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Effectively, a full flight of T1 repair drones amount to less combined repair capacity than a single remote repair module of the same type:

* 75% for light and medium, 93.75% for heavy armor and shield repair drones

* 37.5% for light and medium, 48.875% for heavy hull repair drones

=== Salvage drones ===

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For comparison, a Miner I mining module can mine 40 m<sup>3</sup>/min of ore. There are no mining drones for [[Gas Cloud Mining|gas]] harvesting.

Much like a mining module, if the mine cycle is manually cut short (in this case, by ordering the drone to return), the drone will get the amount of ore mined proportionally to how much of the cycle was completed, but in other cases progress will be cancelled, including if the ship has no more room for the ore by the time they return.

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* {{sk|Drone Interfacing|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drones' damage (and mining yield for mining drones) by 10% per level. Train this to level IV quickly to make your drones much more effective (level IV is the equivalent of having two extra drones in space); the long train to level V is worth it if you're specializing in drones, or as a prerequisite for capital ship drones.

* {{sk|Drone Durability|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases the shield, armor, and structure hit points (HP) of your drones by 5% per level. Useful to make (particularly your more expensive) drones live longer, but is not a high-priority skill.

* {{sk|Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone control range by 5km per skill level, and allows you to use Drone Link Augmentor modules (which increase your drone control range even further). Training this skill is vital for sentry drone users, and moderately useful for other combat drones.

* {{sk|Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone control range by 5km per skill level, and allows you to use Drone Link Augmentor modules (which increase your drone control range even further). Training this skill is vital for sentry drone users, and moderately useful for other combat drones. Its less useful for salvage and mining drones, due to their need to return to the owner periodically.

* {{sk|Advanced Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: In addition to unlocking EW drones (see below), this skill also increases your drone control range by 3km per skill level.

* {{sk|Drone Sharpshooting|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drones' optimal range (but not their falloff) by 5% per level, and allows you to use Omnidirectional Tracking Link and Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer modules (which boost drone optimal range and tracking). This skill is vital for sentry drones, but less important for other drones.

* {{sk|Drone Navigation|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone's microwarpdrive speed by 5% per level, and allows you to use Drone Navigation Computer modules (which increase it even further). This skill is very important for users of heavy drones (and of no small benefit to light and medium drones).

* {{sk|Drone Navigation|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone's microwarpdrive speed by 5% per level, and allows you to use Drone Navigation Computer modules (which increase it even further). This skill is very important for users of heavy drones (and of no small benefit to light and medium drones). Also useful for most other types of drones (except Sentry drones)

'''Racial drone specialization:'''<br>

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+Effectively, a full flight of T1 repair drones amount to less combined repair capacity than a single remote repair module of the same type:
+* 75% for light and medium, 93.75% for heavy armor and shield repair drones
+* 37.5% for light and medium, 48.875% for heavy hull repair drones
 === Salvage drones ===
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 For comparison, a Miner I mining module can mine 40&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup>/min of ore. There are no mining drones for [[Gas Cloud Mining|gas]] harvesting.
+Much like a mining module, if the mine cycle is manually cut short (in this case, by ordering the drone to return), the drone will get the amount of ore mined proportionally to how much of the cycle was completed, but in other cases progress will be cancelled, including if the ship has no more room for the ore by the time they return.
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 * {{sk|Drone Interfacing|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drones' damage (and mining yield for mining drones) by 10% per level. Train this to level IV quickly to make your drones much more effective (level IV is the equivalent of having two extra drones in space); the long train to level V is worth it if you're specializing in drones, or as a prerequisite for capital ship drones.
 * {{sk|Drone Durability|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases the shield, armor, and structure hit points (HP) of your drones by 5% per level. Useful to make (particularly your more expensive) drones live longer, but is not a high-priority skill.
-* {{sk|Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone control range by 5km per skill level, and allows you to use Drone Link Augmentor modules (which increase your drone control range even further). Training this skill is vital for sentry drone users, and moderately useful for other combat drones.
+* {{sk|Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone control range by 5km per skill level, and allows you to use Drone Link Augmentor modules (which increase your drone control range even further). Training this skill is vital for sentry drone users, and moderately useful for other combat drones. Its less useful for salvage and mining drones, due to their need to return to the owner periodically.
 * {{sk|Advanced Drone Avionics|mult=yes|price=yes}}: In addition to unlocking EW drones (see below), this skill also increases your drone control range by 3km per skill level.
 * {{sk|Drone Sharpshooting|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drones' optimal range (but not their falloff) by 5% per level, and allows you to use Omnidirectional Tracking Link and Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancer modules (which boost drone optimal range and tracking). This skill is vital for sentry drones, but less important for other drones.
-* {{sk|Drone Navigation|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone's microwarpdrive speed by 5% per level, and allows you to use Drone Navigation Computer modules (which increase it even further). This skill is very important for users of heavy drones (and of no small benefit to light and medium drones).
+* {{sk|Drone Navigation|mult=yes|price=yes}}: Increases your drone's microwarpdrive speed by 5% per level, and allows you to use Drone Navigation Computer modules (which increase it even further). This skill is very important for users of heavy drones (and of no small benefit to light and medium drones). Also useful for most other types of drones (except Sentry drones)
 '''Racial drone specialization:'''<br>