| rdfs:comment | - Gun Drones are Henchman-level enemies and members of the Destroid villain group, robots constructed by the villain Doctor Destroyer.
- Although small and somewhat innocuous, those foes that underestimate Gun Drones often pay for such a costly mistake with their lives. Should an enemy be encountered, Gun Drones will accelerate to greater speed, skimming quickly into firing position, their underslung guns swivelling to unload their firepower upon the acquired target. Gun Drones are most commonly armed with twin-linked Pulse Carbines, a formidable weapon at short range, and are used by the Tau Fire Caste in combat alongside Fire Warriors as a form of fire support. Indeed, Gun Drones are the most common type of Drone found deployed by the Tau alongside their forces in battle. They are also ideal for many military applications that involve dangerous or tedious duties.
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| abstract | - Gun Drones are Henchman-level enemies and members of the Destroid villain group, robots constructed by the villain Doctor Destroyer.
- Although small and somewhat innocuous, those foes that underestimate Gun Drones often pay for such a costly mistake with their lives. Should an enemy be encountered, Gun Drones will accelerate to greater speed, skimming quickly into firing position, their underslung guns swivelling to unload their firepower upon the acquired target. Gun Drones are most commonly armed with twin-linked Pulse Carbines, a formidable weapon at short range, and are used by the Tau Fire Caste in combat alongside Fire Warriors as a form of fire support. Indeed, Gun Drones are the most common type of Drone found deployed by the Tau alongside their forces in battle. They are also ideal for many military applications that involve dangerous or tedious duties. In battle, Gun Drones will commonly serve under a Tau officer who commands it through the use of an electronic device known as a Drone Controller, and will provide support to their master and act as a form of robotic bodyguard. A remarkable feat of Earth Caste engineering, the artificial intelligence of Drones increases when they are networked together into squadrons, greatly ramping up their processing speed and ability for independent action. Such deadly squadrons have no need for Tau controllers and are capable of impressive tactical feats, and operating independently for long periods of time without the need for close supervision. Operating in such a capacity significantly increases the intelligence and processing speed of all the Drones in the squadron through the networking of processing, targeting, and sensor systems, making the whole far more deadly than the sum of its parts. So deeply do the Tau believe in the Greater Good, that even their Drones are always programmed with self-preservation protocols, and they will flee and escape rather than face certain destruction in the face of what each Drone's artificial intelligence (AI) deems to be hopeless odds. When needed Drone squadrons might be used in high-risk missions or purposefully moved to block enemy paths towards embattled units of Fire Warriors, but the Tau generally do not consider Drones to be disposable and the Drone artificial intelligence will analyse every possibility in order to ensure its own survival. However, the need to protect their Tau masters overrides this programming and Drones will sacrifice themselves in these circumstances by blocking enemy fire or getting in the way of close combat opponents.
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