[cyberjoek]

I've been on a flight which gave me a bunch more time to nerd out with the manual and here's what I've found:
1. ROBOT = HOSTBOT + MINIBOT (as per the last sentence of the definition)
2. DEPLOYMENT – the act of positioning a MINIBOT on a TOWER.
3. MINIBOT - the autonomous vehicle designed as per 4.3.14*

Now, replacing some of the glossary words from their definitions
<G20>[HOSTBOT + MINIBOT]/HOSTBOTS may not contact their own TOWERS above the DEPLOYMENT LINE.

Violation: PENALTY for contact. TOWER is disabled if [the autonomous vehicle designed as per 4.3.14] is [positioned on a TOWER] above the DEPLOYMENT LINE.

Let's say you position your minibot with top 5" of it above the line and bottom 5" below. You are completing the act of deploying your MINIBOT both above and below the line. The act of positioning (DEPLOYMENT of) the MINIBOT has occurred above the line so you are the proud owner of an Ex-tower.

Looking forward to what the GCD has to say about this.
This rule needs lots of clarification because technically any minibot making the climb will get a PENALTY because it's touching the TOWER above the DEPLOYMENT LINE as it makes its climb and it's part of the ROBOT as defined within the first part of the rule.

*I'm assuming the 3.4 is a typo and we aren't getting a new major subsection inside The Game.