Attack Drones

Attack drones are a form of advanced Site Alpha technology. They are primarily used for securing all Site Alpha assets. These assets are usually the ACZ, Alpha class anomalies, and most importantly, Director Raven. The drones themselves are colored red and black with two large propellers on each side. They have a high-powered machine gun supplied with laser ammunition on the bottom and a red eye on the front. The entire drone is covered in a powerful red shield and they have "fins" on the top. Attack Drones will speak in simple, few-word phrases in between brackets to communicate. Some examples are: [IDENTIFY], [HALT], [ACKNOWLEDGED], or [UNAUTHORIZED].
In lore, drones are controlled by human operators within Site Alpha and therefore hold sentience. In-game, the drones are played by Anomaly Actors.
=== Duties ===
As previously mentioned, Attack Drones are used for the security of Site Alpha assets. They will often engage in escorting Site Alpha anomalies. RS-0001 is more heavily guarded because it is known to cause trouble for Site Alpha. They may also guard high-ranking Site Alpha staff, most of the time Director Raven. Before the Epsilon Revamp Update, if there were no assets on-site to guard, Attack Drones would station outside the Alpha Containment Zone and kill trespassers. Now, Attack Drones will usually only make an appearance on-site for the following reasons: An Alpha class anomaly is online, Director Raven is online, other Site Alpha personnel such as SASC and SARD are online and for Lore Events involving Site Alpha. They may also escort tests on Alpha class anomalies as their chambers are now hidden across the site. (For example RS-0666's chamber being hidden in the cave system) 
Escort groups range from 1-4 Attack Drones depending on the VIP's importance.
Drones have a stipulated hierarchy of protection for assets, persons, or entities falling under the capacity of Site Alpha’s security operations. The hierarchy exists as follows:
# Director Raven
# Surveillance of Hostile Alpha Subjects
# Guarding areas of interest (Dark Matter Reactor + Alpha Containment Zone)
# Guarding Friendly Alpha Subjects
Director Raven is the utmost priority for all Attack Drones. Upon his presence being recognized, all existing duty posts are to be abandoned and drones are to fly 3 - 4 studs above his head in a “wedged” position, similar to those formulated by Falcon-2. Director Raven has no stipulated killzone, however, one of any range may be initialized at the Director's request. No one is immune, aside from SCPs.
If a hostile Alpha class anomaly is online, the Attack Drone will surveil the anomaly, and attempt to keep it out of civil areas such as Site Phi and the Class-D Containment Zone. This is to keep good relations with the site administration and to minimize foundation loss.
The threat list for Site Alpha subjects is as follows:
=== Major Threat: ===
* RS-8871 - Flesh Crawler
* RS-0666 - Dreadstalker
=== Moderate Threat: ===
* RS-9481 - Frosty
=== Low Threat: ===
* RS-0001 - Pan Stan
Category:Site Alpha
Category:Alpha Containment Zone
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