these came up in this thread:<br />http://www.starfrontiers.us/node/9896<br /><br />I seem to remember something about Volturnus first being explored by an unmanned probe<br /><br />I think that a HS 1 hull with an astrogation package, an intended as single use atomic drive- I say single use but that is for this mission- basically its a type A atomic drive with multiple fuel pellets that the robotic AI will use to void jump to the system then land on a planet, despite not getting an overhaul the engine might be used to lift off and land on another planet in the same system. <br /><br />to continue using existing game tech the probe is controled by a level 5 robotic brain the 1980's envisioned ansewr for AI. <br /><br />it will have atmo probes and a landing probe (maybe)<br /><br />it has energy sensors (scanners)<br /><br />the equiv of the environmentalist tool kit built into it so that little sample collecting robots will bring back samples for testing<br /><br />finally it will have a subspace radio that it uses to send back data.
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