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== Drones and Mining ==

:''See also: [[ORE_Basic_Ship_and_Skill_Guide#Drones|Ore Ship Guide: Mining Drones]]

[[Drones#Mining_Drones|Mining drones]] are usually a minor augmentation to the mining power of a dedicated mining ship. (The main exception to this are mining drones used by Vexors and Arbitrators, which have mining drone bonuses and are sometimes used by trainee miners as a stepping-stone towards dedicated mining ships.)

[[Drones#Mining_Drones|Mining drones]] are usually a minor augmentation to the mining power of a dedicated mining ship.

The first thing to note when considering mining drones is that you may need your dronebay to defend yourself against rats -- the [~~http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Retriever~~ Retriever], for example, only has 25m<sup>3</sup> dronebay space, forcing pilots to choose between a flight of light scout drones for defence, or a flight of mining drones. If you're mining in a group, you can arrange for one or two miners to bring combat drones for defence, while everyone else packs mining drones.

The first thing to note when considering mining drones is that you may need your dronebay to defend yourself against rats -- the [[Retriever]], for example, only has 25m<sup>3</sup> dronebay space, forcing pilots to choose between a flight of light scout drones for defence, or a flight of mining drones. If you're mining in a group, you can arrange for one or two miners to bring combat drones for defence, while everyone else packs mining drones.

Which drones should you use? Although Harvester Mining Drones' description calls them 'the most efficient mining drone', they do take up twice as much space and bandwidth as normal mining drones, and they move half as fast as Mining Drone IIs. Since mining drones have to travel repeatedly back and forth between you and your target asteroid, this can be a significant problem. You may want to stick with normal mining drones, either T2 if you can use them or T1 if you can't.

Skillwise, to support your mining drones you will want to train:

* ~~[[Skills:Drones#Mining_Drone_Operation~~|Mining Drone Operation]]: 5% yield bonus per level

* {{sk|Mining Drone Operation}}: 5% yield bonus per level

* ~~[[Skills:Drones#Drones~~|Drones]]: as with combat drones, you want to train this to V to get five drones in space at once

* {{sk|Drones}}: as with combat drones, you want to train this to V to get five drones in space at once

* ~~[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Interfacing~~|Drone Interfacing]]: the +20% per level bonus applies to mining yield as well as damage

* {{sk|Drone Interfacing}}: the +20% per level bonus applies to mining yield as well as damage

* ~~[[Skills:Drones#Drone_Navigation~~|Drone Navigation]]: training this cuts down on the time your drones spend travelling between you and your asteroid

* {{sk|Drone Navigation}}: training this cuts down on the time your drones spend travelling between you and your asteroid

There is one rig, the Drone Mining Augmentor, which will increase the yield of mining drones. However, most mining ships may have other options for their rig slots which would be more useful.

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 == Drones and Mining ==
+:''See also: [[ORE_Basic_Ship_and_Skill_Guide#Drones|Ore Ship Guide: Mining Drones]]
-[[Drones#Mining_Drones|Mining drones]] are usually a minor augmentation to the mining power of a dedicated mining ship. (The main exception to this are mining drones used by Vexors and Arbitrators, which have mining drone bonuses and are sometimes used by trainee miners as a stepping-stone towards dedicated mining ships.)
+[[Drones#Mining_Drones|Mining drones]] are usually a minor augmentation to the mining power of a dedicated mining ship.
-The first thing to note when considering mining drones is that you may need your dronebay to defend yourself against rats -- the [http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Retriever Retriever], for example, only has 25m<sup>3</sup> dronebay space, forcing pilots to choose between a flight of light scout drones for defence, or a flight of mining drones. If you're mining in a group, you can arrange for one or two miners to bring combat drones for defence, while everyone else packs mining drones.
+The first thing to note when considering mining drones is that you may need your dronebay to defend yourself against rats -- the [[Retriever]], for example, only has 25m<sup>3</sup> dronebay space, forcing pilots to choose between a flight of light scout drones for defence, or a flight of mining drones. If you're mining in a group, you can arrange for one or two miners to bring combat drones for defence, while everyone else packs mining drones.
 Which drones should you use? Although Harvester Mining Drones' description calls them 'the most efficient mining drone', they do take up twice as much space and bandwidth as normal mining drones, and they move half as fast as Mining Drone IIs. Since mining drones have to travel repeatedly back and forth between you and your target asteroid, this can be a significant problem. You may want to stick with normal mining drones, either T2 if you can use them or T1 if you can't.
 Skillwise, to support your mining drones you will want to train:
-* [[Skills:Drones#Mining_Drone_Operation|Mining Drone Operation]]: 5% yield bonus per level
+* {{sk|Mining Drone Operation}}: 5% yield bonus per level
-* [[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones]]: as with combat drones, you want to train this to V to get five drones in space at once
+* {{sk|Drones}}: as with combat drones, you want to train this to V to get five drones in space at once
-* [[Skills:Drones#Drone_Interfacing|Drone Interfacing]]: the +20% per level bonus applies to mining yield as well as damage
+* {{sk|Drone Interfacing}}: the +20% per level bonus applies to mining yield as well as damage
-* [[Skills:Drones#Drone_Navigation|Drone Navigation]]: training this cuts down on the time your drones spend travelling between you and your asteroid
+* {{sk|Drone Navigation}}: training this cuts down on the time your drones spend travelling between you and your asteroid
 There is one rig, the Drone Mining Augmentor, which will increase the yield of mining drones. However, most mining ships may have other options for their rig slots which would be more useful.