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The Drones are robot minions built to serve Vilgax in his conquests. Vilgax uses these drones because no one else would dare be around him out of fear.^{[pop-up 1]}^[1]^{[merch 1]}

Appearance

The drones are robotic rather than organic and are red or orange in color.

Types of Drones

Basic Drones

File:Ben 10 Mecha droid design by Devilpig.jpg

Basic Drone

These small, weak, UFO-shaped drones were the most commonly seen drones in the original series and are referred to as Mecha droids.^{[DJ 1]} They were capable of flight and had several small limbs armed with lasers and blades. They could also cybernetically fuse with organic creatures, turning them into powerful human/drone hybrids, like with Rojo, with whom Vilgax can mentally communicate and influence.

They are capable of firing laser beams out of their robotic arms.

They are not particularly durable, as Wildmutt was able to destroy them with relative ease.^[1]. In the same episode, Gwen destroys a drone using a shovel, saving Ben because the Omnitrix ran out of power.

They are red with grey limbs and can see 360 degrees due to their movable vision.

Gigantic Drones

File:Attack robot design by Devilpig.jpeg

Gigantic Drones

Roughly 40 feet tall with more humanoid features and three insectoid legs, called Attack robots.^{[DJ 2]} They possess great strength and large claws, can spawn Basic Drones from their shoulders, can shoot laser blasts, and spin their legs to make a mini-tornado. Vilgax sent one in And Then There Were 10 to fight against Ben Tennyson, and uses many more in Secret of the Omnitrix, but they were easily destroyed by Way Big.

Regular Drones

Small humanoid drones (pictured in info-box) that are used for non-offensive work, and usually seen on Vilgax's ship and are referred to as Crewmen.^{[DJ 3]} He uses them to manage his ship functions, keep him informed of any new developments, set up equipment, and serve as his personal foot soldiers. They are capable of speech, unlike other drones, and possess laser guns, grenades, and jet packs when fighting.

Large Drones

Humanoid drones that are larger and more muscular than the normal drones. They are stronger, more durable, and carry laser cannons.

Flying Drones

Robots that have the heads of the humanoid drones, but have bigger and flight-capable bodies with pincer-like arms and legs. They are made for air and space combat, but can also transform into walkers to function on land. They are capable of flight in atmosphere and outer space, and attack with laser blasters.

Insectoid Drones

They appear as beetle-like drones that can fly, and have weapons like scythes, lasers, drills, bombs, and photon arrays. Vilgax comes to Earth with an army of these types of drones to draw out Ben Tennyson by attacking a city in Secrets.

Mechadroid

Appears in The Visitor. It is slightly larger than the Basic Drone, and barely any different in appearance, though Mechadroids have recognizable faces and spider-like legs rather than the Basic Drone's limbs. They are able to absorb other mechanical devices in order to gain additional abilities, such as attaching a tank to itself to use its cannon, and for each machine merged with, they grow larger and stronger.

Other Drones

Vilgax also has repair drones on his ship; crab-like drones whose purpose is to fix any damages to his warship. Seen near the end of And Then There Were 10, fixing the damage that his ship sustained in the battle for the Omnitrix.

Very tiny medical drones are used to heal Vilgax's wounded body in his healing tank after the battle in the same episode.

In Secret of the Omnitrix, when Vilgax assaulted and boarded Tetrax's ship, small flying crab-like drones came after Ben when he was stuck piloting a Gyro Pod in space. They resembled the basic UFO's body piece with four limbs attached and a propulsion piece on the underside, and could gradually weld through the Gyro Pod's metal using their limbs.

