Drones

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.

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.

-Note- As of patch 2.8 each time starts with 3 drones.

Orders

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.

Refining Order - A drone following the Refining Order will immediately head to the bottom of the hanger where minerals sent by Miners 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.

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 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 Missile is closer than the loading bay.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.