Picket

Picket-class Drone
Logistical data
Recovery rate (per day)	5%
Maintenance (sup/month)	3.0
Cargo capacity	20
Maximum crew	0
Skeleton crew	0
Fuel capacity	20
Maximum burn	9
Fuel per light year	1
Ordnance points	15
Combat Performance
Hull integrity	1400
Armor rating	250
Flux capacity	750
Flux dissipation	100
Top speed	200
System	Maneuvering Jets
Mounts	3x Small Ballistic
Hull mods	Automated Ship Rugged Construction
Advanced Stats
CR per deployment	5%
Recovery cost (supplies)	3
Peak performance (sec)	480

	Although automated machines of war were forbidden in core Domain space, war drones were quietly employed outside of officially incorporated volume. Frontier garrisons were often bolstered by drone ships, and they were deployed liberally against rebellious worlds to tip the terrible balance of attrition, setting the industrial might of the Domain versus the lives of 'freedom fighters'. Numerous vulnerabilities leave the Picket-class drone easy to underestimate, but woe to the captain who commits this error. If the Picket is allowed to follow its programming to close aggressively with its target, it will unleash shockingly dense volume of light-caliber fire to rip apart unarmored hulls."
–In-Game Description

The Picket is one of the drone types defending derelict ships. It can be deceptively dangerous due to its high speed and massive close-range fragmentation DPS.

Change History

0.95.1a

• All derelict drones: added "Rugged Construction" built-in hullmod

0.8a

• Added to the game

Only up to date for version 0.95.1. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History.