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==Drone Basics==

~~===~~Dronebay~~===~~

'''The Dronebay'''

A ship must have a dronebay to use drones. You can find out if your ship has a dronebay, and how big it is, by looking at the Attributes tab in its Show Info window -- if it has a dronebay, it will tell you the dronebay's capacity in meters cubed (m<sup>3</sup>).

To open the dronebay, either right-click on your ship in your hangar and select 'open dronebay' or click on the dronebay button at the bottom left of the fitting screen (near the cargo hold button). You can load drones into your dronebay by dragging and dropping them into the dronebay window. Nothing else can be loaded into the dronebay. You can carry drones in your cargo hold, but you cannot use drones while they are in your cargohold, and you cannot transfer drones from your hold to your dronebay while you are in space.

~~===~~Drones in Space~~===~~

'''Drones in Space'''

If you undock with drones in your dronebay you will see a new window for controlling drones appear on your screen. You can launch them by right-clicking on them in this window and selecting the launch option, or by selecting them in this window and then clicking the launch button in the selected item window.

You may only have a maximum of five drones in space at once -- one for every level you have trained in the [[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones]] skill -- even if you can carry more in your dronebay. (The three exceptions to this limit are [[Capital_Ship#Carriers|carriers]], [[Capital_Ship#Supercarriers|supercarriers]] and the rare [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Guardian-Vexor Guardian-Vexor].<ref> [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Drones Drones, EveOnline Wiki]</ref>)

~~===~~Bandwidth~~===~~

'''Bandwidth'''

The other constraint on the drones you can launch is your ship's bandwidth -- again, you can find this on your ship's Attributes tab. Bandwidth represents your ship's ability to coordinate your drones, and bigger and more powerful drones always require more bandwidth (in fact, their bandwidth requirements in Mbit/sec is always the same number as their size in m<sup>3</sup>). It is possible to have more drones in your dronebay than your ship can control, of course, you just can't have more in space at once than your bandwidth limit.

~~===~~Control and Behaviour~~===~~

'''Control and Behaviour'''

Right-clicking in the drone control window on the drones you have in space lets you order them to attack your selected target, or to return and orbit you, or to return and dock with you and return to the dronebay. There is usually a short lag period before they actually perform your orders.

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 ==Drone Basics==
-===Dronebay===
+'''The Dronebay'''
 A ship must have a dronebay to use drones. You can find out if your ship has a dronebay, and how big it is, by looking at the Attributes tab in its Show Info window -- if it has a dronebay, it will tell you the dronebay's capacity in meters cubed (m<sup>3</sup>).
 To open the dronebay, either right-click on your ship in your hangar and select 'open dronebay' or click on the dronebay button at the bottom left of the fitting screen (near the cargo hold button). You can load drones into your dronebay by dragging and dropping them into the dronebay window. Nothing else can be loaded into the dronebay. You can carry drones in your cargo hold, but you cannot use drones while they are in your cargohold, and you cannot transfer drones from your hold to your dronebay while you are in space.
-===Drones in Space===
+'''Drones in Space'''
 If you undock with drones in your dronebay you will see a new window for controlling drones appear on your screen. You can launch them by right-clicking on them in this window and selecting the launch option, or by selecting them in this window and then clicking the launch button in the selected item window.
 You may only have a maximum of five drones in space at once -- one for every level you have trained in the [[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones]] skill -- even if you can carry more in your dronebay. (The three exceptions to this limit are [[Capital_Ship#Carriers|carriers]], [[Capital_Ship#Supercarriers|supercarriers]] and the rare [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Guardian-Vexor Guardian-Vexor].<ref> [http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Drones Drones, EveOnline Wiki]</ref>)
-===Bandwidth===
+'''Bandwidth'''
 The other constraint on the drones you can launch is your ship's bandwidth -- again, you can find this on your ship's Attributes tab. Bandwidth represents your ship's ability to coordinate your drones, and bigger and more powerful drones always require more bandwidth (in fact, their bandwidth requirements in Mbit/sec is always the same number as their size in m<sup>3</sup>). It is possible to have more drones in your dronebay than your ship can control, of course, you just can't have more in space at once than your bandwidth limit.
-===Control and Behaviour===
+'''Control and Behaviour'''
 Right-clicking in the drone control window on the drones you have in space lets you order them to attack your selected target, or to return and orbit you, or to return and dock with you and return to the dronebay. There is usually a short lag period before they actually perform your orders.