You can only deploy as many drones as you have available bandwidth on your ship, and bigger drones require more bandwidth. This is the ship's ability to control drones in space and is measured in Mbit/sec. The other important ship attribute is its 'bandwidth'.

You can only move drones in or out of your drone bay while docked at a station, or by using a ship/structure with fitting service (e.g. While you can carry drones in your cargo bay, you can only use them if they are in the drone bay. Only drones can be carried in a drone bay it cannot be used to carry other cargo. The size of your ship's drone bay is fixed and cannot be enlarged using modules or skills. The Tristan has a 40 m 3 drone bay, which means it can carry up to eight light drones (which take up 5 m 3 each), or four medium drones (10 m 3 each), or a combination of the two (e.g. On the other hand, drones need to travel to their targets before applying their damage, and they can be destroyed by enemy fire. In addition, there are drones for specialized uses: such as mining, electronic warfare, and logistics.Ĭompared to the other combat weapons systems in EVE, drones provide a great deal of flexibility. While most drones are used as support, some ships use drones as their primary way of dealing damage. All four races use drones to a greater or lesser degree, so many ships, especially larger ships, will have drone capabilities. Weapon Systemsĭrones are semi-autonomous vehicles launched from ships and designed to augment the launching ship's capabilities. If you are looking for ships that carry drones, see Drone Capable Ships.

For a detailed discussion of the use of drones, including PvP and PvE tactics, see Drone mechanics. This article describes the various kinds of drones and explains how they work.

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