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post Jul 25 2006, 08:18 AM
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Pilots and Agents – Standing orders?

Ok, so according to SR4 an agent/pilot understand most orders without any hassle, but what kind of orders can they have? How many standing orders and instructions can you give them?

For example – I have a drone I want to stop from being spoofed all the time so I install an agent with Analyze and Command. The Agent has a standing order to Analyze all new orders and request a confirmation from the command node (the Persona) and to use Command on the drone to either accept or deny the order.

This way the drone would get a second line of defense since when they become spoofed the order will be double checked by the agent and checked against the last sent order from the Persona (the REAL persona). Unless the attacker has also tapped the signal and edits the information being sent back then he cannot spoof.

For even higher protection you could even give the commlink connected to the persona have an agent who talks to the drone agents and that they encrypt the information they send between each other.

The question is – how many standing orders can a drone handle? Can I give them a library with instructions limitations and what if’s and do not’s so that they cannot be hacked/spoofed etc at all?

Ok, an MCT Fly-Spy with Response 5 would cost a runner 8K before we even start talking about sensor packages and between 9-10K with sensors. The good thing is that you can run 9 autosofts/agents on it and use is a remote node and E.W / Agent carrier.

The agents can be loaded as active on the MCT and have legal access to peek into your hacker commlink and monitor the traffic there for extra security.
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- The Jopp   Pilots and Agents   Jul 25 2006, 08:18 AM
- - GrinderTheTroll   Good questions Jopp, but I am not sure SR4's s...   Jul 25 2006, 05:00 PM
- - Aaron   I'd say since storage capacities are nigh-infi...   Jul 25 2006, 05:00 PM
- - hobgoblin   like aaron points out, the moment you start to hav...   Jul 25 2006, 05:15 PM
- - Aaron   The rules call a Pilot program a "dog brain....   Jul 25 2006, 05:34 PM
- - hobgoblin   the dog brain bit i think is a left over from the ...   Jul 25 2006, 05:44 PM
- - Samaels Ghost   I doubt the "dog-brain" description acci...   Jul 25 2006, 11:58 PM
- - hyzmarca   For a combat drone, a dog brain would be preferabl...   Jul 26 2006, 12:25 AM
- - Samaels Ghost   Please, self-motivation defining an AI? Deus most ...   Jul 26 2006, 02:25 AM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Samaels Ghost) There's no "ghost...   Jul 26 2006, 02:53 AM
- - Samaels Ghost   GitS reference, "ghost" being the curren...   Jul 26 2006, 03:22 AM
- - hobgoblin   iirc, SKs could be very smart and adaptable within...   Jul 26 2006, 03:24 AM
- - Samaels Ghost   basicly neural traffic was kind of what I think Gi...   Jul 26 2006, 03:44 AM
- - The Jopp   QUOTE (GrinderTheTroll) Since following a list of ...   Jul 26 2006, 09:45 AM
- - Edward   An SK may have 12 dice for comprehension tests but...   Jul 26 2006, 01:34 PM
- - The Jopp   If the written orders are clearly defined why woul...   Jul 26 2006, 02:05 PM
- - GrinderTheTroll   QUOTE (The Jopp) QUOTE (GrinderTheTroll @ Jul...   Jul 26 2006, 05:45 PM
- - Edward   QUOTE (The Jopp) If the written orders are clearly...   Jul 28 2006, 03:04 AM
- - The Jopp   QUOTE (Edward) And the rating 1 pilot program gets...   Jul 28 2006, 08:16 AM


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