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MES Remaining Drone Menace

Spawns several small drones occasionally to encourage players to build defensive turrets.

Description

Often enough players completely forget to build any form of defenses, and then suddenly there is a large, dangerous NPC in front of their base. I see two problems here: one is that there was simply no reason to build any form of defense, and secondly that most MES mods just throw massive, dangerous ships at you.

Why not have a mod that starts you small and easy, and gets progressively more difficult?

The Remaining Drone Menace is not actually dangerous. The very first drones you will encounter barely fly, have just one gun, and are more occupied with their malfunctions than to actually shoot. A "gentle" reminder that you wanted to build turrets, and a simple hand grinder will be all you need to get rid of them, before it actually accidentally hits something. However if you keep ignoring your defenses, sooner or latter an angry drone with actual weapons might come around.

Features

- Small, performance friendly, low cost drones, with no particularly expensive blocks.
- Very low challenge, so they should not spontaneously end your game.
- Rare spawns, expect about one drone per hour.
- They stop spawning after a while if you got your base all powerful and protected, so they don't become an annoyance.
- Self-destruct if damaged sufficiently, so the place won't get littered.

More drones will be added occasionally, following the same scheme.