# Drones Hijacking

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866>\
**Category:** Player Features & Ideas\
**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866 "2018-12-27T23:31:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![vondronage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vondronage/32/410797_2.png) [@vondronage](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/vondronage)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/1 "2018-12-27T23:31:38Z")

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Drones Hijacking – Skill at taking over control of a targets active drones. One drone can be hijacked for every level of Drones Hijacking, up to the number of drones the pilots drone skills support. Only drones the pilot is able to deploy can be hijacked.

Requirements

- Drone skills equal to those required to deploy the drone being hijacked
- Hacking V
- Advanced Target Management V

Mechanics

- Requires target lock on the ship actively controlling the drones, as well as target lock on each drone to be hijacked.
- Losing target lock on the target ship releases all hijacked drones
- Losing target lock on individual drones releases the individual drone

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**Author:** ![Max\_Deveron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/max_deveron/32/245870_2.png) [@Max\_Deveron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Max_Deveron)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/2 "2018-12-28T03:31:21Z")

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whats the point of this?

If you are looking to steal drones…get an ECM Burst

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**Author:** ![Jahar\_Makanen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jahar_makanen/32/341989_2.png) [@Jahar\_Makanen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jahar_Makanen)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/3 "2018-12-28T03:58:12Z")

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![images](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/3/0/30482aba246a07445b4162e75527d7fdcdbf37e1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![vondronage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vondronage/32/410797_2.png) [@vondronage](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/vondronage)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/4 "2018-12-28T05:40:38Z")

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to tear off your arms, and hit you with them.

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**Author:** ![Daoden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/daoden/32/271841_2.png) [@Daoden](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Daoden)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/5 "2018-12-28T06:49:25Z")

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You can already hijack them.

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**Author:** ![DrysonBennington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drysonbennington/32/501369_2.png) [@DrysonBennington](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DrysonBennington)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/6 "2018-12-28T06:52:44Z")

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A drone that can capture other drones and fighters and then return them to you would be really fun and interesting to have on the field.

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**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/7 "2018-12-28T10:40:04Z")

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Only if there’s a drone that can rip guns/launchers off none drone boats in the same way.

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**Author:** ![Daoden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/daoden/32/271841_2.png) [@Daoden](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Daoden)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/8 "2018-12-29T01:08:04Z")

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Let’s just go full crazy and let me send pirates to board your ship and take it for myself.

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**Author:** ![Jahar\_Makanen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jahar_makanen/32/341989_2.png) [@Jahar\_Makanen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jahar_Makanen)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/9 "2018-12-29T11:11:35Z")

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Could be possible also like when its hull reaches 10% you would be able to board ship, assassinate the capsuleer ad take control of the ship.

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**Author:** ![Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/corraidhin_farsaidh/32/10994_2.png) [@Corraidhin\_Farsaidh](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Corraidhin_Farsaidh)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/10 "2018-12-29T13:43:43Z")

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Nope, ships need to go boom to keep driving the economy. If you want something without the effort of building it, go buy it from someone willing to make that effort.

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**Author:** ![Jahar\_Makanen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jahar_makanen/32/341989_2.png) [@Jahar\_Makanen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jahar_Makanen)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/11 "2018-12-29T18:47:09Z")

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Hmm you’re right.  
The economy.  
Well could be a skill based chance to take over the ship and if you fail both ships explodes, including your own.  
Hmmm nevermind… thats a lot off topic haha.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/drones-hijacking/129866/12 "2019-03-29T18:47:15Z")

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