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Drones are the Chimera's robotic and unmanned flying units, first seen in Resistance 2, but appear earlier in the storyline, appearing in Resistance: Retribution and Resistance: Burning Skies.

Much like the Chimera, Drones have multiple yellow eyes-possibly used for purely aesthetic reasons, since the Drones could easily function with just one. Another possibility is that the machines use the multiple eyes to allow thermal imaging or night vision.

Worker Variant

Featured only in Resistance: Retribution, these Worker Drones are simply cheap labor used to supplement the Menials and Boilers as the Chimeran workforce. They are mostly seen operating machinery with some sort of interface beam.

Recon Variant

Recon Drones are unarmed and high-flying, looking alone for enemy positions.

Patrol Variant

Resistance: Burning Skies

The Patrol Drones in Resistance: Burning Skies are first seen attacking civilians on Staten Island.

Strategy

Using the Hunter's secondary ammo makes it more effective against several drones.

Intel

“	Nancy calls 'em flying garbage cans. And that's exactly what these drones look like. But watch out! When you spot one chances are that there are some more nearby. And nearby they're fast they're hard to hit. That's the bad news. The good news is that you can use a variety of weapons to destroy them. Shotguns, or weapons with a high rate of fire like a Bullseye, or a Mauler work best. Be sure to duck though... When a drone explodes chunks of shrapnel fly in every which way. Nancy bagged three yesterday. How 'bout it ladies? Can you beat that? Never give up, and never give up. - George	”

Resistance: Retribution

The Patrol Drones in Resistance: Retribution are of an earlier variety, thus they are larger and their firing rate is much slower, using charged shots.

Resistance 2

The Patrol Drones in Resistance 2 are lightly armed with a weapon similar to the Bullseye, which fire at a much faster rate than their earlier counterparts, but without the secondary ability, and attack in large numbers.

Strategy

A very easy way to dispatch an attacking swarm of Patrol Drones in Resistance 2 is to use the LAARKs secondary fire ability, which fires a large number of miniature, self guiding rockets that target and destroy most, if not all of the drones in one volley.

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Hunter Variant

The Hunter Drones are medium sized drones that have a weapon similar to the Bullseye, but fires with much more distance between shots at a fast rate. They first appear in Bryce Canyon when Hale and several soldiers fight several Ravagers and Hybrids on a bridge.

In an image of the concept art of Resistance 3 these drones appear.

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Attack Variant

The Attack Drones are large, heavily armed and armored, and are protected by a type of force-field. Attack Drones are armed with two weapons: a single barreled Bullseye look-alike and a triple barreled mini-rocket launcher. The mini-rockets are equipped with a sabot that can penetrate organic tissue and hard materials before exploding. Apparently, these Drones can be piloted as Sentinel Aaron Hawthorne managed to briefly pilot one in Orick, California.

In the cooperative campaign, they appear sometimes as mini-bosses and, unlike in Resistance 2, are unshielded due to being over-powered. They always appear from a dropship in Orick if the players are trying to destroy the Stalker prototype in the lumber mill. In Chicago, if shutting down the beacons in the construction yard is the last objective, then two one-star Attack Drones will appear to defend the beacons.

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Shock Variant

The Shock Drones are newly introduced in Resistance 3. As their name applies, the Shock Drones emit an arc of electricity as their main weapon.

Strategy

They can be easily destroyed with one shot of the Rossmore Shotgun or with a Bullseye Tag.
EMP Grenades are extremely effective against a group of Shock Drones.

Enemy Journal

“	Shock Drones serve as small but relentless hunters. They typically move in groups, and tend to scout the areas around larger mechanical hunters, such as the Goliath. Once a Shock Drone has discovered a target, it will lock on and continue to attack until destroyed. Primary Attack - High-powered electrical discharge. Survival Tip: Place a Marksman Mini-turret on the ground along its path of approach-- when the drones approach the turret will attack them continuously.	”

Trivia

If the player knock out 25 Shock Drones with an EMP Grenade, they will earned the Bronze Trophy, "Electric Avenue".

Shield Variant

Shield Drones act as support units for Chimeran infantry, in which they create an invincible force-shield by beaming an energy field that surrounds a Chimera, although they seem to only support Hybrids, Ravagers, and Steelheads. However, Shield Drones are vulnerable and can be destroyed in order to break their support on Chimeran enemies.

Strategy

The best weapon is the Auger Rifle, as its primary fire can kill a Hybrid even with the Shield Drone supporting it.
Shield Drones are vulnerable to EMP Grenades.

Enemy Journal

“	Shield drones work in tandem with Chimera, and may also summon additional Chimera to the battlefield. During battle, a Shield Drone will seek out an unprotected Chimera, then hover overhead and project an Energy Shield around the Chimera. Chimera protected by a Shield Drone will not take damage. Destroy the Shield Drone first.	”

Trivia

Resistance 2

The Swarm, when zoomed in at with the L23 Fareye, is seemingly compose of a large group of Recon/Patrol Drones with a tail.

Resistance: Retribution

In Resistance: Retribution, James Grayson refers to Drones as "tin cans".