Appearances

Ben 10

Season 1

And Then There Were 10 (first appearance)
Hunted
The Alliance
Secrets

Season 2

Truth (flashback)
Gwen 10 (non-canon)

Season 3

The Visitor

Season 4

Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
Goodbye and Good Riddance (non-canon)

Alien Force

Season 3

Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1 (first reappearance)

Omniverse

Season 5

And Then There Was Ben (first reappearance; past)

Season 8

Malgax Attacks
A New Dawn (past)

Video Games

Trivia

Vilgax creates his drones with a special aggressive mode for battle.^{[pop-up 2]}^[2]
The gigantic Attack Drones were based off Droidekas from Star Wars.^{[DJ 4]}
- They had trouble animating the head and arms, but the legs ended up looking cooler than designer Dave Johnson expected.^{[DJ 2]}

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 And Then There Were 10
↑ The Visitor

Pop-ups

Dave Johnson

Merchandise

↑ X-Ray Ben and Diamondhead V.2 DVD; file

Villains
Prime Timeline
Vilgax	Bioid (Original) • Bioid (Omnitrix Army) • Mechadroid • Squid Monster • Ultimate Vilgax
Dr. Animo	Mutant Frog • Mutant Hamster • Mutant Parrot • Living Mammoth • Living Tyrannosaurus • Heatbat • Mutant Seagull (Original Series) • Mutant Octopus • Mutant Lepidopterran/Splixson Hybrid • Mutant Bat • Mutant Prairie Dog • Mutant Hornet • Pterodactyl • Pterodactyl Leader • Mutant Kangaroo • Mutant Snail • Mutant Ant • Mutant Mosquito • Mutant Giraffe • Technobug • Chupacabra • Frankencryptid • Mutant Squirrel
Bounty Hunters	SixSix • SevenSeven • EightEight • Synthroid • Sunder • Kraab • Vulkanus
Zombozo	Acid Breath • Frightwig • Thumbskull • Zombie Clowns
Rojo's Gang	Rojo • Azul • Amarillo
Magic	Addwaitya • Charmcaster • Darkstar • Pallorfang • Scrutin
Forever Knights	Sir Driscoll • Enoch • Patrick • Urien • Sir Cyrus • Joseph Chadwick • Connor • Sir Dagonet • Dr. Jekyll • Sir Morton • Sir Reginald • Twin Knights • Squire • Coach Finn • Mech Dragon • Red Knight • Squires
Great One	Enforcer Alien • Interpreter Alien • Leader Alien
Zs'Skayr	Crüjo • Kuphulu • Lord Transyl • Mummy • Viktor • Werewolf • Anur-Mirrored Ben • Anur-Mirrored Charmcaster • Anur-Mirrored Hobble • Anur-Mirrored Rook • Living Pumpkins
Vengers	Billy Billions • Captain Nemesis • Kangaroo Kommando • Mazuma • Simons • Will Harangue
Lenopan	Mr. Mann • Mrs. Mann • Camille's Ex-Boyfriend • Mann Family's Bodyguard
Road Crew	Baron Highway • Turbine • Road Rage
Evil Bens	Eon • Albedo • Bad Ben • Benzarro • Eon's Servants • Mad Ben • Nega Ben
Highbreed	Highbreed Commander • DNAlien • Edna • Moe • Shem • Mizaru • Xenocite • Simian
Incursean Empire	Milleous • Attea • Raff • Major Glorff • Lieutenant Rana • Sangfroid • Way Bads
