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Old 01-10-2019, 06:02 PM   #29
Ulzgoroth
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Default Re: Clone Army Or Droid Army?

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
There are two issues causing that. The first is that the rules for the prices of androids are completely unrelated to the rules for price of gear and thus often nonsense. The second is that most military AIs aren't going to be housed in androids -- you just take a vehicle and replace the crew station with a server. At TL 11, you can put in a Fast Personal Computer for $20,000 and 5 lb, and it has Complexity 9 (sufficient for an IQ 12 volitional AI or IQ 14 non-volitional AI), and then you take the space and volume you saved by ripping the crew station (likely at least 250 lb) and repurpose it for something more valuable.
Note: if you do this, your (ground) vehicles are at risk of severe losses in functionality and reliability compared to manned units. The ability of crew to dismount and act outside the hull is important.

Now, if you assume that at TL11 the vehicle is going to have a few utility bots and recon drones that can take care of all the things a couple dismounted crew members could, that problem goes away. But those bots are an added cost.
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