Drone

These multipurpose drones are used for a lot of tasks outside of the ship. A drone can be armed with a warhead and used as a missile, or used for mining ores, or salvage operations with a salvage head as well as sensor operations with a sensor suite. There may be future functions as well (Decoy, Trading, Sentry, Transport and so on). Drones require the "drone Tool" to be modified and changed.

How to change a drone

To change a multipurpose drone to a new function it needs to be moved from the drone rack to the drone repair station. With a Drone tool equipped the player can now start modifying the drone.

There are four things that can be modified in a drone.

1. Drone head
2. Drone internals
3. Drone Thrusters
4. Drone Programming and navigation

Drone Head

Drone Head table

Name	Type	Speed	PowerNeeded	Description
Mining Head Mh1	Mining	Slow	5 Units	Enables mining of resources from asteroids. Slow but does not require much energy.
Mining Head Mh2	Mining	Medium	15 Units	Enables mining of resources from asteroids. Better speed but with higher power requirements.
Mining Head Mh3	Mining	Fast	35 Units	Enables mining of resources from asteroids. Very quick in mining with high energy requirements.
Filter Head FMh1	Mining	Medium	25 Units	Enables precise mining of selected resources from asteroids. Mines precisely selected ores with medium speed and power requirements.
Salvage Head Sh1	Salvage	Slow	5	Enables salvaging of resources from debris. Slow but does not require much energy.
Salvage Head Sh2	Salvage	Medium	15	Enables salvaging of resources from debris. Better speed but with higher power requirements.
Salvage Head Sh3	Salvage	Fast	35	Enables salvaging of resources from debris. Very quick in mining with high energy requirements.
Small yield Warhead wMK1	Missile	None	25	Converts the drone to a missile with a small yield warhead. Can be used to break up ships to debris or fight hostile vessels or stations.
Sensor Suite Mk1	Sensors	Slow	30	Used to scan objects further and to get more information about targets in their vicinity.
Sensor Suite Mk2	Sensors	Fast	45	Used to scan objects more quickly and with detailed information about the targets in its vicinity.
Sensor Suite Mk3	Sensors	Slow	60	Used to breach shielded objects and scan them with the highest yield of information but only one target at the time.
Grapper Mk1	Grapper	Fast	15	Used to grap objects in space like out of fuel drones or cargo.

Drone Internals

Drone internals

Name	Type	Power	Fuel	Space required	Storage	Description
Small Fuel Tank	FuelStorage	+-0 Units	50 Units	2x1	0	Provides a small Fuel storage tank.
Medium Fuel Tank	FuelStorage	+-0 Units	100 Units	3x2	0	Provides a medium Fuel storage tank.
Large Fuel Tank	FuelStorage	+-0 Units	220 Units	4x3	0	Provides a large Fuel storage tank.
Small Power Generator	PowerGeneration	+50 Units	-5 Units	2x2	0	Create 50 power units while burning 5 units of fuel.
Medium Power Generator	PowerGeneration	+100 Units	-15 Units	3x3	0	Create 100 power units while burning 15 units of fuel.
Large Power Generator	PowerGeneration	+200 Units	-30 Units	4x3	0	Create 200 power units while burning 30 units of fuel.
Small Battery	PowerStorage	50 Units	+-0 Units	1x2	0	Stores 50 Power units to be used or recharged.
Medium Battery	PowerStorage	75 Units	+-0 Units	2x2	0	Stores 75 Power units to be used or recharged.
Large Battery	PowerStorage	125 Units	+-0 Units	3x2	0	Stores 125 Power units to be used or recharged.
Big Battery	PowerStorage	200 Units	+-0 Units	3x3	0	Stores 200 Power units to be used or recharged.
NavigationSystem	Navigation	-25 Units	+-0 Units	1x2	0	Enables simple Navigation and manovering.
Small Storage Module	Storage	+-0 Units	+-0 Units	2x2	30	Creates a Storage space for 30 Items.
Medium Storage Module	Storage	+-0 Units	+-0 Units	3x3	60	Creates a Storage space for 60 Items.
Large Storage Module	Storage	+-0 Units	+-0 Units	4x3	120	Creates a Storage space for 120 Items.
Lirgo Fuel Generator	FuelGeneration	-50 Units	+25 Units	3x3	0	Creates Fuel from free Hydrogen with a magnetic collector. Creates 25 Fuel while burning 50 units of power.

