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* Drones will pursue a target to the limit of your drone control range, which is determined by your drones skills and any Drone Link Augmentors you have fitted on your ship. This is true even if your drone control range exceeds your ship's targeting range - if the target runs away you will lose lock but your drones will continue to attack. | * Drones will pursue a target to the limit of your drone control range, which is determined by your drones skills and any Drone Link Augmentors you have fitted on your ship. This is true even if your drone control range exceeds your ship's targeting range - if the target runs away you will lose lock but your drones will continue to attack. | ||
* If the target being engaged by your drones moves out of your drone control range, those drones will begin idling and return to your ship via their sublight propulsion (that is, not using their MWD). This can take a long time unless you manually give them the "return and orbit" or "return to drone bay" commands, which cause them to engage their MWD while returning. | * If the target being engaged by your drones moves out of your drone control range, those drones will begin idling and return to your ship via their sublight propulsion (that is, not using their MWD). This can take a long time unless you manually give them the "return and orbit" or "return to drone bay" commands, which cause them to engage their MWD while returning. | ||
* It is possible with high Drone Navigation skill, Drone Navigation Computers fitted, and/or light drones, for | * It is possible with high Drone Navigation skill, Drone Navigation Computers fitted, and/or light drones, for your drones' MWD speed to be too fast to properly brake around your ship, making them unable to return to your bay when given "return to bay" orders. However "return and orbit" orders will cancel this endlessly looping behavior. | ||
* Similarly, very fast drones when ordered to attack a fast target will often become confused and begin idling instead of attacking if they cannot form a stable orbit. Keep an eye on your drones' status in your drone window when fighting Interceptors - spamming your "engage target" button may become necessary to keep them all fighting. | * Similarly, very fast drones when ordered to attack a fast target will often become confused and begin idling instead of attacking if they cannot form a stable orbit. Keep an eye on your drones' status in your drone window when fighting Interceptors - spamming your "engage target" button may become necessary to keep them all fighting. | ||
* Your drones will obey orders to kill each other! Be careful with your commands when using remote repair drones alongside combat drones. | * Your drones will obey orders to kill each other! Be careful with your commands when using remote repair drones alongside combat drones. | ||