Drone

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A Drone is an unpiloted vehicle or spacecraft.

• Most drone spacecraft are considered U-class Utility Craft.
• They are known by a variety of names.
• They come in every size, mission, and type imaginable from nanocytes to munition-sized microdrones to mesodrone smallcraft to microdrone bigcraft.

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Description (Specifications)

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Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine)

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Supraclass Roles

Drones typically serve the following roles:

1. Countermeasure Drone
2. Drone (ZD) (Namesake)
3. Fire Support Drone (UD)
4. Fuel Drone (UD)
5. Suicide Drone (UD)
6. Mine Drone (UD) (Explosive Weapon)
7. Mining Drone (UD) (Ore Processing Device)
8. Probe Drone (UD)
9. Recon Drone (UD)
10. Reconnoissance Drone (UD)
11. Repair Drone (UD)
12. Rescue Drone (UD)
13. Science Drone (UD)
14. Sensor Drone (UD)
15. Survey Drone (UD)
16. Target Drone (UD)

Size-Class Roles for Drones

1. Nanocyte (X < 0.001 ton) (U??)
2. Microdrone (X < 1.0 ton) (UD)
3. Mesodrone (Smallcraft) (UD)
4. Macrodrone (Bigcraft) (ZD)

Supraclass Archetypal Roles

These vessels and munitions typically serve the following archetypal roles:

Type UD and ZD Drone Supraclass Archetypes
Archetype	Type Code/s	Exemplar	Remarks
Drone AKA Microdrone	UD	TBD	None U = Utility D = Drone
Drone AKA Mesodrone	UD	TBD	None D = Drone
Fuel Drone	UDF	Fuelbag class Fuel Depot Drone	Fuel drones (if under 100 tons) are Type-UDF craft. D = Drone F = Fuel
Mining Drone	UDG	Mint class Mining Drone	Mining drones (if under 100 tons) are Type-UDG craft. D = Drone G = Industrial
Probe Drone	UDL	TBD	Probe drones (if under 100 tons) are Type-UDL craft. D = Drone L = Science, sensor, research, laboratory, etc.
Drone AKA Macrodrone	ZD	TBD	Large naval drones are categorized as Type-ZD craft, if they do not have a more specific type and mission code. Z = Special Mission Craft D = Drone

History & Background (Dossier)

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Selected Variant Types & Classes

Munition - Drone:

• Type UD class Drone
  • Mk 42 class Recon Drone.

Ship Summary List

Some of the most commonly used drones in this role or these roles include:

2 Representative Drone Smallcraft (UD) Classes
Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Class Mission Code TL Tons Jump G Origin Canon Quick ship profile Iron Worm class Interceptor UDQ 12 10 0 15 Terran Confederation No. Unpublished, non-canon fan smallcraft design. UDQ-1PF0 Mk 41 Mod 0 class Torpedo UD 10 0 0 8 Third Imperium Yes. Published, canon starship design. TBD

0 Representative Drone Bigcraft (ZD) Classes
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• Colin Dunn. Vehicle Upgrade Manual (Mongoose Publishing, 2013), TBD.
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