Scout Drone
Scout Drone is an uncommon throwable item.
An observer drone, used by alta scouts to scan the area.
While it doesn’t possess any actual combative power, it’s still very useful and will do anything to defend its ally.
Ingame
Species descriptions:
- Alta: Probably the most common drei model out there. Even some personal drone models are based off of it.
Radiomessages on pickup:
- Seems like you’ve acquired an Alta Robotic, or simply a Drone Spawner. You can activate it to deploy a friendly drone (or droid). Unfortunately, you won’t be able to further control it or deactivate it back.
Parameters
Unarmed
Will swoop at enemies when in range. Will explode with electric particles on destruction.
Having no energy accelerators allows this machine to be much lighter in weight.
Scouting Drone
Has status effects: 
Sensitive Electronics, 
Autoanalyzer, 
Omniblue Vision.
Deals physical damage on touch.
This set of functions is often attributed to scouting drones, as well as personal drones, although not as often.
Usage
Crafting
Can be used to craft:
Sources
Can be crafted:
- Tier 1
Alta Crafting Station (takes 1s, outputs Scout Drone x1):
Titanium Bar x3
Datamass x1
Alta Basic A.I. Chip x1
Force Shielder x1
Found naturally in containers:
Can be bought from merchants:
Can be obtained from special items:
Can be obtained via 
Spawnable Item Pack or 
Technical Information
- In-game ID:
ct_alta_scout_drone - Level:
3 - Power:
2.0 - Rarity:
Uncommon - Tags:
alta,alta_scout,drone,robotics,spawner,throwable,uncommon - File:
/items/active/alta/spawners/drones/scout.activeitem