Picket

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Picket-class Drone
Explorarium Frigate
10,000c
Logistical data
CR per deployment	5%
CR per deployment	5%
Recovery rate (per day)	5%
Recovery rate (per day)	5%
Recovery cost (supplies)	2 (-1)
Recovery cost (supplies)	2 (-1)
Deployment points	3
Deployment points	3
Peak performance (sec)	480
Peak performance (sec)	480
Ordnance points	15
Ordnance points	15
Maintenance (supplies/month)	3
Maintenance (supplies/month)	3
Cargo capacity	20
Cargo capacity	20
Maximum crew	0
Maximum crew	0
Skeleton crew required	0
Skeleton crew required	0
Fuel capacity	20
Fuel capacity	20
Maximum burn	9
Maximum burn	9
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	1
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	1
Combat performance
Hull integrity	1400
Armor rating	250
Flux capacity	750
Flux dissipation	100
Top speed	200
Systems
Defense	None
System	Maneuvering Jets
Mounts	3x Small Ballistic
Hullmods	Automated Ship Rugged Construction

	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.

Changelog

Patch 0.95.1a: All derelict drones: added "Rugged Construction" built-in hullmod Patch 0.8a: Added to the game