Yes, I agree. Drones are a little weak, but can be made more useful in mods. And since it is shameless plug time: check out DevnullMod

. We added drone engines that only cost about half as much as regular engines. Since engines make the bulk of the drone cost, that helps making them more useful. Advanced engines use less fuel. Oh, and I just added solar sails for drones as well

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Rollo