Drone Thrusters

Drone Thruster Table

Name	Function	Power	Fuel	Forward Thrust	Turning Speed	Description
Small Hydrogen Thruster	Thruster	+-0	-5	5	5	Burns Fuel to generate thrust.
Medium Hydrogen Thruster	Thruster	+-0	-25	20	10	Burns Fuel to generate thrust.
Big Hydrogen Thruster	Thruster	+-0	-40	50	30	Burns Fuel to generate thrust.
Small Ion Thruster	Thruster	-10	+-0	1	1	Uses Power to generate thrust.
Medium Ion Thruster	Thruster	-30	+-0	10	5	Uses Power to generate thrust.
Large Ion Thruster	Thruster	-50	+-0	40	15	Uses Power to generate thrust.
Solid State Thruster	Thruster	+-0	+-0	50	40	Burns for 60 sec and then loses all thrust until replaced.
Military grade Solid State Thruster	Thruster	+-0	+-0	80	60	Burns for 120 sec and then loses all thrust until replaced.

Drone Programming

Drone Programming is done by basic programming of two Actions Blocks, Two Command blocks, and one Condition block. With this simple programming, you can program the drone to go to a location, do something and on a condition do something else then return.

Action Blocks

Name	Function	Description
GoTo	Go to Coordinates	Drone try to move to coordinates (Fuel or battery may run out).
Idle	DoNothing	Drone will Stop action and Idle until picked up or new command is given or condition applies

Command Blocks

Name	Function	Settings	Description
Mine	Mine Ores	Select-Ores to Mine/or all	Drone will start mining ores until a condition is reached or Battery runs out.
Salvage	Salvage Debris	Select-Debris to Salvage/or all	Drone will start salvage operations until a condition is reached or the battery runs out.
Grapple	TransportObjectInSpace	Select-Object to get/or all	Drone will grab the object at coordinates until condition is reached or battery/fuel runs out.
SearchAndDestroy	ScanAndHit	Select-Object to destroy/or all targets	Drone will scan for an object, find it, arm itself, and try to impact with the object until a condition is reached or battery/fuel runs out.
SendMessage	MessageTarget	Select-Object to transmit to and the message to transmit	Drone will send a message to the target if there is enough battery power to do so.
Scan	ScanTarget	Select-Object to Scan/or all valid targets	Drone will scan the selected target or targets until condition is reached or battery/fuel runs out.

Condition

Name	Function	Description
Until Full	Storage at 100%	Trigger condition when Storage modules are full.
Until Half Full	Storage at 50%	Trigger condition when Storage modules are half-filled.
Until Fuel at 50%	Fuel reached =>50%	Trigger condition when Fuel is at 50 %.
Until Fuel at 25%	Fuel reached =>25%	Trigger condition when Fuel is at 25 %.
Until Fuel at 10%	Fuel reached =>10%	Trigger condition when Fuel is at 10 %.
Until Battery at 50%	Battery capacity is at =>50%	Trigger condition when Battery is at 50 %.
Until Battery at 25%	Battery capacity is at =>25%	Trigger condition when Battery is at 25 %.
Until Battery at 10%	Battery capacity is at =>10%	Trigger condition when Battery is at 10 %.
Scan Completed	One Object Scanned	Trigger condition when an object was scanned.
All Objects Scanned	ObjectsInRangeScanned	Trigger condition when all objects in reach have been scanned.
Grappled	ObjectInSpaceGrappledTrue	Trigger condition when an object has beed grappled.
NoTarget	NoValidTarget	Trigger condition when selected or no Target in sight.

Example