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=== Combat Drones ===

These drones are easily the most used by ~~pilots and offer many varying size and damage options~~. The types of damage they do are determined by their race of origin:

These drones are easily the most common. They fall into three main groups: standard combat drones of different sizes; stationary sentry drones; and fighters and fighter-bombers, which are only used by capital ships.

The types of damage they do are determined by their race of origin:

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*This is an additional damage type that the fighter sized drones do as secondary damage.

~~====~~ Light ~~Scout ====~~

'''Standard Combat Drones'''

These all work in a fairly simple way. They have short ranges, and when told to attack they fly close to their target and shoot it. Light and medium drones have a slightly different skill tree to heavy drones.

'''Light scout drones''':

* use 5m3 space and 5Mbit/sec bandwidth

* move and track targets very fast

* are the best drones to use against frigates and destroyers

~~The smallest~~ drones ~~in existence, taking up only 5m~~3 and ~~5Mbit~~/sec~~. They have 1km range and 2km falloff. With their high tracking speeds~~ and ~~velocity they~~ are the drones ~~of choice versus [[Frigate|frigates]]~~, ~~[[Destroyer|destroyers]]~~ and ~~other drones.~~

'''Medium scout drones''':

* use 10m3 space and 10Mbit/sec bandwidth

* move and track moderately fast

* are the best drones to use against cruisers, and are also good against battlecruisers

~~==== Medium Scout ====~~

'''Heavy attack drones''':

* use 25m3 space and 25Mbit/sec bandwidth

* move and track slowly, but do lots of damage

* are good against battleships, and can handle battlecruisers

These take up 10m3 and 10Mbit/sec. They have 1km range and 3km falloff. These do much more DPS but track more slowly, making them very effective against [[Cruiser|cruisers]] and [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]].

'''Sentry Drones'''

~~==== Heavy Attack ====~~

These are the same size and require the same amount of bandwidth as heavy drones. However, instead of orbiting the target ship they instead sit where they have been deployed and fire at their targets from long range. They have varying ranges and falloffs, all much longer than heavy attack drones. They also deal more damage. However, they have very low tracking speeds and cannot move.

~~The largest standard combat~~ drones, ~~these take up 25m3~~ and ~~25Mbit/sec~~. They have ~~1km range~~ and ~~4km falloff~~. They deal ~~high DPS but move and track slowly~~, ~~making them ideal for use against [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]]~~ and ~~[[Battleship|battleships]]~~.

~~==== Sentry ====~~

You can think of sentries as something like battleship-sized turrets in drone form. They can hit quite small fast targets if their targets have low angular velocity, but most of the time their ideal targets are battlecruisers and battleships.

~~These are the same size and require the same amount~~ of ~~bandwidth~~ as ~~heavy drones~~. ~~However~~, ~~instead~~ of ~~orbiting~~ the ~~target ship they instead sit where they have been deployed and fire at~~ their targets ~~from long range. They have varying range and falloff, all much larger than their heavy attack cousins. They also deal more damage. However, they have very low tracking speeds~~ and ~~cannot move~~.

[[File:Sentrydrones2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sentry drones' damage ratios over distance]]

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~~====~~ Fighters ~~====~~

'''Fighters and Fighter-Bombers'''

Fighters are frigate-sized drones that do cruiser-sized damage and can only be fielded by [[Capital_Ship#Carriers|carriers]] and [[Capital_Ship#Supercarriers|supercarriers]]. They are capable of warping, and will pursue a target into warp -- the only escape from fighters is to jump system or to dock<ref>[http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Item_Database:Drones:Combat_Drones:Fighters Fighters, EveOnline Wiki]</ref>.

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It must be noted that fighters not only deal their respective race's damage type but also deal an additional damage type as outlined in the table at the start of this section.

''NB information on fighter-bombers needs to be added''

=== Electronic Warfare Drones ===

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 === Combat Drones ===
-These drones are easily the most used by pilots and offer many varying size and damage options. The types of damage they do are determined by their race of origin:
+These drones are easily the most common. They fall into three main groups: standard combat drones of different sizes; stationary sentry drones; and fighters and fighter-bombers, which are only used by capital ships.
+The types of damage they do are determined by their race of origin:
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   *This is an additional damage type that the fighter sized drones do as secondary damage.
-==== Light Scout ====
+'''Standard Combat Drones'''
+These all work in a fairly simple way. They have short ranges, and when told to attack they fly close to their target and shoot it. Light and medium drones have a slightly different skill tree to heavy drones.
+'''Light scout drones''':
+* use 5m<sup>3</sup> space and 5Mbit/sec bandwidth
+* move and track targets very fast
+* are the best drones to use against frigates and destroyers
-The smallest drones in existence, taking up only 5m<sup>3</sup> and 5Mbit/sec. They have 1km range and 2km falloff. With their high tracking speeds and velocity they are the drones of choice versus [[Frigate|frigates]], [[Destroyer|destroyers]] and other drones.
+'''Medium scout drones''':
+* use 10m<sup>3</sup> space and 10Mbit/sec bandwidth
+* move and track moderately fast
+* are the best drones to use against cruisers, and are also good against battlecruisers
-==== Medium Scout ====
+'''Heavy attack drones''':
+* use 25m<sup>3</sup> space and 25Mbit/sec bandwidth
+* move and track slowly, but do lots of damage
+* are good against battleships, and can handle battlecruisers
-These take up 10m<sup>3</sup> and 10Mbit/sec. They have 1km range and 3km falloff. These do much more DPS but track more slowly, making them very effective against [[Cruiser|cruisers]] and [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]].
+'''Sentry Drones'''
-==== Heavy Attack ====
+These are the same size and require the same amount of bandwidth as heavy drones. However, instead of orbiting the target ship they instead sit where they have been deployed and fire at their targets from long range. They have varying ranges and falloffs, all much longer than heavy attack drones. They also deal more damage. However, they have very low tracking speeds and cannot move.
-The largest standard combat drones, these take up 25m<sup>3</sup> and 25Mbit/sec. They have 1km range and 4km falloff. They deal high DPS but move and track slowly, making them ideal for use against [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]] and [[Battleship|battleships]].
-==== Sentry ====
+You can think of sentries as something like battleship-sized turrets in drone form. They can hit quite small fast targets if their targets have low angular velocity, but most of the time their ideal targets are battlecruisers and battleships.
-These are the same size and require the same amount of bandwidth as heavy drones. However, instead of orbiting the target ship they instead sit where they have been deployed and fire at their targets from long range. They have varying range and falloff, all much larger than their heavy attack cousins. They also deal more damage. However, they have very low tracking speeds and cannot move.
 [[File:Sentrydrones2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sentry drones' damage ratios over distance]]
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-==== Fighters ====
+'''Fighters and Fighter-Bombers'''
 Fighters are frigate-sized drones that do cruiser-sized damage and can only be fielded by [[Capital_Ship#Carriers|carriers]] and [[Capital_Ship#Supercarriers|supercarriers]]. They are capable of warping, and will pursue a target into warp -- the only escape from fighters is to jump system or to dock<ref>[http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Item_Database:Drones:Combat_Drones:Fighters Fighters, EveOnline Wiki]</ref>.
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 It must be noted that fighters not only deal their respective race's damage type but also deal an additional damage type as outlined in the table at the start of this section.
+''NB information on fighter-bombers needs to be added''
 === Electronic Warfare Drones ===