Vreedles	Ma • Pa • Octagon • Rhomboid • Parallelogram • Isosceles Right Triangle • Dodecahedron • Pretty Boy
The Hive	Elena Valadis • Microchip • Decoy Queen • Living Buildings • Ship-It Employee
Aggregor	Aggrebots • Ultimate Aggregor
Dagon	Lucubra • Conduit Edwards • Rich • Esoterica
Faction	Dr. Psychobos • Khyber • Khyber's Panuncian • Malware
Psyphon	Bug-Lite • Bouncer • Bubble Helmet • Liam • Gorvan • Psyphon's Minion • Nightmarish Alien • Piscciss Volann Prisoner • Pickaxe Aliens • Sweet-Eels Sparklefunk • Hooded Alien • Thunderpig • Tummyhead
Fistrick	Corvo • Hoodlum • Fistrick's Thug
Rooters	Servantis • Phil Billings • Ragnarok • Swift • Leander
Robots	B.L.R.R.T. • S.A.M. • Slix Vigma • Red Robot • Computron • Computron's Minions • Otto • Techadon Robots • Mechaneer • Naljian Destructor • R.E.D.s • Mouse Minions • Stalker • Remote • Jungle Guardians
Others	Antonio • Benevelon • Blue Leader • Buzz • Charles Zenith • Clancy • Codon Stream Monster • Convict • Mayor Coleman • Collectimus • Lord Doomicus • Duane • Frank • Prince Gyula • Hammer • Howell Wainwright • Hulex Colonel • Hulex Workers • Inspector 13 • Jack • Jarett • Jonah Melville • Kolar • Captain Kork • Krakken • Kundo • Lepidopterran Prisoner • Living Mushrooms • Maltruant • Mino-Toga • Missy • Morgg • Mutant Seagulls • Mycelium • Nyancy Chan • Oliver Thompson • Piscciss Kraken • Pinky • Plant Alien • Plant Clones • Poltroon • Prisoner 775 • Red Leader • Seebik • Solid Plugg • Ssserpent • Sublimino • Suemungousaur • Sunny • Surgeon • Tetramand Prisoner • Trash Monster • Trombipulor • Violet Offenders • King Xarion • Yetta
Alternate Dimensions/Timelines
Original Future Timeline	Dr. Animo • Exo-Skull • Kevin Levin • Mot Snikrep • Sploot • Vilgax • Vulkanus
Omniverse Future Timeline	Dr. Animo • Exo-Skull • Subdora
Time Heals Timeline	Charmcaster • Hex
Dimension 23	Carrot Monster • Orange Offenders
Mad Ben's Dimension	Mad Pakmar
Non-Canon
Gwen 10 (What-If?)	Vilgax
Goodbye and Good Riddance (What-If?)	Vilgax • Bird Villains
Books	Animus • Aztak • Caecilia • DJ Zenut • Dr. Doom • Frostbyte • Gontu • Groombah • Infinite Monkey • Louie the Hairdresser • Parasite • Scorn • Señor Chaos • Slezak • The Collector (Collectible Heroes) • The Collector (Powerless) • Trash Monster (Down in the Dumps) • Triple Trouble
Games	Crystal Claws • Feraline • Forever Ninja • Giant Vilgax Destroyer • Maceroot • Remote • Snakefly • Snap Dragon • Terracotta Army • Terracotta General • Terracotta Dragon • Thornhound • Vulpin Serpent
Non-Ben 10
Generator Rex	Alpha • Black Knight • Biowulf • I-Bol • Skalamander
The Secret Saturdays	V.V. Argost • Munya

