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post Feb 21 2014, 02:06 PM
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I just got home from watching the new Robocop movie, and I honestly quite enjoyed it. It's a rather good way to scare runners away from that full cyborg procedure...

Anyway, at the start of the movie there's a news crew showing us how robots can keep a hostile population rather firmly under thumb and the thought struck me: "That is so how Knight Errant would handle the barrens and other SINless hangouts".

Now for those who haven't seen the movie yet I'll explain. This isn't a spoiler as it's basically the first scene in the movie.
Firstly you have the bigass ED 209 drones outfitted with enough firepower to take on an entire gang pretty much single-handed, which are your muscle. They're packing something like dual HMGs and a grenade launcher or similar heavy loadout to deal with pretty much anything. Supporting them are man-sized humanoid drones at a ratio of about 4-1, armed with assault weapons. VTOL-capable drones are air support, keeping an eye on everything from the sky. The procedure is simple: as the patrol goes down the street everyone comes out and puts their hands up. The robots scan them for weapons and contraband. Anyone who doesn't comply is shot. We can safely assume that various sensors are used to make sure people aren't hiding from the patrols.

Now I figure that 3-4 patrols per day should pacify the barrens rather nicely, at least on paper. And really, when have the Star or Knights ever cared about results if the plan works on paper?
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