[dogscoff]

But does anyone know if a race (with which you have a military alliance) can serve as a spotter?

Not military alliance, no, but with a partnership treaty you get full visibility of every system that your partner has a presence in. The "military information" you read about probably referred to sharing data on enemy ship designs.

And yes, drones are vulnerable to mines, just like ships. There was a bug in some Versions where a single drone could take infinite damage from mines (thus clearing the entire minefield) without being destroyed. That has been patched out now.

Once a drone has been launched, it cannot be recovered. Once it has been given orders, those orders cannot be revoked.

This is all true. however, I think new orders can be issued to a drone which has completed all previous orders and survived: For example if it was ordered to go through a warp point and survived, or if it attacked a ship/ planet and survived.

[ November 12, 2002, 11:58: Message edited by: dogscoff ]