Talk:Drone weapon

What do any of you think the yield is a estimate of it. Mine would be 250 megatons.


 * You do realize that 250 megatons is almost as strong as the Mt. St. Helens blast right? As powerful as drones are, I don't think they're that powerful. —AscendedAlteran 17:57, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * They were never meant to be powerful in that sense. They can disable ships without destroying them, thats part of the point of them, although with their drilling properties they can destroy ships quite easily too. Sman789 18:27, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * What I'm saying is that drone weapons have nowhere near that much explosive power. As per the discussion below: most of their damage probably comes from overloading systems. —AscendedAlteran 01:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah I agree with that. Although for that reason I am surprised that the Ancients used drones when they attacked Asuras, I mean, they would have had nukes and stuff, or why not jut send a command for them to disassemble. Even if the Ancients couldn't just tell them to its easy enough to land on the main tower and change that central data core thing for a disassemble command in the next update (especially when the Asurans couldn't attack the strike team.) Sman789 17:24, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * First of all I don't think those were drones; the movement was too linear. Second, when did the Ancients do anything in the Pegasus galaxy that made any sense at all? —AscendedAlteran 18:33, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

They probably give off radiation as well to disrupt ship systems. Sman789 17:34, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * If your referring to the ability to pass through shields, then its probably more along the lines of an EM field, similar to how gateships can/could pass through Atlantis' shield. If not, don't forget that anything with its own power source gives off radiation. It is possible that drones were designed to produce more radiation than usual to disrupt systems, but once they were through the shield it really wouldn't matter. The only secondary effect that makes since incorporating into the design would be causing systems to actually overload. —AscendedAlteran 17:57, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I didn't mean the passing through shields, I meant radiation to damage ship's systems, but like a lot of it, not just the power core stuff. Sman789 18:25, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I think your right about that. Its probably similar to the Tollan ion cannon: most of its damage comes from causing systems to fry and the power core to overload. So its plausable that drone somehow transfer energy into the power grid and let it overload. Since the grid courses throughout the ship, massive damage can be achieved with only a few drones. —AscendedAlteran 01:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Do you think there's a difference between Ancient manufactured drones and Asuran manufactured one?


 * Yes the asuran ones use older technology because the ancients made new stuff after they (pretty much) destroyed the asurans Sman789 12:28, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I was thinking that the Asurans made drones that are alot less advanced than the ones the ancients made. They act more like wraith energy weapons than drones because they fly more linierly. They dont seem to pass through their target repeatedly.—Tau&#39;ri 21300 12:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I dont think the asurans were firing drones on the ep where the tau'ri blow them all up, just energy weapons, but they were when they shot down that puddle jumper. But as I said before the ancients would have upgraded their technology after they destroyed the asurans (because they were fighting a war,) so the asurans would only have access to the older drones and shields and ships (like their Aurora class ships are probably weaker which is why the asgard beas blew them up so easily. They also never do research so they wouldnt have advanced their technology any more than when the ancients left them. Sman789 15:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
 * In Be All My Sins Remember'd (The episode where the Tau'ri "Blew them up"), the Asurans did fire drones. Although, they probably weren't as detailed looking as in previous episodes because of all of the computer graphics used in that battle. (Just an idea)&mdash;Anubis 10545 19:10, 13 December 2008 (UTC)