Drone (EU2012)

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. Their threat is minimal after you've upgraded to Carapace Armor 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 them to hack Drone units essentially allowing you to add them to your squad for the rest of the mission. You can use them to repair your S.H.I.V.s (In Enemy Within DLC, they can also repair MECs). 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	60/60/70/70
Defense	10
Will	Robotic
Movement	12
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

Abilities/Weapons

• Drone Beam: Causes 2 base damage.
• Self Destruct: The Drone self-detonates, dealing damage similar to a Frag Grenade.
• Repair: The Drone can repair a damaged Sectopod or Cyberdisc, letting it stay in the fight for longer.
• Robotic: Immune to stun, poison and most psionic attacks.
• Flight: Has 35 fuel.

Notes

• If killed during a successful mission a Drone Wreck will be recovered.
• In the Enemy Within DLC, Drones accompanying Sectopods are exceptionally dangerous, as with the Sectopod's new 50% damage reduction, that means that two drones can effectively heal 12HP worth of damage each alien turn.