[TC] Drones & Final Fury

SirDeity · Post by **SirDeity** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 00:04

How do I use drones? I have a couple fighter MK IIs but I have no idea how to use them.

Also, on the final furry mission, is the Vidar a strong enough ship to handle the part of the mission where you are sent to xenon sector to defend a station? I got blown up pretty fast. Is a capital ship required?

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 00:16

Just eject the drones and you can command them like any other fighter.

Depends on skill and load out.

jwigeland · Post by **jwigeland** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 01:16

For Operation Final Fury I would definately recommend getting a capital ship that can mount Flak guns. You may not need it now but you will absolutely need it later in the campaign.

SirDeity · Post by **SirDeity** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 23:14

Okay... weird... I guess I assumed ejecting them would be like ejecting anything else (they'd be tossed out the airlock in a crate). Anyway, now I'm having trouble getting my drones back in my ships. I went to issue it orders to return home or return back to freight bay or whatever but couldn't find it. Do I have to issue a stop command and fly through them in order to get them back in my cargo?

StarTroll · Post by **StarTroll** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 23:37

SirDeity wrote:Okay... weird... I guess I assumed ejecting them would be like ejecting anything else (they'd be tossed out the airlock in a crate). Anyway, now I'm having trouble getting my drones back in my ships. I went to issue it orders to return home or return back to freight bay or whatever but couldn't find it. Do I have to issue a stop command and fly through them in order to get them back in my cargo?

Yes, you have to make them stop and run over every single drone to get them back to your cargo bay.

nefas · Post by **nefas** » Tue, 9. Nov 10, 23:39

Just make them stop and scoop them up with your ship just like any cargo container.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Wed, 10. Nov 10, 01:15

Unless your ship has a hangar, then they can be ordered to dock at your ship.

Post by **Nanook** » Wed, 10. Nov 10, 01:53

Technically, you give them the 'protect me' command, and providing there are no enemies in scanner range of any of your assets, they'll automatically dock.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » Wed, 10. Nov 10, 12:54

That how that works? Interesting.

Paladin-Solo · Post by **Paladin-Solo** » Wed, 10. Nov 10, 21:10

Nanook wrote:Technically, you give them the 'protect me' command, and providing there are no enemies in scanner range of any of your assets, they'll automatically dock.

Don't you have to be OOS for this too?

Post by **Nanook** » Wed, 10. Nov 10, 21:13

No, I don't think so, but it does help with collision detection.

RandomBandit · Post by **RandomBandit** » Thu, 11. Nov 10, 06:04

Accept the fact that drones are a 'throw away' asset and you will like them much more later on

I ran FF mostly in a Thresher with a Nova wingman and a wing (5) of various M4s...I used a TON of drones though (I had a small factory making them by that point). If you spit out 20 drones before things get bad, you can usually distract the enemy enough to make the fight VERY easy. When s**t just plain goes arse-up...you launch 350 drones and kiss the sector goodbye.

Before I had the infrastructure needed to turn my ship into a Keris-faucet, I used to only launch 3-5 drones at a go. At that point they are not really killing much, but they can take a lot of fire off you for a minute while you beat some baddies up.

I did have my first Mk2, that I kept snatching up before it ran outa gas...it got smoked by a Paranid shockwave generator

I <3 Drones (and ranting)

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