09-14-2018, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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Anti-Drone defenses?
I've recently been reminded of the video, Slaughterbots (NSFW, violent imagery); and it's relevant to a near-future setting I'm detailing.
How would such bots best be described in GURPS terms, and what sorts of defenses could be feasible against them? My first guess would be to start with the Flier Robobugs from p111 of Ultra-Tech; "3 grams of shaped-charge explosives" is two-thirds of a robobug's 0.01 lb weaponry, so it seems feasible, though I'm not quite sure how to stat out the explosive charge itself. Do I need to drag out my 3e Vehicles book? As for responses, I can think of some of the obvious first-level defenses at various stages: discreetly-armored hats, trying to program some anti-drone drones, concealing one's face and other biometrics when in public, scrubbing one's social media both to minimize harvestable biometrics and to avoid becoming a target, and so on; but I'm still pondering how the various attackers would respond to those steps, let alone what the responses to that level would be. What ideas come to your mind out of all of this?
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09-14-2018, 12:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: Anti-Drone defenses?
I don't think these fellows have enough on-board AI to do the facial recognition, so they need to 'phone home' for their 'brain' to work.
Thus all you need to do is jam a few simple radio frequencies and all the bot will be able to do is hover (or possibly drop right to the ground if it does not have enough smarts to hover). A flyswatter or butterfly net will take care of the rest as of that point. |
09-14-2018, 12:50 PM | #3 | ||
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09-14-2018, 01:07 PM | #4 |
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Re: Anti-Drone defenses?
They may have problems with facial recognition with onboard computers but they should still have enough capability for default programs.
And a queen drone thats a bit bigger could identify targets.
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09-14-2018, 01:22 PM | #5 | |
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It also wouldn't be hard to make a drone detect jamming (successful or not) and switch to homing in on the strongest nearby radio emitter. |
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09-14-2018, 01:24 PM | #6 | |
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3 grams appears to be0.0066 lbs and multiply that by the REF of 1.4 for C4.. You take the square root of that and get 0.096. Multiply that by the 42 pts of damage (6Dx2) you'd get from a lb of TNT and it comes out to 4.0 which would round down to 1D of explosive concussion. Making a shaped charge probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. Even going to the top explosive from HT (CL20 I think) and you might get up to 5 pts.
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09-14-2018, 01:29 PM | #7 |
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09-14-2018, 01:36 PM | #8 | |
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If you can be that precise go for the carotid artery instead with a sharp blade and 3 grams of anti-coagulant. Lethal doses of botulin or ricin toxins are also very small.
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09-14-2018, 01:40 PM | #9 | |
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(Another split-second image implies that $2.5M can buy 700,000 tiny drones, implying that at least one model costs under $4...)
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09-14-2018, 10:04 PM | #10 |
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Re: Anti-Drone defenses?
And old SF reference to the concept: The Hellhound Project by Ron Goulart.
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