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The fact that an entire class can be neglected for so long speaks volumes about the functionality of the balance team.
At this point since there's no effort shown to improve on the drones concept, just revert them to what they were before and make them proper battleships. They worked okay in that state before, except this time they should get the appropriate amount of heavy slots to be true battleships. For example before the rework Liberty Carrier had 2 heavy slots with a heavy battleship core and medium-heavy hull. After the change it'd have 4 heavy slots with heavy battleship core and heavy battleship hull (still one of the lowest hulls due to its size and shape).