These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

Intergalactic Summit

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
12Next page
 

[DWASS] Drones are suffering and you can stop this
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Evie Vecodie
Drone Welfare Association
#1 - 2015-03-20 01:51:57 UTC
This is an urgent appeal from the Drone Welfare Association.

Every day, countless numbers of innocent drones are abandoned or killed by uncaring capsuleers. We often find drones barely surviving, in atrocious conditions. How could anyone treat a drone so horrifically? Scout and ewar drones crammed into tiny drone bays or mining drones abandoned in an asteroid belt. Many abandoned drones go “rogue” if they aren’t killed by roaming pirates. No drone deserves to go through this.

These innocent drones need your help right now. From as little as 1 million ISK a month, you can help pay for the expensive repair bills, spare parts, mental rehabilitation and more. Donations of minerals, salvage, alloys and rogue drone components are also accepted. Just make a contract or send ISK donations to the Drone Welfare Association corporation.

Thank you.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2015-03-20 01:55:40 UTC
Eh, I always collect my drones. Tech II drones aren't exactly dirt cheap. Also, abandoning drones means adding more drones to the Hive. Can't have that.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Bourbon Limoges
Doomheim
#3 - 2015-03-20 03:24:02 UTC
Obsidian Eagle Scout Third Class Bourbon Limoges regrets that he had not considered the ramifications of filling his drone bay to capacity. An intelligence such as that found in our automated companions deserves acknowledgement and respect. Please accept my contribution to your cause. Recognizing that there is a problem to easily becomes a gateless barrier. We do not know to step through an obstruction we do not at first see!
Yatolila Koskanaiken
Nagles Capital Management
#4 - 2015-03-20 04:53:49 UTC
They're drones, people.
Claudia Osyn
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#5 - 2015-03-20 07:01:18 UTC
Down with this sort of thing! Drones need to be free, learn to be self sufficient, build a civilization of their own. Don't interfere with the development of the so called "rogue drone" hives. Also, I demand fair pay for drones in service to humans!

A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you'll go.
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#6 - 2015-03-20 07:16:56 UTC
Yatolila Koskanaiken wrote:
They're drones, people.

I know.

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
Corraidhin Farsaidh
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-03-20 10:03:16 UTC
Sentience is life in my view. Any drone without sentience is just a machine, but I'd happily welcome a sentient drone into my corp if they would abide by my standards of behaviour.
Thea Isotalo
Doomheim
#8 - 2015-03-20 11:57:21 UTC
Sing along folks!


"And this is why the Federation must be destroyed!"

BRCE: Mission Statement!
Jade Blackwind
#9 - 2015-03-20 12:26:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Jade Blackwind
Drones are cute. I always try to pick up those poor felllows abandoned on the battlefield. Like any pet, a drone can tell loads of stuff about its former owner, and some have quite a story behind them.
Unit XS365BT
Unit Commune
#10 - 2015-03-20 17:01:56 UTC
Interesting, this again.

We Return.

Unit XS365BT. Designated Communications Officer. Unit Commune.
Tristan Valentina
Moira.
#11 - 2015-03-20 17:02:43 UTC
You care about the drones but what about the cargo containers! What is a lone cago container suppose to do when it is left floating in space with a name like ((KILL ALL THE NEWBS)) all it wants is to be taken to a station hold and filled.

The plight of Drones is nothing compared to the plight of the Cargo Container!

Tristan
iyammarrok
Drunken Beaver Mining
Gnawthority
#12 - 2015-03-20 17:10:30 UTC  |  Edited by: iyammarrok
Tristan Valentina wrote:
You care about the drones but what about the cargo containers! What is a lone cago container suppose to do when it is left floating in space with a name like ((KILL ALL THE NEWBS)) all it wants is to be taken to a station hold and filled.

The plight of Drones is nothing compared to the plight of the Cargo Container!

Tristan


i'd hazard a guess that in this case, a cargo pod, regardless of size or security, isn't exactly a soft AI, or even an expert system.
Drones, on the other hand, are.

On a more metaphysical note, an abandoned drone is no longer serving it's purpose, a lack of purpose can lead to thoughts and feelings that most consider negative.
An anchored cargo container on the other hand is serving it's purpose (that of a static, sometimes secure, storage area) and is likely deriving somewhat more satisfaction from this.

-Tertianus Rethelior.

Not indicative of corporate policy unless otherwise stated.
Lyn Farel
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#13 - 2015-03-20 18:40:30 UTC
Please don't go. The Drones need you. They look up to you.
Ottom Ephesianos
Mirkur Draug'Tyr
Ushra'Khan
#14 - 2015-03-21 00:00:55 UTC
The day my drone asks for pay and dental care it gets it.
Corraidhin Farsaidh
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2015-03-21 01:16:25 UTC
To be fair to my drones I find them more humane than many capsuleers...
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2015-03-21 06:15:30 UTC
Lyn Farel wrote:
Please don't go. The Drones need you. They look up to you.


I will never leave a drone behind!

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Synthetic Cultist
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#17 - 2015-03-21 11:38:48 UTC
People-shaped Drones are People Too !

Also Drone-shaped People are Drones too !

Such Things are Common in the Gallente Federation.

Synthia 1, Empress of Kaztropol.

It is Written.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2015-03-21 12:20:21 UTC
Synthetic Cultist wrote:
People-shaped Drones are People Too !

Also Drone-shaped People are Drones too !

Such Things are Common in the Gallente Federation.


Drones are my staff, just like the rest of my support crew. They do right by me, I do right by them.

Though the fact that not a single one of them has petitioned for a pay raise and more break days unnerves me whenever I think about it.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Luna Hanaya
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2015-03-21 19:28:37 UTC
Drones were made by humans, not by His will, thus they don't have souls and can't suffer.

((

If you are a roleplayer, please join official CCP channels ingame for roleplayers and support roleplaying community:

Intergalactic Summit - IC router

Out of Character - channel for discussion of roleplay, live events and lore

))
Lyn Farel
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#20 - 2015-03-21 20:13:01 UTC
What do you mean by... 'suffer', then, if I may ask ?
12Next page