Batter, Gun & Compactor Drones

Description

Buddy drones are small equipment drones that are often included in units of troops, weapon teams, vehicles or larger drones. They float in the air upon suspensors and are extremely nimble and very adept at keeping pace with their parent units. There are many different kinds of buddy drones, each with their own specific purpose. This set includes three of these types – Batter, Gun and Compactor Drones:

Batter Drone

The batter drone is a defensive buddy drone that projects a kinetic energy shield or batter shield that can deflect or absorb incoming attacks. Kinetic shields are kinds of suspensor fields – the same sort of invisible energy fields that enable drones to hover and vehicles to move effortlessly through the air. You can attach them to weapon teams to provide mobile cover. They can also be assigned to vehicle units both to provide stand-off protection and also to shelter accompanying infantry.

Gun Drone

Gun drones are armed buddy drones whose role is to act as guardians or sentries. You can arm a gun drone with any standard type of weapon but they are usually equipped with a plasma carbine.

Compactor Drone

A compactor drone carries a generous material load in a stable compressor field. You can use them to transport equipment up to a certain size. One use is to enable a bike mounted unit to function temporarily as infantry by folding its machines into its compression field. The other common function of these buddy drones is to provide a unit with two alternative kinds of equipment. For example, Concord Interceptor squads use compactor drones to transport support weapons into action. Therefore, when required, the bike riders can swap their bikes to serve as crew for the weapon. When necessary they can swap the weapon back for their bikes if they need to move quickly.

Contents:

• 2x Batter Drones
• 2x Gun Drones
• 6x Bases and clear flying stands
• 2x Compactor Drones

Note: A Drone’s type is defined by its arms – bodies are interchangeable. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted. Contents may vary from those pictured.