Drones and Fighters

Ships with a drone bay get a Drone tab on the fitting page; carriers and other ships with fighter tubes get a Fighter tab instead. Tap the + button to add an entry, then swipe the row to set the quantity — x1 / x5 (or Fill for fighters) on the leading side and +1 / -1 / Delete on the trailing side; with more than two actions on a side, the extras fold into a More menu while Delete stays pinned at the outer edge. The clear button empties the whole bay.

Drone space is limited by two things: the volume of the drone bay and the bandwidth, which caps how many drones can be in space at once. Toggle a row’s state to mark drones as active (in space, contributing DPS) or stowed in the bay.

The Fighter tab header tracks light, support, and heavy squadrons against the hull’s per-category tube limits, plus the total tube count — counters turn red when you exceed a limit. Fighters are always counted as active.

See Attributes and Statistics for how drone and fighter damage appears in the offense numbers.