Combat Drones
OK so I made sure that you were furnished with some of my classy Combat Drone MK1’s. These like all the other elements we have discussed require Bandwidth. The Mk1 only requires 5BW per drone, so essentially should you wish you could deploy 3 of them using your Marauders 15 BW.
Deploy & Guard
Once deployed the drones will circle your ship on the lookout for pirates. Any such unsuspecting ship gets within range and even dares look at you with a squint they will attack like a pack of rabid dogs 🙂 They are tenacious and will give their lives freely to save yours.
Damage & Repair
Combat Drones will take damage – its part of their nature, they will divert the pirates attacks from time to time as they harass and annoy the Pirates. If they survive they will begin a process of self repair after a short period out of combat. Once at Full health a small green arrow will appear next to the drone in the respective panel. A drone cannot be recalled if damaged.
Mixing Combat drones, repair drones and of course Turrets gives you a wide range of options when in combat and that’s before you fire a single shot from any guns you have fitted.