Can't Seem to find any discription on the physical dimitions of Drones.

How big in meters or centimeters are they?

In particular I was wondering about the size of a Steel Lynx.
I know the book says large, but how big is that?
Can it fit through a standard door?
Is it close to the size of a bear? Polar, Grizzley, Black, Brown, Kwola?

From what I rember of the picture in FoF, ther are around 'desk sized. That is, their entire footprint appeared to be ~4 feed long, ~3 feet wide, and ~3 feet high. They have 4 (or was it 6?) legs which allow then to raise their height maybe 1 foot? with a corresponding reduction of their footprint.

well my GM found some rules for size and weight in the rig 3 book revised he has told me that a lynx would take up about 90% of the room and all the weight limit of a bulldog van. or 2 med drones (dovermans) in the back

now what gets me if I don't have them fully active then it takes 20 to 30 min to setup and then fire up the machines takes another 5 to 15 min so the battle needing them is over and I feal useless at that time, or if I keep them in standby mode it only takes me 5 to 15min to start them up. Also did they change the fuel sources for these drone since some only have 10min or so active time I can't keep them in orbit or hidden (but active long)?

maybe micro fusion reactors or something

also the lynx could fit in a elevator and through a standard door since it can change for it, the trick is how to open the door or activate the elevator

The MCT Fly-Spy is described as being the size of a large insect, and is considered a "minidrone." The LoneStar iBall is the size of a human eyeball; the occular drone is described as a LoneStar iBall, and it is also a "minidrone." The S-B Microskimmer is described as being the size of a can lid and is a "microdrone," so I took that to mean that the can in question is roughly the size of a can of Campbell's Chunky.

Given that, plus the Body attribute of the various vehicles, I'm guessing that a Steel Lynx is probably about the size of a wheel chair with no back or arms. Maybe a touch bigger.

iirc, the lynx also has similar body to a motorcycle. since the lynx is designed to take a beating moreso than a motorcycle, i would assume the body is slightly inflated for it's size (and i assume the mass is also more compressed into a smaller area), so most likely smaller than a motorcycle.

drone sizes have changed considerably since previous editions... i wouldn't recommend using old information for these, IMO.

and i believe the iball is assumed to be larger than an eyeball... it's the ocular drone that's eyeball sized. so far as i can tell, most guesses place the iball as being between baseball and softball size.

but this is basically all just guesswork... we don't really have any specific information.

certainly, i would allow more than one into a bulldog... probably at least two, and likely 4, IMO. depending, maybe even more... they are no longer the unstoppable force they used to be.

Where did you get the activation times from, I cant find any rules for fuel consumption in SR4

Edward

i presume he was talking about earlier edition's rules.

since, as has been noted, there is no particular information on the size, weight, or other information on drones in SR4

hehe... not long ago I noticed someone who wanted to buy mussel <sic> replacement. ><

He would like cyber-replacement seafood?

Turrents are what annoy me.

Back to the original question (sorry, I'm allergic to seafood ) I'd kinda like to have a firm answer on the size of the Lynx. I remember it as a beast of a drone, however one of my fellow players (new to the game) designed his charechter to RIDE the Steel Lynx. Granted he has only a BOD of 1, but still......

well I guess we will find out our answers some Year... if the rigger 3.5 book or whatever comes out, but since anyone can be a droner now a days I doubt it.

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or 2 med drones (dovermans)...

GAAAAAAAAAH! do-BER-man. Like the dog! DOBERMAN!

i see that annoys you too lol.

it's been bugging me, but i've been resisting the urge to correct people.

if he'd said rouge instead of rogue, i think i would've lost it though frown.gif nyahnyah.gif

Na I aways call them assstabbers since the days I had a rogue in EQ and that was the only thing I could reach on a giant or gods.

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Back to the original question (sorry, I'm allergic to seafood biggrin.gif ) I'd kinda like to have a firm answer on the size of the Lynx. I remember it as a beast of a drone, however one of my fellow players (new to the game) designed his character to RIDE the Steel Lynx. Granted he has only a BOD of 1, but still......

now I have been trying to figure out how to do something like the ones in Ghost in the Shell (thats what my GM is assuming is a steel lynx) I have an anxious technomancer looking for a place to store his meat body while hes doing his thing!

now I have finally got my hands on a BIG goliath of a truck to tote my 17 drones around in, 12 [B]Dobermans, 3 MCT rotodrones, 1 lynx and a Zephyr balloon

My opinion on the size of the Steel lynx was that it was small enough to navigate inside, so it would be no wider than about 3 feet, about 3 feet tall with the capability to go up to 5, and maybe 5 feet long which shrinks accordingly when it "stands up". And weigh 250-400 lbs with weapon and ammo.

Sounds about right, think hoverround power chair and you have a good idea of the rough dimensions.
The FoF depiction was just dumb. A drone that size should have more body than that, around 4 maybe even 5.

While the Lynx is a personal fav and a mini-tank, I see it as something runner portable and you should be able to fit pair into a step-van with some room for a team to spare.

Wonder when we start hearing stuff about the JIM suit, modified for above-water movement.

I'd give mine a religious motif and a poofy tail, and call it My Little Eva.

Microdrone => insect sized
Small => hand to forearm sized
Medium => Head to upper body sized
Large => larger then the upper body

I had an idea for a paralysed rigger riding around wired into a big anthroform drone. T'would be rather unsubtle, but nigh unstoppable!

I think I'd save him for a big bad villain NPC type though, probably way too heavy on the build points for a regular character.

Sounds like some kind of Marvel supervillan.

hehe... yeah!
Now we just need a name for him.
Answers on a postcard

A friend of mine played a character like that. He was a quadriplegic and did his runs in a custom troll sized arthreform, vehicle armor is useful.

what was his name?
And did he cackle maniacally at innopportune moments?

I guess he never went on any stealth runs ^^