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Rogue Patrol Drone

An upgraded patrol drone with a corrupted route table and overactive threat classifier.

  • Tier 1
  • Drone

Combat profile

Live combat profile
MetricLive value
Hull30
Shield18
ArmorNot represented in combat data
Accuracy58.0%
Attack cadence2 s per attack
Damage profile10 Kinetic

Resistances

Not applicable

No damage resistances are represented for this encounter.

Abilities and phases

Not applicable

No scripted combat abilities are configured for this encounter.

Locations

Known encounter locations
Location typeSite / spawnSystem
Fixed siteRogue Patrol DroneFrontier Sector Alpha
Scan signatureSignature: sig_rogue_patrol_droneFrontier Sector Alpha
Spawn eventSpawn: Frontier Rogue DroneFrontier Sector Alpha

Loot

Live encounter loot
ItemQuantityChance / poolDifficulty
Structural Frame T11–2100.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 70)Tier 1
Control Circuit T1135.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 20)Tier 1
Ship blueprint fragment (Tier 1–2)18.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 10)Tier 1
Module fragment (Tier 1–1)16.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1)Tier 1
Component schematic fragment (Tier 1–1)14.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1)Tier 1

Intel

Rogue Patrol Drone Sighted

Rogue Patrol Drone registers as a Tier 1 drone contact near Frontier Sector Alpha. An upgraded patrol drone with a corrupted route table and overactive threat classifier. Initial silhouette capture flags kinetic damage, 30 hull strength, and a bounty value of 40 CR.

Rogue Patrol Drone Studied

Class: drone. Tier: 1. Allegiance: Unaligned. Rogue Patrol Drone fights around kinetic damage, 0.58 accuracy, and a 2 second firing rhythm. Its combat profile favors clean target locks, synchronized volleys, and low-emotion pursuit. Common recovery points to loot table combat_rogue_patrol_drone.

Rogue Patrol Drone Mastered

Rogue Patrol Drone exists because the frontier rewards specialized violence. Unaligned keeps this pattern in service where doctrine, profit, or old automation makes it useful. Veteran captains counter it by reading the first exchange: its visible resist table offers no obvious weakness, so tempo control matters more than damage fashion. Destroyed examples show field repairs, recycled parts, and mission scars that rarely reach official reports. Mastery turns the contact from a threat into a map note: where these hulls gather, a faction priority, derelict order, or hidden route is usually nearby.