TL9 drones

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by Anders

There are some drones in HT:EE

The first GURPS campaign I ever ran featured travel in a starship that the PCs thought was sentient. (In modern day terms, it would be an AI). The "sentience" was in the computer program/computer. In GURPS Fourth Edition terms, it could be considered TL9.

With it, the ship could make 'jumps" through space on its own, so effectively could work as a drone in limited circumstances. (My high school concepts ended up being very similar to what's now being looked at by NASA! Although unlike me they actually know what they're talking about.)

The GURPS Spaceships series has options for sentient ships (and I of course mention a few options, and GURPS books, for living ships in GURPS Fantasy Folk: Elves.)

As for HT EE, years ago I did prototype testing on things similar to the N3459 HT EE# 553027 that were later used in aircraft and NASA spacecraft, likely including drones. (Because of the high level of secrecy/security, I often had very little idea of what the prototypes I tested were planned for.) Then again, maybe you're referring to GURPS High-Tech: Electricity and Electronics which I didn't work on.

On a side note, I didn't know for a long time that drones are actually over 100 years old! So they go back to TL6. So history might give you some ideas.