion and moving parts, resulting in a simple yet reliable engine. The result is that the drone is extremely fast, with it's speed merely limited by the disintegration of the airframe (which occurs around mach 6). However, though the scramjet can operate as a ramjet at lower speeds, the design does not produce sufficient thrust to remain airborne below mach 0.5. Batch size : 4

Engineers found neither time nor space to add a large thermite bomb, or a complicated sabotage suite.

[Interesting rolls, 3 failures, dramatic overshoot on the flying part]

[Sheb]

So it has no weapons at all?

[10ebbor10]

So it has no weapons at all?

It's fast...

[FallacyofUrist]

Suicide bombing drones!

Let's see if we can get them to move even faster without disintegrating, so we can dive-bomb the humans.