T'au Drone - Notable Drone Types: Aerial Drone Mine - Aerial Drone Mines are an airspace denial weapon. They are usually deployed by T'au aircraft in a contested airspace, where these Drone-controlled mines can engage any enemy aircraft that enters their vicinity.Camera Drone – A Camera Drone is a small form of T'au Drone equipped with a single camera and video recorder. They are often used to record and document events and interviews, and have been used in battle to record enemy unit movements.Chaff Drone – A Chaff Drone is a large and blocky T'au Drone that can be deployed by T'au ships as a defensive measure against enemy torpedoes. When deployed, they are released outwards from hatchways in swarms and will use their heat-seeking systems to home in on incoming ordinance and neutralise it with random pulses of magnetic interference to scramble guidance systems. If necessary, Chaff Drones will even place themselves directly in the way of a torpedo to detonate it prematurely.CL-31 Technical Drone - A CL-31 Technical Drone commonly serves as part of Air Caste ground crew in providing technical support when preparing aircraft for a mission and in analysing post-mission data. The CL-31 is just one of many other similar technical Drones that support T'au units in a wide variety of roles, such as the DX-4. The CL-31 Is superficially similar to a Gun Drone, except it is unarmed and unarmoured and lacks many of a Gun Drone's higher brain functions.Command-Link Drone - The Command-Link Drone is a unique T'au Drone utilised by Commander Shadowsun. It allows for better networking, through advanced communications, from Shadowsun to those under her command so that she may better direct the flow of a battle.Console Drone – A Console Drone is a small Drone that is merely a sleek and intelligent floating console screen that displays information. They are commonly found with Control Drone swarms and aid in displaying information to a T'au commander, such as an Air Caste voidship captain.Control Drone – A Control Drone is a tiny Drone often found as a swarm hovering around an important T'au official. Each Control Drone is inscribed with a simple touch control icon, and are used to dispatch relevant commands and orders to other T'au and/or AI systems far away. They are most commonly used by Air Caste commanders in managing their voidships.Courier Drone - A Courier Drone is a torpedo-like spacecraft used by the T'au Empire to communicate between distant worlds and the various T'au Septs. Courier Drones are entirely controlled by their governing Drone intelligence and are able to make interstellar jumps to deliver their encoded messages.DX-4 Technical Drone - DX-4 Technical Drones to provide maintenance and support to T'au vehicles and structures. DX-4 Drones are also capable of carrying a variety of systems to aid a Fire Warrior squad in battle.DX-6 Remora Drone Stealth Fighter - The DX-6 Remora Drone Stealth Fighter is a small drone fighter designed for scouting and reconnaissance missions. It is protected by a stealth-field generator and excels at conducting high-speed, hit-and-run attacks to disrupt enemy forces whilst supporting friendly T'au advances.DX-11 Exploratory Drone - The DX-11 Exploratory Drone was very recently developed by the T'au in response to the first encounter with the space hulk Mortis Thule in the Canis Salient of the Jericho Reach. It was developed alongside the XV46 Vanguard Void Battlesuit, and is designed to aid the pilots of those suits in T'au exploration expeditions into space hulks by acting as scouts and roaming areas autonomously whilst transmitting data on what it finds back to its operator.Earth Caste Builder Drone - An Earth Caste Builder Drone is a specialised type of T'au Drone that is designed to assist T'au Earth Caste units in the construction of T'au buildings, structures and support facilities in the field.Emitter Drone - Miniscule in size, Emitter Drones are released in large swarms by a T'au vehicle equipped with Decoy Launchers, and serve as a defensive measure against enemy missiles.Escort Drone - An Escort Drone is designed for use by Water Caste diplomats to aid them in their negotiations with other officials, whether they be T'au, Human, or other xenos. They incorporate information display equipment to aid them in this role, and are lightly armed for basic self-defence.Grav-Inhibitor Drone - A Grav-Inhibitor Drone is a Drone newly developed during the Third Sphere Expansion, and is most often found deployed with forward Pathfinder Teams. Grav-Inhibitor Drones are equipped exclusively with a Gravity Wave Projector that can slow down enemies trying to assault a fixed position long enough for the Pathfinders to escape and move out of harm’s way.Gun Drone - Gun Drones are one of the most common types of T'au Drone found in the Fire Caste. Wielding twin-linked Pulse Carbines, they act as fire support for Fire Warrior teams, and can pin enemy troops in place whilst the main body of a T'au army attacksHeavy Gun Drone - Heavy Gun Drones are a larger variant of the standard Gun Drone, and are sizeable enough to carry multiple heavy weapons (usually Burst Cannons) to lend direct fire support to Fire Warrior teams.Interceptor Drone - An Interceptor Drone rides within specially-designed cupolas in the wings of a Sun Shark bomber, where it utilises its twin-linked Ion Rifles to great effectiveness against infantry and aircraft alike. Interceptor Drones are fitted with powerful anti-gravitic motors to allow for high-velocity deployment whilst their mothership is in the air. They are also equipped with afterburners to allow for limited bursts of extreme speed during independent flight.Light Drone – A Light Drone is a form of T'au Drone that holds aloft a powerful light source. Their mobile nature makes them useful as they can be deployed wherever needed, such as in command meetings.Maintenance Drone - A Maintenance Drone is a small Drone used as part of a T'au vehicle's Automated Repair System. When released, Maintenance Drones will quickly swarm over damaged parts of the vehicle and perform field-repairs in the midst of battle.Marker Drone - Marker Drones carry Marker Lights, and will often be attached to T'au squads so that they may aid other squads by providing improved accuracy through the use of their Marker Light, which will allow more efficient