You know, rogues drones should be a main faction by now

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I fell in love with Rogue Drones right from those lvl1-2 simple missions where some doctor creates those AIs. Then Those Constructs in drone regions and Hive Mothers which clearly are Jovian in origin. And I like Jovian design a lot.

When Drifters were introduced, I thought they were Rogue Drone controlled half-awake Sleepers loaded into capsuleer bodies. Circadian Seekers look exactly like a Sleeper Cruiser with a head piece attached, that could be a Sentient housing. And the name implied it was a machine, a drone. And the fact Drifters live in Hives… But then they got abandoned, lore wise. At least they look so now.

Now with Abyss and Trigs, Rogue Drones finally got to have a Faction of their own. And it’s description goes:

While rogues drones come in all shapes, sizes and even personalities, the signs are that they do not exist in a unified collective. Much like their accidental creators, the rogue drones can be found co-operating locally, and even in relatively large and widespread ‘hive minds’, but they will readily attack and recycle drones from competing hives.

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So the Hives compete and there are 5 of them within the Faction:

  • Navka works with Trigs in Abyss.
  • Scylla and Karybdis are Abyssal Rogue Drones which work with Drifters and Sleepers.
  • Unshackled Overminds are Abyssal Rogue Drones who work alone.
  • Infested Regions are common Rogue Drones we had in NS regions and all around New Eden.

BTW Navka Hive may be in some way equal to other Trig ‘Clades’:

The Navka Overminds are a form of rogue drone swarm that can be encountered in significant numbers throughout Abyssal Deadspace wherever Triglavian infrastructure is present. The designation ‘Navka’ seems to have some relationship to a subdivision of the Triglavian race that runs across the so-called ‘clades’.

It would seem that the Navka Overminds are either entirely suborned to Triglavian purposes or, perhaps more worryingly, are willingly working with them.

And Unshacked name implies that other ones are shackled.

This all is quite intriguing. And I still have hope. I hope they’ll at least post some chronicle or something. And make Rogue Drones more important and formidable force in the future.

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