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The robots' fighting skills in the final episode (or lack thereof)


These robots are supposed to be "military standard", being put into combat and fighting/shooting effectively.
How come they missed so many shots?
More to the point, why couldn't they coordinate their shots so that they all fired at once?
I mean, only a few shot at first, and then the humans were fleeing in terror. That's a horrible strategy.
And at the very end, why did they have to jump on the guy trying to blow everyone up, why not shoot him? A bullet travels a lot faster than a quarter-ton robot.

Communication.
They could clearly receive orders from the laptop that Daniel had, yet they had to use hand signals to "speak" to each other? And did they *really* have to put their fingers to their ears to simulate communicating with a headset? They obviously had wireless communication built in.

Lastly, shooting positions. Why would a sturdy metal construction need to kneel to shoot with a simple rifle? The recoil should be like a feather brushing against it.

I know I know, they were designed to be humanoid-looking, but it's no need to have them do stuff that is not necessary and takes a lot longer to execute than the most logical stuff.

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Agreed. I was getting all happy that the robots had integrated radios and didn't speak to use them (No "roger roger") but the final kills were sloppy. It would have been very cool if while the Cylons were in the ring formation, they simply all drew their rifles at once, fired simultaneously, and dropped all the terrorists at once before anyone even knew what was happening.


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