He nodded to his daughter, before allowing Kimat to head back to his room to clean up, relax, and amuse himself before Ama needed her children for whatever political shenanigans she had in mind today. Hiana, he led to one side of the room, and took a seat on a bench. "Drone commanders are in charge of swarms of drones, how many depends on how much you want to dive into the specialization needed instead of maxing out your casting abilities. I would likely have gone drone commander if we had had the ability when I had started my armor."<br/><br/>A soft beep indicated the small message drone had arrived, about the size of a soft ball, which he used to give his daughter a basic run down on the drones. "Drones are semi-autonomous constructs that follow predetermined orders in situations where you are not directly controlling them. Since you are going to have an integrated AI in your armor, that will be quite often, as you are going to leave the AI to do most of the minute workings with them. This is one of the smallest drones, it is just a message relay to keep nearby units in touch when we can't just comm the unit in question for whatever reason.<br/><br/>Depending on how deeply you dive into the 'mysteries' surrounding the drones, you can control anywhere from two to thirty drones. Drones can do all sorts of jobs, scout, attack, defend, heal, carry things, create things, combat decoys, and more, and if you want, you can even make a brand new drone type if you feel you just absolutely have a drone with abilities X, Y, and Z. You can even use drones to quickly set up magic ritual circles, as I have done several times in the past.<br/><br/>So you get enough drone control in your armor for whatever you feel you need, put them all on defense, and suddenly you are a mage with an armor rating that is better than some of my frigates. Or you put long range rifles in them, and suddenly you are a long range mage that never tires. Or whatever. Surprise me, I have been in combat too much and too long to come up with good ideas that don't have significant combat applications and advantages."