Well I figure GS must have some drones and bots in the works for the final game. Things like Scout Drones that could be left in a sector and tell you when certain peramaters are met(ie enemy movement)
Combat Drones that could be placed around faction controlled space to keep it defended when the faction is sleeping.

Relay drones/bots that can extend communication ranges for factions.

Buyable defense type bots for the same reason as Combat Drones.

Sort of wondering what type of drones/bots people would like to see, and if a Dev walks by this thread what type they do have planned.

The MMORPG page talks about scanner drones that you fire off into a sector and that automagically find hidden stuff like warpholes. That'd be cool.

Personally, I'd like to see escort drones, maybe like little turrets, that would fly around a medium-size ship and defend it. Think kinda like swarmers in Homeworld Cataclysm, except with a really limited range (no more than 100m from ship, shots only go 500m?).

/me wants some HK drones. (Hunter-Killer)

"/me wants some HK drones. (Hunter-Killer)"

They're called Locust Swarms in this game.

Swarms against aces are useless

HKs hunt you till you die or till it dies

So do swarms, they just aren't very good at it. ;-)

But swarms against heavy ships are unavoidable, ace or not. The only thing is you never see the aces in slow ships, so you never get a chance to test.

Sarmers != swarms. Swarmers = extremely maneuverable high-firepower ships