targeting of the foe.Microdrone – A Microdrone is a unique, microscopic form of Drone similar to the Human concept of nanobots or nanites, that was invented by Honour-Shas'vre O'Vesa. Microdrones operate within his body to support his physiological processes and repair cellular damage. Their efforts keep him alive even in his extended old age.Missile Drone - A Missile Drone is a new type of Drone developed during the Third Sphere Expansion. It is armed with a Missile Pod. Missile Drones are usually only found attached to XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Teams, where they can lend additional heavy firepower to a Battlesuit assault.MV36 Guardian Drone  ​- The MV36 Guardian Drone was developed in response to the high number of casualties suffered amongst Fire Warrior Breacher Teams, and is able to project a mobile, invisible force-field that forms a dome over the Breacher Team that the drone accompanies. Because the shield has a large area of effect, it is not as powerful as that of a dedicated Shield Drone. However, footage exists of a MV36 Guardian Drone's shield turning aside shots from an Imperial Lascannon. The protective ability of the Guardian Drone is usually further bolstered by the field amplifier relays worn by members of Fire Warrior Breacher Teams.MV5 Stealth Drone - Deployed in pairs alongside XV95 Ghostkeel Battlesuits, the dome of an MV5 Stealth Drone is studded with stealth field generators which match those found on an XV95 Ghostkeel's armour. Combined with its underslung stealth emitter, it is capable of projecting a stealth field over itself and its attending XV95 Ghostkeel. A pair of these overlapping fields can make both the Drones and the Battlesuit virtually invisible in open terrain.MV52 Shield Drone - An MV52 Shield Drone is a prototype variant of the standard Shield Drone, and is equipped with an especially powerful MV52 Shield Generator. Because of their experimental nature, only Commander Shadowsun has been accompanied by them to date.Networking Drone – Networking Drones are high-flying Drones that support T'au aircraft squadrons in localised airspace, although they are also able to provide Marker Light beam support to T'au ground units at low altitudesPulse Accelerator Drone - A Pulse Accelerator Drone is a new type of Drone developed during the Third Sphere Expansion. It is most often found deployed with forward Pathfinder Teams. Pulse Accelerator Drones are equipped exclusively with a Pulse Accelerator that emits a powerful induction field capable of accelerating the charges of Pulse Weapons nearby, thus extending their range further than normal.Recon Drone - A Recon Drone is a new type of Drone developed during the Third Sphere Expansion. It is most often found deployed with forward Pathfinder Teams, especially those accompanied by a Devilfish transport. A Recon Drone is a relatively large mobile Drone, and is designed so that it is able to fit into a Devilfish’s cupola for easy transport and to link its systems with the Devilfish's own. Each Recon Drone is armed with a fold-away Burst Cannon, and is also equipped with a Homing Beacon and a Positional Relay to help T'au forces held in reserve more accurately deploy onto a battlefield.Shield Drone - Shield Drones are designed purely to protect important T'au individuals, such as T'au Commanders and Ethereals. Shield Drones are armed with an advanced Shield Generator, which enables them to block and deflect even the heaviest of enemy firepower that is directed at their master.Shielded Missile Drone - A Shielded Missile Drone is a very recently developed experimental type of Drone that incorporates both a Shield Generator, like a Shield Drone, and a Missile Pod, like a Missile Drone. Shielded Missile Drones are only deployed alongside experimental XV104 Riptide Battlesuits, and enhance their combat effectiveness.Slave Drone – A Slave Drone is a tiny Drone sometimes provided to T'au Fire Warriors on special missions, such as during an enemy starship boarding action. Loaded with high density kles’tak explosives, they can be programmed with limited orders, such as moving to a specifc position whilst evading incoming enemy fire, before detonating themselves in a devastating explosion capable of even reducing power-armoured Space Marines to pulp.Sniper Drone - Sniper Drones are equipped with advanced stealth-field generators and devastating Longshot Pulse Rifles, so that they may provide pinpoint anti-personnel firepower.Speaker Drone (Transmitter Drone, Message Drone) – A Speaker Drone, also known as a Transmitter Drone or Message Drone, is a tiny drone equipped with a speaker on its top face and a microphone array on its bottom. Primarily used for communication purposes, Speaker Drones will roll over to expose the appropriate recorder/receiver as is required. Multiple Speaker Drones grouped together can provide a clearer and louder message when transmitting in unison.Surveillance Drone (Survey Drone, Monitor Drone) – A Surveillance Drone, also known as a Survey Drone or Monitor Drone, is a T'au Drone designed to be deployed at high altitudes to record and relay detailed sensory information back to the T'au. Each Surveillance Drone has a complex mélange of radiation echo-sensors, temperature gauges, multiple primary and secondary optical magnification filters, and vast memory banks to aid it in its intelligence-gathering mission. Surveillance Drones will often be deployed in large numbers across a wide area, where an AI-assembled mix of radar, laser grid and high altitude survey-drone telemetry can be melded together to expand a single Surveillance Drone’s field of vision. A Surveillance Drone's sensory equipment is so powerful that they are even able to map out subterranean topography.Warscaper Drone - A Warscaper Drone is a rare type of T'au Drone of Commander Farsight's own invention. As such, it is only ever used by Farsight Enclave forces. Their role is to augment their owner’s own Battlesuit systems with detailed scans of the local environment, allowing him to easily draw the enemy into dangerous locations without putting himself in harm’s way. This exhaustive cartographic information can also be used by the Drone’s owner to more effectively navigate through the same dangerous terrain without coming to harm and to outflank enemy forces through hidden routes and paths.