This drone will fly towards the nearest player in the area. If it detects a player ship or station via its camera (raycast), it will attempt to connect to it using two forward facing landing gear. Upon successful contact, it will activate an antenna signal that will call for drone reinforcements.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it detects and stop a few kilometers away. It will then broadcast a message instructing near-by players to disarm and meet-up with the drone. Upon meeting with the drone, it will instruct the player to view some text panels on the drone chassis. The panels will indicate tha the drone will not call reinforcements if the player provides it with a payment of ingot resources (displayed on the panel).

If the player complies with the request, the drone will leave. If the player ignores the request, or tries to damage the drone, it will immediately call for reinforcements.

This ship will appear to be damaged and calling to the players for assistance. It is armed with 4 Interior Turrets, a Gatling Turret, and a single rocket launcher – however it will appear that the exterior turrets are damaged and not operational.

Do not read further if you want this encounter experience to be a surprise.

This ship is actually called Deception Drone. If you get within 1km of its position, it will reveal its true identity and call for several Strike Drone and Horsefly Drone reinforcements. The “Damaged” turrets will also be revealed to be fully functional. After revealing its identity, this ship will pursue the player in combat. This ship is also capable of using the forward facing rocket launcher to attack player grids if it makes a successful camera raycast detection.

This drone uses an unknown technology that allows it to make short teleport bursts while attacking. When attacking, it can perform up to 5 rapid teleports. As it teleports, it will fire Gatling Guns and Rocket Launchers at its target. These attacks are very dangerous, especially against larger and slower moving ships.

After completing 5 teleports, it needs to temporarily retreat to recharge the teleport system. This drone will make a total of 3 runs at the player (each run containing 5 teleports), before retreating permanently.

The technology used in this drone is incredibly unstable. This means that the more damage the drone takes, the greater chance there is that the system will overload the drone, rendering it inoperable.

This drone will fly directly towards the nearest player it detects. It does not have turrets onboard, but instead uses its camera (raycast) to detect if a player or their structures are in its line of sight. If it successfully detects an entity, it will activate gatling guns and rocket launchers.

The drone will fly towards the nearest player and send as broadcast requesting the player disarm and approach it. When the player arrives, the drone will instruct the player to press the button below it's display screen. If the player presses the button, the drone may dispense some randomized supplies or it may trigger a "Glitchy" event.

This drone will try to locate the nearest player. If it detects a player or a player owned grid with its camera (raycast), it will break open a container of heavy ingots and launch them towards the player with a gravity field. After firing the gravity weapon, it will fly towards the player and engage them directly with its turrets.

This drone will approach the player position and then stop approximately 2500-3000 meters away. It then broadcasts a message indicating that it is going to begin hacking near-by systems. Any grid with an active antenna within the range of the Hacker Drone antenna is vulnerable to these attacks.

The drone will attempt random 1 hacking method every 35 seconds. The list of possible hacking methods are below:

• Block Ownership: It can take ownership of a single block on your grid.
  
  
• Disable Production: Turns off Refineries and Assemblers. Also targets Nanobot Build & Repair System if mod is loaded.
  
  
• Disable Defenses: Turns off all Turrets and Weapons.
  
  
• Disable Automation: Turns off all Timers and Programmable Blocks.
  
  
• Hack Lights: Changes each light block to a random color and sets it on a slow randomized blink pattern.
  
  
• Gyro Hack: Sets the Pitch/Yaw/Roll of a Gyroscope block to random values and activates the override toggle.
  
  
• Thruster Hack: Sets all thrusters on one side of the ship to override thrust at random intervals.
  
  
• Corrupt Names: Selects a handful of blocks in the terminal and renames them as a string of gibberish.
  
• HUD Spam: Turns on the ‘Show on HUD’ option of all your terminal blocks.
  
  
• Overload Shields: If ‘Energy Shields’ mod is enabled, this will drain active shields and damage the Shield Generator block.

If the drone cannot find access to a grid via antenna, it will eventually retreat.

This large ship will fly in the direction of the nearest player and park a few kilometers away. It will then begin to produce and deploy a variety of drones that will attack the player. After deploying a few groups of drones, the ship will eventually retreat and despawn. The interior of the ship contains a couple valuable loot containers, but also has several traps. An override code hidden somewhere on the ship can be used to completely disable its defenses.

