I don’t remember the default keybind, but I like to set “All Drones: Return to Drone Bay” to Ctrl-T, that way I can quickly and easily reload guns and recall drones.
You can right click on the drone group and tell them to engage targets, and a button might appear in the selected item window when a drone is selected (I honestly can’t remember), but this is extremely slow. I highly, highly encourage you to make use of your hotkeys. It does take a little bit of effort to learn, but it will all become muscle memory with a little bit of practice, and it will dramatically improve your execution. I know if you open up the hotkey menu, you’ll see 800 hotkeys. But most of them are incredibly niche (like, do we really need hotkeys for player creation?). So, don’t let that intimidate you. Most players only need to learn the 13 most commonly used ones.
- Stop Ship: Ctrl + Space
- Lock Target: Ctrl + Left Click
- Unlock Target: Ctrl + Shift + Left Click
- Activate Top Row Module: F1-F8 (note that you can put mid and lowslot active mods into the top row of your hud)
- Overheat Module: Shift + Left Click
- Align: Q
- Orbit: W
- Keep at Range: E
- Dock/Jump/Activate Gate: D
- Launch Drones: T (My Custom Keybind)
- Engage Drones: F
- Recall Drones: Ctrl + T (My Custom Keybind)
- Reload: Ctrl + R