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The other important ship attribute is its '''bandwidth'''. This is the ship's ability to control drones in space and is measured in Mbit/sec. You can only deploy as many drones as you have available bandwidth on your ship, and bigger drones require more bandwidth. Your ship's bandwidth is fixed and cannot be increased by skills or modules (but it can be decreased if a '''Warp Core Stabilizer''' is fitted).

Many ships (and especially [[Drone Capable Ships|dedicated drone ships]]) can carry many more drones in their drone bays than they can deploy at once; this allows them to selectively deploy different types of drones, or to replace drones that are destroyed in combat. With the exception of [[fighters]] (which are only used by capital ships) and special limited edition drones, a drone's bandwidth requirements (in Mbit/sec) is always the same number as its volume (in{{m3}}).

Many ships (and especially [[Drone Capable Ships|dedicated drone ships]]) can carry many more drones in their drone bays than they can deploy at once; this allows them to selectively deploy different types of drones, or to replace drones that are destroyed in combat. With the exception of [[fighters]] (which are only used by capital ships) and special limited edition drones, a drone's bandwidth requirements (in Mbit/sec) is always the same number as its volume (in {{m3|ns}}).

However, irrespective of your ship's bandwidth, you can only have as many drones in space at once as you have levels in the {{sk|Drones}} skill which allows up to 5 drones at level V. (The only exception to this limit is the very rare [[Guardian-Vexor]] cruiser.) This means that with high bandwidth you might be able to deploy five heavy or five light drones, while with lower bandwidth you may only be able to put out five of the light ones.

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| +22% to +30%<ref name="T2">Tech 2 and 'Augmented' drones gain an additional +2% damage for every level of the appropriate racial drone specialization skill (e.g. {{sk|Amarr Drone Specialization}} for Amarr drones) you have trained.</ref>

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The process of combining a mutaplasmid and an existing T1, T2, or Faction combat drone "mutates" it into a unique Abyssal drone with the original drone's stats randomly modified (for better or worse). The new drone will have the word Mutated inserted into its name such as Sentry Mutated Drone, and it will have unique stats and thus cannot be traded on the Market (you can trade them via Contracts etc.)

There exist separate mutaplasmids for each drone type and size and there are different ones depending on which stats you want to improve. "Exigent Sentry Drone Firepower ~~Metaplasmid~~" as an example that increases the damage stat. The effects that the mutaplasmid will have on the drone are described in its info. It will specify one or more stats that will be improved (by 0%-20% as an example) and it will alter each of the remaining stats (by -30% to +15% for example, but it varies by mutaplasmid and stat). Each stat change appears to be random and independent. By choosing the appropriate mutaplasmid you can thus guarantee that the stat(s) it primarily targets will go up (maybe not by much), but the rest of the stats are likely to decrease on average. You could, of course, get lucky and end up with a very powerful and valuable drone. A table of possible attribute changes is below.

There exist separate mutaplasmids for each drone type and size and there are different ones depending on which stats you want to improve. "Exigent Sentry Drone Firepower Mutaplasmid" as an example that increases the damage stat. The effects that the mutaplasmid will have on the drone are described in its info. It will specify one or more stats that will be improved (by 0%-20% as an example) and it will alter each of the remaining stats (by -30% to +15% for example, but it varies by mutaplasmid and stat). Each stat change appears to be random and independent. By choosing the appropriate mutaplasmid you can thus guarantee that the stat(s) it primarily targets will go up (maybe not by much), but the rest of the stats are likely to decrease on average. You could, of course, get lucky and end up with a very powerful and valuable drone. A table of possible attribute changes is below.

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 The other important ship attribute is its '''bandwidth'''. This is the ship's ability to control drones in space and is measured in Mbit/sec. You can only deploy as many drones as you have available bandwidth on your ship, and bigger drones require more bandwidth. Your ship's bandwidth is fixed and cannot be increased by skills or modules (but it can be decreased if a '''Warp Core Stabilizer''' is fitted).
-Many ships (and especially [[Drone Capable Ships|dedicated drone ships]]) can carry many more drones in their drone bays than they can deploy at once; this allows them to selectively deploy different types of drones, or to replace drones that are destroyed in combat. With the exception of [[fighters]] (which are only used by capital ships) and special limited edition drones, a drone's bandwidth requirements (in Mbit/sec) is always the same number as its volume (in{{m3}}).
+Many ships (and especially [[Drone Capable Ships|dedicated drone ships]]) can carry many more drones in their drone bays than they can deploy at once; this allows them to selectively deploy different types of drones, or to replace drones that are destroyed in combat. With the exception of [[fighters]] (which are only used by capital ships) and special limited edition drones, a drone's bandwidth requirements (in Mbit/sec) is always the same number as its volume (in {{m3|ns}}).
 However, irrespective of your ship's bandwidth, you can only have as many drones in space at once as you have levels in the {{sk|Drones}} skill which allows up to 5 drones at level V. (The only exception to this limit is the very rare [[Guardian-Vexor]] cruiser.) This means that with high bandwidth you might be able to deploy five heavy or five light drones, while with lower bandwidth you may only be able to put out five of the light ones.
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 | Tech 2
-| +22% to +30%<ref name="T2" />
+| +22% to +30%<ref name="T2">Tech 2 and 'Augmented' drones gain an additional +2% damage for every level of the appropriate racial drone specialization skill (e.g. {{sk|Amarr Drone Specialization}} for Amarr drones) you have trained.</ref>
 | [[File:Icon_velocity.png|24px|link=]] +20%
 | +20% [[File:icon_orbit.png|24px|link=]]
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 The process of combining a mutaplasmid and an existing T1, T2, or Faction combat drone "mutates" it into a unique Abyssal drone with the original drone's stats randomly modified (for better or worse). The new drone will have the word Mutated inserted into its name such as Sentry Mutated Drone, and it will have unique stats and thus cannot be traded on the Market (you can trade them via Contracts etc.)
-There exist separate mutaplasmids for each drone type and size and there are different ones depending on which stats you want to improve. "Exigent Sentry Drone Firepower Metaplasmid" as an example that increases the damage stat. The effects that the mutaplasmid will have on the drone are described in its info. It will specify one or more stats that will be improved (by 0%-20% as an example) and it will alter each of the remaining stats (by -30% to +15% for example, but it varies by mutaplasmid and stat). Each stat change appears to be random and independent. By choosing the appropriate mutaplasmid you can thus guarantee that the stat(s) it primarily targets will go up (maybe not by much), but the rest of the stats are likely to decrease on average. You could, of course, get lucky and end up with a very powerful and valuable drone. A table of possible attribute changes is below.
+There exist separate mutaplasmids for each drone type and size and there are different ones depending on which stats you want to improve. "Exigent Sentry Drone Firepower Mutaplasmid" as an example that increases the damage stat. The effects that the mutaplasmid will have on the drone are described in its info. It will specify one or more stats that will be improved (by 0%-20% as an example) and it will alter each of the remaining stats (by -30% to +15% for example, but it varies by mutaplasmid and stat). Each stat change appears to be random and independent. By choosing the appropriate mutaplasmid you can thus guarantee that the stat(s) it primarily targets will go up (maybe not by much), but the rest of the stats are likely to decrease on average. You could, of course, get lucky and end up with a very powerful and valuable drone. A table of possible attribute changes is below.
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