Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!
From: John Leary <realjtl@s...>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 17:10:33 -0800
Subject: Re: [OFFICIAL] Some FT background stuff (guidelines for writers) - LONG POST!
Samuel Penn wrote:
> Thomas.Granvold@Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Granvold) wrote:
>
> > John Leary <realjtl@sj.bigger.net>
> > > Drone fighters can be trusted to always make the same choice
> > > given the (basically) same conditions.
> >
> > The drone fighters could easily be programmed to avoid this.
> > The simple way would to have a number of choices for any given
> > situation and randomly pick between them.
>
> As another option, there's nothing stopping the C&C ships
> from downloading new tactics to the drone fighters as the
> battle progresses.
> Sam.
Sam,
The presumption that the owners of the superdrone have
have an unjammable, indecypherable, instantaneous, communication
system means that no AI is required on the fighter, It is a dumb
drone.
Bye for now,
John L.