Skull Merchant Rework… Hear me out.

WaveyTrey

She still has 4 Drones.

She can place a drone in the direction she is facing. The drone goes into active mode, but with a cone of 45 degrees with a 10M length. Panning left to right like a fan. If a survivor is detected by getting caught in the cone it enters scanning mode.

With scanning mode the drone actually begins to follow the survivor while performing sweeping scans from a 10M distance (Like how the cinematic shows the Drones chasing Thalita and Renato). As long as the survivor is being scanned they will hear a constant TR and heartbeat as if SM was chasing them. The aura of the drone turns Yellow for SM. SM can see her drones following any detected survivors.

If SM injures a survivor that’s being pursued by a Drone she gains Undetectable for 15 seconds

If a survivor tries to run up to the drone directly as it’s sweeping them the drone will move away. Constantly keeping a 10M distance. To approach the drone in pursuit the survivor has to crouch towards it. Which allows the survivor to hack the drone to get it to stop following them.

Drones that have been hacked will remain stationary for the next 30 seconds. Hacked drones can’t be recalled until they reboot. Add ons can affect how fast a drone can reboot, or causes the drone to behave differently upon reboot.

If a survivor hacks the drone that was following them it will place a tracker on that survivor for 30 seconds. SM can trace the whereabouts of a tracked survivor with her remote. Whenever SM looks to trace a tracked survivor a 10% Hindered penalty is applied to them until the tracker falls off.

If a survivor is injured when they hack a drone that was pursuing them it will apply incapacitated.

If a survivor fails to hack a drone it attaches a tracker, takes a health state if healthy, and applies incapacitated.

If a survivor being pursued by a drone is placed into the dying state the drone enters active mode. Then retraces the path it made back to its original position from when it detected that survivor. If it detects another survivor on its way back it repeats the pursuing process. Retracing itself back to where the last survivor was detected.

If a survivor is detected by another drone while being pursued by one the extra drone will levitate higher. Creating the circular active ring for 30 seconds.

Whenever a survivor pursued by a drone is in ring they become Exposed until they step out of the ring.

If a survivor with a tracker is in the ring the battery refills.

If a survivor without a tracker is in the ring the drone attaches a tracker onto them.