Drones

Drones Unmanned ships, devices

TGS 10/19 They appeared to be small, about five meters long, too cramped for a pilot, but that was the beauty of unmanned weaponry. Unlike a real ship, these didn’t need the extra space for pilots or soldiers, which meant there was no need for bulky environmental systems. Instead, they could remain small, which meant more space for weapons and fuel.

Great idea if you could afford it, but there were problems with drones. They couldn’t go very far, for starters, being largely limited to staying within signal distance. It was very likely that most were being controlled from the facility on the nearby planet, probably with repeater hardware scattered throughout the system on each of the neighboring moons and asteroids, adding to the range.

The solution for dealing with these was simple: take down the base and you eliminate the swarm.