[JesseK]

Technically via the rules of the game, if you become disabled on the field, well...there's no rule that says your opponents are no longer allowed to score in your trailer. So assume you can keep scoring in a disabled robot's trailer. If you put your bot on the field, then the refs have to assume that it will work, right? You're the one who put it on the field. Since there's still nothing in the rules that says what happens when a robot doesn't show up, don't assume anything! So if you're not working, it's up to you to not put it on the field...you're a hinderance whether you put it there or not so you should seek help ahead of time!

Now, from a strategy point of view, if a robot becomes disabled mid-match there are two things the alliance with the disabled bot can do:
1.)Tip the trailer and take the penalty (but take less points of balls put into the trailer after it's tipped over).
2.)Use that disabled bot as bait.

In all honesty, I forsee a greater point differential advantage in option #2 (oh snap, did I just give away something from my playbook?!)