[ATTWT-2] 1.0 ^1.1 And Then There Were 10

[8] The Visitor

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[AR-5] 2.0 ^2.1 https://www.deviantart.com/devilpig/art/Ben-10-Attack-robot-design-154617433

[6] ttps://www.deviantart.com/devilpig/art/Ben-10-Vilgax-crewmen-design-154617784

[9] ttps://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/154617433/1384167411

[3] X-Ray Ben and Diamondhead V.2 DVD; file

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+{{Classic|Drones (Reboot)}}
-{{Original}}
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+|image = <gallery>
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+|name = Drones
+|user = [[Vilgax (Classic)|Vilgax]]
 |equipment = Laser Rifles
-|creator = [[Vilgax]]
-|user = [[Vilgax]]
 |1st = [[And Then There Were 10]]
 |voice = [[Dee Bradley Baker]] <small>([[Ben 10|Original Series]])</small><br>[[Steve Blum]] <small>([[Ben 10: Omniverse|Omniverse]])</small>
+|backcolor = CB3F00
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+|creator = [[Vilgax (Classic)|Vilgax]]
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-The '''Drones''' are robot minions built to serve [[Vilgax]] in his conquests. {{Cite|He uses these drones because no one else would dare be around him.}}
+The '''Drones''' are robot minions built to serve [[Vilgax (Classic)|Vilgax]] in his conquests. Vilgax uses these drones because no one else would dare be around him out of fear.{{Refn|[[:File:Robots Work for Vilgax.png]]|group = pop-up}}<ref name="ATTWT">''[[And Then There Were 10]]''</ref>{{Refn|X-Ray Ben and Diamondhead V.2 DVD; [[:File:Vilgax's crew are robots.png|file]]|group = merch}}
 ==Appearance==
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 ==Types of Drones==
 ===Basic Drones===
-[[File:Ben 10 Mecha droid design by Devilpig.jpg|thumb|450px|Basic Drone]]
+[[File:Ben 10 Mecha droid design by Devilpig.jpg|thumb|316x316px|Basic Drone|left]]
-These small, weak, UFO-shaped drones were the most commonly seen drones in the [[Ben 10|original series]]. They were capable of flight and had several small limbs armed with lasers and blades. They could also cybernetically fuse with organic creatures, turning them into powerful human/drone hybrids, like with [[Rojo]], with whom Vilgax can mentally communicate and influence.
+These small, weak, UFO-shaped drones were the most commonly seen drones in the [[Ben 10|original series]] and are referred to as Mecha droids.{{Refn|https://www.deviantart.com/devilpig/art/Ben-10-Mecha-droid-design-154617634|group = DJ}} They were capable of flight and had several small limbs armed with lasers and blades. They could also cybernetically fuse with organic creatures, turning them into powerful human/drone hybrids, like with [[Rojo]], with whom Vilgax can mentally communicate and influence.
 They are capable of firing laser beams out of their robotic arms.
-They are not particularly durable, as [[Wildmutt]] was able to destroy them with relative ease.<ref>''[[And Then There Were 10]]''</ref>. In the same episode, [[Gwen Tennyson|Gwen]] destroys a drone using a shovel, saving [[Ben Tennyson|Ben]] because the [[Omnitrix]] ran out of power.
+They are not particularly durable, as [[Wildmutt (Classic)|Wildmutt]] was able to destroy them with relative ease.<ref name="ATTWT"/>. In the same episode, [[Gwen Tennyson (Classic)|Gwen]] destroys a drone using a shovel, saving [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben]] because the [[Omnitrix (Original)|Omnitrix]] ran out of power.
 They are red with grey limbs and can see 360 degrees due to their movable vision.
+{{clear}}
 ===Gigantic Drones===
 [[File:Attack_robot_design_by_Devilpig.jpeg|thumb|250px|Gigantic Drones]]
-Roughly 40 feet tall with more humanoid features and three insectoid legs. They possess great strength and large claws, can spawn Basic Drones from their shoulders, can shoot laser blasts, and spin their legs to make a mini-tornado. Vilgax sent one in ''[[And Then There Were 10]]'' to fight against [[Ben Tennyson]], and uses many more in '''''[[Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix|Secret of the Omnitrix]]''''', but they were easily destroyed by [[Way Big]].
+Roughly 40 feet tall with more humanoid features and three insectoid legs, called Attack robots.{{Refn|https://www.deviantart.com/devilpig/art/Ben-10-Attack-robot-design-154617433|group = DJ|name = AR}} They possess great strength and large claws, can spawn Basic Drones from their shoulders, can shoot laser blasts, and spin their legs to make a mini-tornado. Vilgax sent one in ''[[And Then There Were 10]]'' to fight against [[Ben Tennyson (Classic)|Ben Tennyson]], and uses many more in '''''[[Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix|Secret of the Omnitrix]]''''', but they were easily destroyed by [[Way Big (Classic)|Way Big]].
 {{clear}}
 ===Regular Drones===
