Guardian drones

Guardian drones guard other bots. They are often found in sectors containing advanced Transport drones such as the Aerna Transport. Most are armed with a combination of Flechette Cannons and Gatling Turrets.

How to Kill

Guardians are heavily armored and reward very little experience. They take a long time to kill, and the weapons they employ hurt a lot. Most players simply avoid Guardian drones.

Aputech-5

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
100	150	12000	7000kg	2 small	_ m/s	_ m/s	3/5/0/0/0	4
Systems Located In: Itan, Pherona, Sol II, Dau, Eo, Azek, Arta Caelistis

	Flechette Cannon x2

	Heavy Power Cell

How to Kill

Many a new player has met his first death upon meeting this model. The Aputech-5 mounts the infamous popcorn gun (called a flechette). It is a shotgun-style spray weapon. If you are too close to this bot, you will get hit. Distance control of between 150 and 200 meters is your best bet for staying healthy while scoring hits. A rolling tactic of any kind is only marginally effective; mix a two key strafe with actively varying your distance. As explained above, your time is better spent hunting something else.

Aputech-17

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
180	_	18000	7000kg	2 small	_ m/s	_ m/s	4/5/0/0/0	5
Systems Located In: Latos, Verasi

	Flechette Cannon MkII x2

	Fast Charge

How to Kill

The Aputech-17 Guardian is merely an up-armored Aputech-5. Destroy it the same way.

Fennus R-18

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
300	180	20000	14000kg	2S 1L	_ m/s	_ m/s	5/5/4/0/0	6
Systems Located In: Latos, Pherona, Azek

	Flechette Cannon x2

	Gauss Cannon

	Hive Fast Charge	Capacity	Charge Rate	Mass
		300	48/s	110kg

How to Kill

The Fenrus R-18 is not a guardian to trifle with. It mounts flechettes and a gauss cannon. A two key strafe with distance control of 70 to 90 meters evades the majority of the damage. An attack roll is also effective. You'll need to close to somewhere around 75 meters to be able to score a hit on one. They come in pairs. The one redeeming factor of the Fenrus model is their low rate of fire.

Devus D3

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
300	180	28000	14000kg	3 small	_ m/s	_ m/s	5/5/0/0/0	8
Systems Located In: Edras, Pelatus, Bractus

	Flechette Cannon x2

	Neutron Blaster MkII

	Hive Fast Charge	Capacity	Charge Rate	Mass
		300	48/s	110kg

	Scanner Spoofer

How to Kill

The Devus D3 Guardian is the most fearsome guardian bot. The armor is high, and it will keep up with you if you backroll. It mounts Neutrons and Flechettes. The combination of Neutron and popcorn is about the most frightening combination imaginable. Do not fight it close, but it will not be satisfied to stay far away either. Flying within range of this bot causes it to attack, you won't even have to shoot it. It attacks in groups of four, and if there are fewer than four, Arklan Guardians join them to fill the ranks. If you do choose to fight them, expect to repair after every single kill.

Orne

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
150	210	40000	30000kg	2 large	_ m/s	_ m/s	5/0/5/0/0	7
Systems Located In: Latos, Ukari

	Gatling Turret x2

	Hive Fast Charge	Capacity	Charge Rate	Mass
		300	48/s	110kg

How to Kill

Orne Guardians are large and slow. They mount dual gatling turrets. If you backroll, an Orne may never catch you. A two-key strafe is somewhat ill-advised; use an attack roll and control your distance to 70-100 meters. They don't attack alone.

Arklan

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
300	400	55000	30000kg	2 large	_ m/s	_ m/s	6/0/5/0/0	7
Systems Located In: Sedina, Edras, Pelatus

	Gatling Turret x2

	Hive Fast Charge	Capacity	Charge Rate	Mass
		300	48/s	110kg

	Avalon Torpedo Launcher (drop only)

How to Kill

Similar to the Orne, the Arklan Guardian mounts two gatling turrets. Since gatling and gauss fire is always thrown off with a roll, it is a safe strategy here. Arklans will attack you in pairs. Using an attack roll, pound away till it dies. Expect to be at it a while, Arklan armor is really something to see.

Milanar

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Weapon XP	Combat XP	Hull Strength	Mass	Weapon Ports	Max Speed	Turbo Speed	License	ALA
				3 small	_ m/s	_ m/s	5/5/4/0/0
Systems Located In: Unknown System

		Gravity Mine (drop only)

		Rarified Heliocene Alloy (drop only)

How to Kill

These bots only mine until they are attacked. They are heavily armored. Easiest way to kill them is to either stream avalons at cruise speed or stack the avalons. Once a single guardian is damaged, you will have a over five of them chasing you. Since they are armed with Power Cell Blasters, Law Enforcement Neutron Blasters, and Axia Accelerated Positron Blasters, your best bet is leave the sector after your avalons hit. Their weapons do not drop.

Another strategy is to keep a capital ship beyond their chase range, and reload off of it. Make sure they don't chase you to your capital ship. Some pilots dislike this strategy because the clumping of these drones thins out after a while, reducing the kill rate.