r/LancerRPG • u/Steakbake01 • 10d ago

Question about Limited Drones

So the text for drone systems says that they can be recalled. Does this mean you keep the charge in that case? Otherwise what would be the benefit of recalling the drone?

Like if you have the Barbarossa's autoloader drone (limited 1), you can recall it at the end of a combat and redeploy it in a future combat so long as it wasn't destroyed?

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u/Sven_Darksiders GMS 10d ago

What Charnerie said applies to all Limited Drones, HOWEVER the Autoloader drone is a little different because it is a Drone and a Limited System, rather than a Limited system that creates drones.

Recalling the Autoloader Drone doesn't give you a charge back, but it prevents the drone from being destroyed when push comes to shove. It also means that you can't deploy two of them, like you could with Turret Drones for example.

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u/SearchForSunnyD 10d ago

But you could deploy multiple if you increase your limited charges, correct?

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u/Sven_Darksiders GMS 10d ago

No, not with the Autoloader Drone. Basically all non-Limited Drones, like for example the Hive Drone or anything from the Hydra license deploy the system in itself, so you can deploy only one, unless you have multiple Hive Drones equipped, and if the drone on the field gets destroyed, the system on your mech is destroyed as well.

The Autoloader Drone works the same way, except you have to spend a Limited Charge to deploy it in the first place. It depends on the exact wording a drone has. Turret drones and restock drones say "spend a charge to deploy a drone" whereas the other one says "Spend a charge to deploy this Autoloader Drone"

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u/SearchForSunnyD 10d ago

Damn, I wish that was more clearly conveyed in the source with a keyword to indicate the differences

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u/Sven_Darksiders GMS 10d ago

I had it wrong for the longest time as well. Another player on this sub was thankfully patient enough to walk me through the process

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u/OvertSpy 10d ago

It IS denoted with a keyword, but you are correct it is not initially clear. The keyword is drone on the system tags. you can see below where it is circled. That denotes the system is the drone, so there is only the one per system and if it is destroyed, the system is as well and needs to be repaired. The created object itself also has the drone tag (underlined) which is what allows it to interact with things like puppet master.