-Small humanoid drones (pictured in info-box) that are used for non-offensive work, and usually seen on [[Chimerian Hammer|Vilgax's ship]]. He uses them to manage his ship functions, keep him informed of any new developments, set up equipment, and serve as his personal foot soldiers. They are capable of speech, unlike other drones, and possess laser guns, grenades, and jet packs when fighting.
+Small humanoid drones (pictured in info-box) that are used for non-offensive work, and usually seen on [[Chimerian Hammer (Classic)|Vilgax's ship]] and are referred to as Crewmen.{{Refn|https://www.deviantart.com/devilpig/art/Ben-10-Vilgax-crewmen-design-154617784|group = DJ}} He uses them to manage his ship functions, keep him informed of any new developments, set up equipment, and serve as his personal foot soldiers. They are capable of speech, unlike other drones, and possess laser guns, grenades, and jet packs when fighting.
 ===Large Drones===
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 ===Insectoid Drones===
-They appear as beetle-like drones that can fly, and have weapons like scythes, lasers, drills, bombs, and photon arrays. Vilgax comes to [[Earth]] with an army of these types of drones to draw out Ben Tennyson by attacking a city in ''[[Secrets]]''.
+They appear as beetle-like drones that can fly, and have weapons like scythes, lasers, drills, bombs, and photon arrays. Vilgax comes to [[Earth (Classic)|Earth]] with an army of these types of drones to draw out Ben Tennyson by attacking a city in ''[[Secrets]]''.
 ===Mechadroid===
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 ===Other Drones===
-Vilgax also has repair drones on his ship; crab-like drones whose purpose is to fix any damages to his warship. Seen near the end of ''And Then There Were 10'', fixing the damage that his ship sustained in the battle for the [[Omnitrix]]. He also has medical drones that are made to heal his wounded body after the battle in the same episode.
+Vilgax also has repair drones on his ship; crab-like drones whose purpose is to fix any damages to his warship. Seen near the end of ''And Then There Were 10'', fixing the damage that his ship sustained in the battle for the [[Omnitrix (Original)|Omnitrix]].
+Very tiny medical drones are used to heal Vilgax's wounded body in his healing tank after the battle in the same episode.
+In ''[[Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix|Secret of the Omnitrix]]'', when Vilgax assaulted and boarded Tetrax's ship, small flying crab-like drones came after Ben when he was stuck piloting a Gyro Pod in space. They resembled the basic UFO's body piece with four limbs attached and a propulsion piece on the underside, and could gradually weld through the Gyro Pod's metal using their limbs.
 ==Appearances==
 ===Ben 10===
+====Season 1====
 *''[[And Then There Were 10]]'' <small>(first appearance)</small>
+*''[[Hunted]]''
 *''[[The Alliance]]''
-*''[[Gwen 10]]''
+*''[[Secrets]]''
+====Season 2====
+*''[[Truth]]'' <small>(flashback)</small>
+*''[[Gwen 10]]'' <small>(non-canon)</small>
+====Season 3====
 *''[[The Visitor]]''
+====Season 4====
 *'''''[[Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix]]'''''
+*[[Goodbye and Good Riddance]] <small>(non-canon)</small>
-===Ben 10: Alien Force===
+===Alien Force===
+====Season 3====
 *''[[Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1]]'' <small>(first reappearance)</small>
-===Ben 10: Omniverse===
+===Omniverse===
+====Season 5====
 *''[[And Then There Was Ben]]'' <small>(first reappearance; past)</small>
+====Season 8====
 *''[[Malgax Attacks]]''
 *''[[A New Dawn]]'' <small>(past)</small>
 ==Video Games==
-*[[Ben 10: Protector of Earth]]
+*''[[Ben 10: Protector of Earth]]''
-*[[Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks]]
+*''[[Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks]]''
+==Trivia==
+*Vilgax creates his drones with a special aggressive mode for battle.{{Refn|[[:File:The Visitor Pop-ups.png]]|group = pop-up}}<ref>''[[The Visitor]]''</ref>
+*The gigantic Attack Drones were based off [[w:c:starwars:Droideka|Droideka]]s from ''Star Wars''.{{Refn|https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/154617433/1384167411|group = DJ}}
+**They had trouble animating the head and arms, but the legs ended up looking cooler than designer [[Dave Johnson]] expected.{{Refn|group = DJ|name = AR}}
 ==See Also==
 *[[Bioids]]
+*[[Robotic Extermination Devices]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+===Pop-ups===
+{{Reflist|group = pop-up}}
+===[[Dave Johnson]]===
+{{Reflist|group = DJ}}
+===Merchandise===
+{{Reflist|group = merch}}
 {{Ben10V}}
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Drones}}
+[[ro:Dronele lui Vilgax]]
+[[ru:Роботы Вилгакса]]
 [[Category:Alien Tech]]
 [[Category:Villains]]
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 [[Category:Destroyed]]
 [[Category:Robot Villains]]
+[[Category:Vilgax Minions]]