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[Hawk132]

So we can either revise the lasers to work better, or we can fix the drones.

I think we should fix the drones.

[10ebbor10]

Fix what?

[FallacyofUrist]

Probably the "sufficient thrust to remain airborne below mach 0.5"... though it's not as though it's going to be moving slowly...

[Taricus]

Fix the airframe of the drone, and add in a couple of front-facing laser cannons.

[~Neri]

Fix the airframe of the drone, and add in a couple of front-facing laser cannons.

+1

Best fighter.

[FallacyofUrist]

Fix the airframe of the drone, and add in a couple of front-facing laser cannons.

+1

I prefer kamikaze. But +1, nonetheless.

[~Neri]

They can also kamikazi.

At mach 6

While shooting lasers.

[Taricus]

Oh they can just shoot lasers because we can't afford kamekaze attacks. We only get four of these a year.

[FallacyofUrist]

They can also kamikazi.

At mach 6

While shooting lasers.

This

is

sigworthy.

But anyway, what we really need is to create some sort of factory we can deploy to the planet's surface to have it make more drones and whatnot. Later.

[Taricus]

...Why not the moon or a large asteroid instead?

[FallacyofUrist]

Turn the moon into a factory... as long as we do it on the dark side, it might be a good idea.

[Yourmaster]

Make a robot moon.

[Taricus]

Eh, robot moon is pointless. a few factory complexes will do

[VoidSlayer]

That is a pretty good engine...

+1 to fix air-frame and add lasers.

[10ebbor10]

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

Your engineers, explain, at length, that the craft's disintegration at high velocities is not a sign of weakness in the frame, but merely a result of the enormous aerodynamic pressure generated by the designs tremendous engine power. In short, they didn't succeed in fixing it. They have however added a mount for a single laser or other compatible weapon. While the laser performs admirably in most circumstances, at high speeds the heat buildup from atmospheric compression proves to be troubling.

Science And Production Phase now

(If you want to build the craft, you will have to assign it to a production line. In addition, I would like to have another general organisation sheme. Last was quite inconclusive on who wanted what.)