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== EWAR Drones ==

All four types of EWAR can be generated not only ~~by fitted modules, but also~~ by electronic warfare drones. Variants of the small, medium and large combat drones of each race provide that race's EWAR specialty effect instead of the usual damage effects. For example, the Gallente EWAR specialty is damps, and so three sizes of Gallente EWAR drone—the Hobgoblin SD-300, Hammerhead SD-600, and Ogre SD-900—apply damps to targets. The magnitude of each drone's effect is much smaller than that of an individual EWAR module, and stacking penalties make it such that ~~a flight~~ of EWAR drones doesn't have much more of an effect than two or three. As a result, EWAR drones are almost never used in EVE. The one exception to this would be the Hornet EC-300 ECM drone, because its chance-based effect is '''not''' subject to stacking penalties. Industrial ships, and other ships hoping to escape combat, can sometimes use Hornet EC-300's to break the lock of a warp disrupting or warp scrambling attacker, and this can sometimes provide a window for escape. Nevertheless, this narrow exception illustrates how much less broadly useful EWAR drones are compared to EWAR modules.

All four types of EWAR can be generated not only by electronic warfare drones. Variants of the small, medium and large combat drones of each race provide that race's EWAR specialty effect instead of the usual damage effects. For example, the Gallente EWAR specialty is damps, and so three sizes of Gallente EWAR drone—the small Hobgoblin SD-300, medium-sized Hammerhead SD-600, and large Ogre SD-900—apply damps to targets. The magnitude of each drone's effect is much smaller than that of an individual EWAR module, and stacking penalties make it such that lots of EWAR drones doesn't have much more of an effect than just two or three drones. As a result, EWAR drones are almost never used in EVE. The one exception to this would be the Hornet EC-300 ECM drone, because its chance-based effect is '''not''' subject to stacking penalties. Industrial ships, and other ships hoping to escape combat, can sometimes use Hornet EC-300's to break the lock of a warp disrupting or warp scrambling attacker, and this can sometimes provide a window for the industrial ship's escape. Nevertheless, this narrow exception illustrates how much less broadly useful EWAR drones are compared to EWAR modules.

More information on EWAR drones is available in the [[Drones_102#Electronic_Warfare_Drones|syllabus for Drones 102]].

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 == EWAR Drones ==
-All four types of EWAR can be generated not only by fitted modules, but also by electronic warfare drones. Variants of the small, medium and large combat drones of each race provide that race's EWAR specialty effect instead of the usual damage effects. For example, the Gallente EWAR specialty is damps, and so three sizes of Gallente EWAR drone—the Hobgoblin SD-300, Hammerhead SD-600, and Ogre SD-900—apply damps to targets. The magnitude of each drone's effect is much smaller than that of an individual EWAR module, and stacking penalties make it such that a flight of EWAR drones doesn't have much more of an effect than two or three. As a result, EWAR drones are almost never used in EVE. The one exception to this would be the Hornet EC-300 ECM drone, because its chance-based effect is '''not''' subject to stacking penalties. Industrial ships, and other ships hoping to escape combat, can sometimes use Hornet EC-300's to break the lock of a warp disrupting or warp scrambling attacker, and this can sometimes provide a window for escape. Nevertheless, this narrow exception illustrates how much less broadly useful EWAR drones are compared to EWAR modules.
+All four types of EWAR can be generated not only by electronic warfare drones. Variants of the small, medium and large combat drones of each race provide that race's EWAR specialty effect instead of the usual damage effects. For example, the Gallente EWAR specialty is damps, and so three sizes of Gallente EWAR drone—the small Hobgoblin SD-300, medium-sized Hammerhead SD-600, and large Ogre SD-900—apply damps to targets. The magnitude of each drone's effect is much smaller than that of an individual EWAR module, and stacking penalties make it such that lots of EWAR drones doesn't have much more of an effect than just two or three drones. As a result, EWAR drones are almost never used in EVE. The one exception to this would be the Hornet EC-300 ECM drone, because its chance-based effect is '''not''' subject to stacking penalties. Industrial ships, and other ships hoping to escape combat, can sometimes use Hornet EC-300's to break the lock of a warp disrupting or warp scrambling attacker, and this can sometimes provide a window for the industrial ship's escape. Nevertheless, this narrow exception illustrates how much less broadly useful EWAR drones are compared to EWAR modules.
 More information on EWAR drones is available in the [[Drones_102#Electronic_Warfare_Drones|syllabus for Drones 102]].