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| The drone console can be used to designate tasks to your [[Battlecruiser]]'s drones. Drones either be prepared in the starting lobby by adding an A.I. to the team or by purchasing a drone directly from the console, which will initially cost 150 [[Veldite]] and 30 [[Kermiculite]], increasing by 50 [[Veldite]] and 10 [[Kermiculite]] with every purchased drone. At any given time, you may only have up to 10 drones ''including'' any A.I. set at the start of the match.
| | Drones are non-player AI's that can be controlled from the AI Console. |
| | | see [[AI Console|this]] for more information. |
| Though the current tasks available to drones are limited, it is intended for A.I. to be able to perform all tasks such that the game could be played without ever leaving the drone console.
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| -Note- As of patch 2.8 each time starts with 3 drones. | |
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| == Orders ==
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| '''Mining Order''' - A drone following the Mining Order will attempt to launch a [[Miner]] from your [[Battlecruiser]]'s hanger. If there are no available miners, the drone will wait until one becomes available. Once launched, the drone will travel in a seemingly random direction until it finds an asteroid included in the minerals it has been designated to gather and then mine it. Drones tend to send back at a high frequency, and will often turbo boost at even the slightest sign of a [[Wraith]] making them difficult to kill head on.
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| '''Refining Order''' - A drone following the Refining Order will immediately head to the bottom of the hanger where minerals sent by [[Miner]]s arrive. Upon the arrival of resources, the drone will immediately begin to pick them up until either its inventory is full or there are no more minerals. Following any pick up, it will head to the [[Refinery]] at a walking speed (as opposing to sprinting) and place the minerals in the refining area. The Refining Order is often used due to the tedious nature of refining.
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| '''Loading Missiles Order''' - A drone following the Loading [[Missiles]] Order will wait at the spawn location on the [[Battlecruiser]]. The moment any [[Missiles]] are dropped or created, regardless of location, the drone will attempt to pick them up until there are either no more available [[Missiles]] or its inventory is full. Then, depending on if a bay or a [[Missiles|Missile]] is closer, it will either attempt to pick up more or load the nearest missile bay. If more [[Missiles]] are made available while the drone is loading, it will attempt to fill its inventory first if the [[Missiles|Missile]] is closer than the loading bay.
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| '''Attack Nearby Order''' - A drone following the Attack Nearby Order will immediately attempt to move onto the [[Weapons Console]]. While on it, it will attempt to fire at all enemies that are both visible and within firing range at a speed which increases based upon the enemy's proximity using the weapon type designated on the drone console. If the fire [[Missiles|Missile]] option is enabled, the drone will immediately attempt to fire all missiles that are loaded if aimed at the enemy [[Battlecruiser]] within a close distance.
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| '''Science Order''' - A drone following the Science Order will immediately attempt to move onto the [[Science Console]]. While on it, it will attempt to use [[Power Transfer]] and [[Radar Ping]] abilities. If there is 30 [[Kermiculite]] and the [[Fusion Core]]'s stability is below 90% the drone will use
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| the [[Core Purge]] ability. If the [[Iron Curtain]] ability is researched and the BC is taking hull damage, the drone will use the IRon Curtain ability
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| There is an option in the [[Drones [A.I]]] Console to allow the drone to build the [[Yamato Cannon]] if their is 50 [[Pyromantite]] and 40 [[Kermiculite]]
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| It is suggested to leave this option 'off' early game because the kermiculite is very rare early game and important to needed upgrades such as [[Hardened sheilds]] and [[Vessal Energy Upgrade]]. But is wise to turn it on later in the game once you have alot of Pyromantite and Kermiculite.
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Drones are non-player AI's that can be controlled from the AI Console.
see this for more information.