Drone (EU2012)

Drone Autopsy

Drone Autopsy The "drones" we've disassembled seem to have a singular purpose: to repair the alien technology, including its robotic counterparts. Although they act as robotic medics, and lack any kind of offensive weaponry, we did discover a large explosive charge is located deep within the sub-structure it draws on as a power source. With this and several of the alien devices, I continue to be amazed by what their creators have been able to accomplish. Dr. Shen believes it may be possible to "hack" these drones, allowing us to utilize them for our own purposes. Further details as to this specimen's complete combat capabilities may be available in the field if targeted in the Unit Analysis View.

Source: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) Research Archives

Drone

The Drone is a lightly armoured flying robotic engineer with a weak ranged attack. Their main purpose within the Alien Armada is to repair allied heavy robotic units in order to keep them gunning down your squad for as long as possible. They are nothing on their own but they are almost always found with extremely deadly Cyberdiscs and Sectopods during combat.

There is a foundry upgrade that lets you upgrade your arc throwers. The upgrade allows you to use your arc throwers to hack drone units essentially allowing you to add them to your squad for the rest of the mission. You can not use them for repairing your SHIVs but they still make good expendable scouts. They can also use a self-destruct ability in order to damage enemy units.

Unit Stats

1st Appearance	{{{appears}}}
HP	3/3/5/7
Aim	60
Defense	10
Will	Mechanized
Movement	12
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

Abilities:

• Self Destruct: The Drone self-detonates, dealing damage similar to frag grenade.
• Repair: The Drone can repair a damaged Sectopod or Cyberdisc, letting it stay in the fight for longer.