Bluetail Drone

"The Bluetail Drone uses Kinetic weapons to snipe at targets from long range. They're known amongst pilots to be particularly difficult to take out due to their innate ability to keep their distance."

General
The Bluetail Drone is a long-range Kinetic squadron with relatively low health. It can only be equipped on Xeno Division Hulls or better.

Advantages
Bluetail Drones outrange both Redhawk Drones and Yellowjacket Drones, guaranteeing Paladin Carriers equipped with this squadron a win against those with the aforementioned drones in a one-on-one fight. In addition, they are among the first squadrons to launch, slowly whittling down the enemy's health before they even get to launch their own.

They are also the fastest drone and hence least likely to be intercepted by enemy weapons.

Disadvantages
Bluetail Drones have very low health compared to other drones and can be easily taken down by even Demon Corps Ship Weapons such as Nova Rays, rarely doing much damage. Instead, they should be used to bait enemy fire, allowing other drones to slip through.

Trivia

 * Along with other T6.5 equipment, this item's build time was significantly reduced during the late April 2019 update as summarized here.
 * The late October 2020 update unlocked the Bluetail Drone to the Spectre faction to complement the release of the Comandante Carrier.