Bluespace wrote:Remove ability to talk.
Do you mean binary or regular?
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:1) What kind of admin protection do they get? Are they valid?
I guess not since they're mini-cyborgs in your interpretation, but I'll talk about it later. I'd consider them more like pAIs than cyborgs.
They're still players, and shouldn't be killed randomly. If they're being dicks, they're valid, I think. After all, even if you do get killed, you can just get a new body. This isn't a code matter, though.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:2) Lawset. It's kind of vague in my opinion. What does "interfere" mean, exactly? Can you not interact with anyone? What if you can save their life, are you forbidden from doing it? What if somebody's fucking with you (removing floors all over the place, bloodpainting, etc.). "improve the station's condition" is also kinda vague. What if I want walls in front of bridge doors, can I do that, why or why not, etc. CE's building second singularity engine. Can I help him? But that is interference, law 1, so I cannot help him?
"Interfere" for "directly interact or provide information". If you see a human in critical condition in a locker in maint, you go and mind your own business. If you see a changeling eating someone in dorms, you go and mind your own business. If you see a scientist putting bombs all over the station, you go and mind your own business.
First, do not intervene,
second, repair/maintain/improve. If you're "helping the CE build the engine", you are interfering, if you're "finishing an unfinished engine", you're not. "Hey drone, this engine would look a lot better if it would have been finished" is a magical phrase.
As for walls in front of the bridge, well, rule 1 and stuff. Also, if ordered to stop, they stop, and it's the only kind of order they have to listen to.
On that note, if you have ideas for laws, tell me.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:3) Binary chat and AI link. Well, there's no AI link, so why binary? Rogue Ai plans its moves, army of drones comes and kills it because you know, maintaining the station and all that. Okay, murder is forbidden by law 1. Then cut cameras. Is that considered interference? Well, what if I need to remove camera for construction purposes or whatever? Again back to laws being vague. All in all, I think they need a separate chat. I mean, listening to binary can be interference of itself, eh?
Binary is so that AI can say something of the kind "gee, how bad it is that there is a huge hole at escape", and drones can react. Killing rogue AI or trying to stop it any way is interfering with it, and is forbidden by laws. Listening is not a problem, talking over binary is where you should be careful. If you're telling them something about the station events, you're interfering. See the examples above.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:4) Speaking of, can they talk to people? Is that interference? It could be interesting if they couldn't, if a bit lonely for single drone.
They can't. Keep in mind that this is an alternative to being a ghost.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:5) It may seem as unimportant, but I'm strongly against them having space cleaner. Frankly, I'm against janitor having space cleaner. It's just a nice little piece of life on the station - janitor mopping floors and people slipping because they don't see signs. Now janitor has a huge fucking tank of space cleaner, which is not a good cleaner now, but simply another tool. I'd really like to see some more mopping, honestly. Give these guys mops instead, may be.
I'm not sure how they would refill mops, and keep in mind that it's just 50 units. That's 10 sprays. 30 cleared tiles at best. Remember how quickly everything gets bloodied.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:6) Combat balance. Well, I guess their health is low enough to make no matter, but they can tablewalk and ventcrawl and are in possession of good weapons, they can also be emagged.
Their best weapons are welder, which has
ten shots, and an extinguisher. They have no means of stunning anyone and are vulnerable to flashes. First hit with a toolbox disables one module, second two, third kills them. A monkey with a normal welder in paws is a lot more dangerous.
Lo6a4evskiy wrote:By the way, when emagged they could receive RCD.
Not really matching the idea of a tiny drone.