Left Over Drones

try deploying your fighters in a ring around the drones before battle maybe?

Drones are suposed to self distruct after they run out of suply but that little bug still needs adressing. If it worked you could just leave the residual drones around and wait for them to run out of suply. I think this fix is a good candidate for the next patch as its knowen but not yet fixed

as the 1st comment suggested... if you occupy the hexes surrounding the drones, and then attack the drones, they cannot leave the field... and then you pick 'em off...

a bit o' micromanaging, but it does do the trick-

You get them to run out of suplys by engaging them without in system resuply they will run out runing away from your units if they turn and attack you then you can shoot them down the only problem is that drones dont seem to use suplys and dont self distruct when they run out that I am aware off.

Just build a faster Fighter. 18 engines should be more than enough even if they are Ion. You have probably already found that they aren't going to run out of supplies. And surround them is pointless when they continue to evade your existing fighters.

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-my "Ministers are more sinister than Ministers... But who cares?"

Like I said. Fast light fighters. You don't have to play a tedious game that requires you to circle the drones and you don't have to play a chase game. A small squadron of fast light fighters can destroy all drones and if any escape you attack the few that remain in the same turn with the same squadron. Battles are over quickly. But to each their own.

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-my "Ministers are more sinister than Ministers... But who cares?"