From his references to grisled and gay, saints and sinners, darkness and sunshine, we might suppose that Hawthorne laments the loss of the Maypole and the psychosexual energy it signifies, concluding his creation story with wistful regret for what might have been.
Otherwise, the empire is up for grabs between the grisled saints and the gay sinners.
To be fair, none but the most basic sensors are operational on UAVs, technically, because only one UAV, the
grisled Pioneer, is technically operational.