Drone

Drones are the backbone of the Martian colony's work force. They are tasked with distributing resources, gathering resources from surface deposits, building and maintaining structures as well as repairing damaged structures and vehicles. They are controlled by a Drone Hub or an RC Rover (right, lower image).


 * 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 run on batteries and need to charge up frequently. They may do so only at RC Rover, Rockets and Charging Stations which in turn can be built individually or are found attached to Drone Hubs.
 * 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 all man-made technology on Mars, dust, will eventually incapacitate drones if not cleaned regularly.
 * Drones are semi-autonomous and will queue up tasks that are flagged only if these tasks are within the Service Area set for each drone. However, the player can take direct control of a Drone if needed.