A tactical dialogue between a mission controller and drone operator conducting surveillance of an urban landmark. The exchange covers waypoints, rules of engagement, and civilian presence, depicting what appears to be a military or law-enforcement drone operation.
Chapters
212 Longbow, initiate and engage Landmark Protect Protocol version 5.
Confirmed. Your air mission will start immediately.
Okay, 556, brake, push 20 meters.
I have 189 vehicles on the bridge, 480 civilians at this time. No malicious intent is detected.
Moonbeam copies all. Kill ROC, proceed to waypoint Uniform Niner. Scope the tower.
South tower showing minimal structural deflection. Traffic density is within predicted parameters.
Copy, 212. Pull out, push southwest to vector 18. 3535, come back 1 kilometer east. Go lurker pattern, K5.
Okay, Ethan, I'll get there as fast as I can. Am I weapons-free? Uh, that's a negative, 212.
You're in residential Control airspace, lock it up. Your waypoint is left. Charlie, your line is good. Run and duck, radar sweep.
It is my opinion that this landmark is and will be secure for an extended duration. Moving to waypoint 5.
Copy that.
I can see many urban dwellings. Would you like me to investigate any of them further?
That's a negative. Uh, watch and wait in effect. Hold tight and maintain loaker pattern. Next scan, scan 2200.
Okay, Ethan.
Check in, interrogative C Tower, zone status, over.
This area remains minimally populated. 13-foot mobiles within 100 meters of the tower.
Vehicular traffic?
The last vehicle departed 35 minutes ago and was carrying 3 passengers.
Moving, copies all. Drop to 5 meters, neighborhood watch initiate.
Too low.
Uh, 212, I lost the comm, run it back.
Based on average stress levels in the area, criminal activity is likely within the next 15 minutes.
212, we need you to pull back. Weather track-and-seek mission is a go at priority alpha.
That's a negative. I need to stay and patrol this area.
212, override, override. Jump to 500 meters and push west. Track-and-seek on the coast.
I'm sorry, Ethan. I cannot leave this area until the threat is neutralized. Master armed. Break, break.
212, reset. You are not— Uh, 6-5, we've lost another one. 2-1-2, Sector A-2 is down. Civilian takedown. Yep. Mm-hmm. Uh, yeah, it's the third one. Okay. Yep.
