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"An automated unit controlled by a Drone Hub, Rocket, or RC Commander. Gathers resources, constructs buildings, and performs maintenance."

Drone

Drones are the backbone of the Martian colony's workforce. They are tasked with distributing resources, gathering resources from surface deposits, building and maintaining structures, and repairing structures and vehicles.

Although mostly autonomous, drones operate within the service range of whatever control hub they are assigned to, such as Drone Hubs, Rockets, or RC Rovers. Drones can run on batteries and need to charge up frequently. They may only do so at RC Rover and Recharge Stations which, in turn, can be built individually or are found attached to Drone Hubs.

Maintenance[]

drones are susceptible to dust, which may result in a breakdown. Charging stations clean drones during the charging process. If there are any drones within the gray radius of a rocket that launches from on the ground (not on a launch pad) the drones will accumulate as much dust as they possibly can and breakdown. The drones then have to be rescued by other drones. Also the drones will have dust on themselves and it will not come off until they return from a mission.

Background[]

All the heavy lifting and most of the field tasks are left to drones. Drones are powerful, semi-autonomous utility vehicles which are equipped with state-of-the-art instruments, fit for a wide range of manual labor.

Built to be resilient against most of what the Martian environment can throw at them, the arch-enemy of man-made technology on Mars, dust, will eventually incapacitate drones if not cleaned regularly.

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