

Aren't dominators enabled after a cymatic scan, which judges the living
person's personality based on its brainwaves?

If so, why do the dominators get enabled in "lethal elimination" for drones in
several episodes?

EDIT:

As people pointed out, for drones dominators often get enabled in "destroy
decomposer" mode.


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Why are dominators activated for drones and robots?


So far, dominators are shown to have only [four enforcement
mode](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dominator). One is Non-Lethal
Paralyzer used on targets with crime coefficient between 100 and 300. The
other one is Lethal Eliminator used only for human targets with crime
coefficient above 300. The third and rarely used mode is the Destroy
Decomposer as mentioned by senshin and so far only used on non-human targets.
Fourth is shown in movie only, called Explosive Destroy Decomposer.

Dominators have the Lethal Eliminator mode activated when pointed at drones
because drones are non-living beings, therefore there is no need to use the
Non-Lethal Paralyzer as it would be just a waste of ammo. Also since before
activation Dominator scans the user to ensure its user's mental stability and
that the user has the appropriate rights, pointing Dominator at drones or
other non-living targets means that the user intents to destroy the target,
which is why Lethal Eliminator or other lethal shots mode are assumed.

Dominators use destroy decomposer mode on drones mainly because the Lethal
Eliminator mode makes the target grow bubbles and explode, which might be
dangerous when applied to drones. There are two dangers, one is the explosion
itself, since some sharp particles might fly out, and two is because only
parts surrounding the shot will explode, which means some part of the drone
might survive the shot. The left part might still function, which is why
destroy decomposer is used to make sure that the target drone is completely
eliminated.


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