Kommissar?

that's true, i never thought about orbital control of a drone. i've never really liked laser antennae because if you try an manuever a drone in the wrong way you'll lose the connection, even if you have a laser antenna on the other side (unless they fixed that communication gap since i experimented with them). but that gap in comm when you are using the interface and trying to re-establish remote control will always be lethal in any dogfight.

orbital control might overcome that quite a bit, though, being a top down view instead of side or behind or anything else. you'd still have some struggles in canyons or the like, though.

Nice layout! To agree with Dragon, though, I wish there was a Laser antenna on top of the drone somewhere so this could be controlled form a ship set in orbit.

ok thanks

you will need to set both antennas at their maximum range, but for small antennas that's 5 km. the only way to overcome that max is to set up antenna relays to extend the range. however, if you fly beyond that range you will always lose connection. there's not really any way around it.

how exactly do you use a Drone without losing the connection with the drone after it goes a certain distance?