This drone will track the nearest player, however it will not directly engage them. The drone will pick a random location approximately 600m from the detected player location and travel to it. Once it reaches the randomized location, it will set a new randomized location and travel there. The result is that the drone will fly in random paths around the player, while engaging them with turrets.

The Mk.II version of this drone has improved targeting and is capable of lunar flight.

This drone spawns along side of a larger Hunter drone. It will fly towards the nearest player it detects. If it can successfully detect the player or their structures with its camera (raycast), it will attempt to retreat to the Hunter's location. If it can reach the Hunter, it will alert it of the players location.

This large drone will not directly pursue the player initially. It drifts along a linear course similar to a regular cargo ship. It also spawns with a Hound Drone that will try to locate the player. If the Hound locates the player and returns to the Hunter, the Hunter will switch to pursuit mode and fly directly to the player to engage them.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it can detect. It will also attempt to scan for the player using its camera (raycast). If the player or their structures are detected, the drone will attempt a direct collision with detected entity. At 800m or less, the drone will also activate gatling guns or rocket launchers before impacting with the target.

The Mk.II version of this drone has improved targeting and is capable of lunar flight

This drone will travel like a regular cargo ship if left undisturbed. If a player gets too close, it will begin to attack relentlessly.

This drone spawns with some other drones. It acts as a sort of "Dead-Man's Switch" if the other drones are destroyed. While it is receiving a signal from the other drones, it will remain inactive. If the signal source is destroyed, the relay drone will activate an antenna signal that will call for reinforcements.

This drone will try to detect the nearest player in the area. If it detects the player or their structures via its camera (raycast), it will activate 2 forward facing grinders and attack the detected entity.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it detects. If it can successfully detect the player or their structures with its camera (raycast), it will attempt to flee from the player area and send a broadcast requesting reinforcements. After about 1 minute from successful detection, the broadcast will transmit and reinforcements will appear.

This drone will fly approx 5km away from the player and attempt to build armor projectiles. It will then fly directly towards the player. At approx 3km, if it detects the player via its camera (raycast), it will release the projectiles - causing them to hurdle towards the player area. The drone will then fly away and try to build more projectiles. If the drone cannot produce projectiles, it will attempt to engage the player directly with missile turrets and rocket launchers.

This drone will fly approx 10km away from the player and attempt to build armor projectiles. It will then slowly fly towards the nearest player. At approx 8km, if it detects the player or player owned entity via its camera (raycast), it will fire a gravity propelled torpedo towards the detected entity. The drone will then fly away and try to build more projectiles. If the drone cannot produce projectiles, it will attempt to engage the player directly with turrets and rocket launchers.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it can detect. It will also attempt to scan for the player using its camera (raycast). If the player or their structures are detected at less than 800m, the drone will use gatling guns to engage the player. The drone will typically try to keep a long distance from the player, engaging only at approx 600m-800m. If it gets too close to the player, it will retreat to a randomized location approx 1km away from the player before attempting another attack run.

This drone will approach the nearest player at slow speeds. As it approaches, it will broadcast chat messages to taunt the near-by player(s). Once it gets within 1000m of the player position, it will attempt to scan for players and grids using turrets and camera raycast. If it detects the player or their grids, it will switch to its attack mode. While in attack mode, it can move at full speed (100 m/s), and can also fire forward facing rockets on successful camera raycast detect of grids.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it can detect. It will also attempt to scan for the player using its camera (raycast). If the player or their structures are detected at less than 800m, the drone will use gatling guns and rocket launchers to engage the player. If the drone gets too close to the player, it will retreat to a randomized location approx 1km away from the player (while still using turrets if in range) before attempting another attack run.

The Mk.II version of this drone has improved targeting and is capable of lunar flight.

This drone will fly towards the nearest player it can detect. It will also attempt to scan for the player using its camera (raycast). If the player or their structures are detected at less than 800m, the drone will use gatling guns to engage the player. If the drone's path is obstructed by an Asteroid, it will tunnel into it until it reaches the player. If it comes within 7 meters of a player or grid (detected via raycast) it will self destruct.