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I haven't found too much mention of how AI drones are going to be reworked, but I did have an idea.
A drone is, at its base, no different from any modern aircraft/drone. It requires fuel.
If a new Bobby AI setting is added for Drone, it could have a requirement - No Power Generation blocks. None. The only power blocks a player should have on a drone is capacity. Once the drone's power has been exhausted it'll be unable to fire its weapons or otherwise engage any enemies. Using a default low-speed thruster power (maybe fly at 25-50 m/s), it would have to return to where it was launched from and refuel from its carrier's power generation systems.
Of course this would also mean that ships should be able to transfer energy capacity into a dock entity without use of a power transfer beam.
Opinions?
A drone is, at its base, no different from any modern aircraft/drone. It requires fuel.
If a new Bobby AI setting is added for Drone, it could have a requirement - No Power Generation blocks. None. The only power blocks a player should have on a drone is capacity. Once the drone's power has been exhausted it'll be unable to fire its weapons or otherwise engage any enemies. Using a default low-speed thruster power (maybe fly at 25-50 m/s), it would have to return to where it was launched from and refuel from its carrier's power generation systems.
Of course this would also mean that ships should be able to transfer energy capacity into a dock entity without use of a power transfer beam.
Opinions?