Drone Deployment
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Drone Deployment allows you to place Drones. Temporary drones have a limit of 3 drones deployed at once, but Drone Mastery allows you up to 6 when maxed. Drone Deployment costs 4 skill points per level and the drones also recieve +150 shields per level.
You'll require an even or greater level in Piloting in order to train Drone Deployment. For instance, although Ruby Steppes trains to 20, non-premium players can only train Drone Deployment to 19 because they are limited to 19 in Piloting.
Where to Train
| Location | Base Name | Level | Requirements | Notes |
| Free Market | von Mises and Friedman | 3 | ||
| Sol | Earth Central | 3 | ||
| East Vindia | East Vindia Trading Post | 5 | 1 Magic Attack | |
| Blue Outpost | Blue Outpost | 6 | 1 Blue Aether | Space Blue Alpha and Space Blue Alpha Interceptor drop |
| Lavanite | Lava Visions | 7 | 1 MagCannon II Drone | |
| Glass Matrix | Ice Matrix | 8 | 1 Ice Drone | Ice Drones are size 300 |
| Prism | Refraction Station | 10 | 1 Solar Cleansings | Absolution drop |
| Deflector | Fluxial Pull | 11 | 1 Adonis Drone Blueprint | |
| Serpica | Scale Center | 12 | 1 Qafir Drone Blueprint | Bought at Serpica -- 3,000,000 Credits |
| Nihilite | Green Nile | 14 | 1 Ambrosia Drone Blueprint | Bought at Nihilite -- 1,500,000 Credits |
| Shadow | Lush Incision | 14 | 1 Good Electric Drone Controller Blueprint | Bought at Shadow -- 58,094,000 Credits |
| Perpetual Motion | Drone Corp. Universal | 16 | 2 Blue Beta Drone | Space Blue Beta drop |
| Steppes | Undone Encasement | 16 | 1 Quu Drone | Quu Drones are size 560 |
| Bipolar | Black Precipice | 18 | 1 Blue Gamma Drone | Space Blue Gamma drop. |
| Ruby Steppes | Ruby Slippers | 20 | 1 Qafir Drone | Qafir Drones are size 7500 |
| Lyceum | Spartan Garrison | 21 | 4 Shards from Staff Quarters or Several Olympus Uber Kills (Mission Based) | Requires level 1000 |
| Subspace | 22 | Uber Kill and commod | Requires level 1500 |
Permanent Drone Slots
The amount of permanent drone slots a drone takes is dependent on it's tech level, shown in the table below.
The amount of permanent drone slots you have is equal to twice your level in Drone Deployment and Drone Research combined.
| Tech Level | Drone slots |
| 0-5 | 2 |
| 6-8 | 3 |
| 9-11 | 4 |
| 12-13 | 5 |
| 14-15 | 6 |
| 16-17 | 7 |
| 18-19 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 |
