snipped-for-privacy@some.domain wrote: : : which was the first fully autonomus and unmanned bolo? i'm thinking the mk 9, : but it's been a long time. want a dinechrone brigade kit. with damage parts, : of course, like the dozer blade and scraper. : Depending on how you define "fully autonomous" :-), it could be as late as the Mk XXII(I)b, from, IIRC, "Long Way Home".
The Mk XXII(I)b was "misplaced" during one of the infestations of the Concordiat, and was later "found" and given to a "mental case" (for losing his Bolo) to de-activate.
Anyway, the upshot of all this is that the Mk XXII(I)b was the first Bolo that could be safely left in the "Battle Reflex" mode without risking any "unfortunate incidents". :-)
For "Battle Reflex" mode awareness, I am thinking it was around a Mk IV or VI? There was a short about a Bolo in South America(?) that was described as "a trucated cone". The operator died due to wounds received, but the Bolo continued to operate autonomously for several days/weeks before anybody wised up. Not that any of the friendlies really wanted to admit that they suspected the jig was up...
Bruce