You acquire and train in the use of a Survey Drone and Drone Controller that only you can use. Add the Drone Controller to your Pilot Equipment when using the Survey Drone. You may control the Survey Drone up to Far Range.

Sending a command to your Survey Drone via the Drone Controller is a Free Action. The Survey Drone acts independently of you, on its own turn. It can be set to do automated tasks such as defending an area, attacking a target, or alerting you when it spots a threat. Your Survey Drone uses the same rules as Mechs for attaching Systems and Modules; taking damage and being repaired; as well as Heat and Heat Checks. Your Survey Drone cannot Push.

Your Survey Drone has a Tech Level equal to your Union Crawler. If your Union Crawler is upgraded, so is your Survey Drone. It gains additional stats as shown for each Tech Level above the first. If your Survey Drone becomes destroyed or is misplaced you can acquire a new one during Downtime. You may only ever have one Survey Drone at a time.