[gurps] Re: [Vehicle] TL8 "Pigeon"

[DataPacRat]

On 12/09/2007, Anthony Jackson <ajackson at iii.com> wrote:
> DataPacRat wrote:

> > Fortunately, imitating a real pigeon isn't part of the design specs,
> > any more than a Tomahawk cruise missile has to imitate a hand axe - if
> > it was, I would have at least included some of G:Robots' biomorphics.
> > All it has to do is be able to fly up to within around 2 metres or so
> > of a Standard Infantryman and blow up with its 24d[2d], and it can
> > look as robotic as it likes until it cheerfully annihilates itself. :)
>
> Ah. Much of the discussion had assumed being sneaky. In that case, it
> has inadequate computer power to do its own target identification, and
> if guided by a spotter is far less useful than a conventional missile.

The setting is no-superscience near-future TL8 SF, but I can still
pick which Technology Path I want to use to modify that TL8. How far
along, say, the cyberpunk would I have to go to make its tiny robot
brain (default Complexity 1) smart enough to distinguish 'person' from
'tree'?


(In unrelated news - I /like/ my new cell phone and using GMail on it,
even if typing text on a numeric keypad is still annoying.)


Thank you for your time,
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translation.