help drone
Message Drone are a type of droid that acts as a carrier pigeon that can be used to send items, credits, and messages to other characters in the game. The receiving character needs to be logged in and not on a ship or in a jail cell in order for their package to arrive. The drone WILL wait in limbo until they log in, but that is susceptible to being erased with copyovers and mud crashes. You will not be reimbursed if this happens, sorry. SENDING A DRONE 1) - Use the CALL command to summon a drone. This will not work if you are on a ship or have the maximum number of followers. The drone will take a few seconds to arrive. 2) - If youre sending items or credits, give them over to the drone now. Note that when your drone arrives, it will drop everything on the floor except credits, so its recommended to put them in a bag or container, then give that to the drone. 3) - You need to give the drone a message disk with the receiving character's name in the to field. Check out help datamem for more on how to create a disk. When you receive a drone, it will drop the message disk and any items its holding on the ground. If the drone has credits, you can either use the beg skill, use the DISMISS command, or kill it - dont worry, they're easy to take down. Using the DISMISS command will order the drone to drop all credits and depart, boldly venturing on to its next delivery job. See Also: HELP DISMISS, HELP CALL