Drone weapon size


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I wanted to do a Mechanic with a drone. Planning to go heavy weapon combat drone in time but to start with(mostly because I can't afford weapons for that yet.) I was going to do a hoover drone with a small arm. But the drone is tiny, though it's clearly supposed to shoot stuff with a weapon mount and no str. I thought I had read that the drones use normal sized weapons even when tiny, but but now I can't find that. Am I misremembering or just missing the passage? Thank you in advance.


It was clarified in the FAQ that they can use normal sized weapons.

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Thank you for spotting it.


While I don't have any real confirmation, I do think that the strength of the stealth and hover drones would keep them from using heavy weapons due to a str 13 prereq.

The question of whether they could use them non-prof is open.

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EC Gamer Guy wrote:

While I don't have any real confirmation, I do think that the strength of the stealth and hover drones would keep them from using heavy weapons due to a str 13 prereq.

The question of whether they could use them non-prof is open.

They do have to have the prerequisites to get those feats, so I doubt that will be happening on either of those frames much.

I see no reason they couldn't, with the -4 penalty of course. Nothing in weapon mount says they have to be proficient. They'll just be terrible at their job in this case.

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