Cannot create T2 drones

[jv]

I'm pretty far along in the game (20.2 TTi). The game doesn't know about T2 drones. They don't appear in the auto generator nor on the drone console, only the T1 drones appear. After a lot of searching I have found several more blueprint chips. Some of these have unlocked other new items, but now I only get the message "No more blueprints to decode for now" for the remaining blueprint chips in my inventory. Do I have to search randomly until I get lucky or did I miss a key event which will unlock this blueprint? Thanks.

[MetalSpaceDust]

Blueprint from the trade rocket. Need to purchase with the terra tokens.

[jv]

Thank you. Now I just have to generate enough trade goods to afford it, unfortunately at the slower pace.

[AdamvR]

Originally posted by jv:

Thank you. Now I just have to generate enough trade goods to afford it, unfortunately at the slower pace.

You may not necessarily need to wait - at all (i.e. can start with T2 drones!)
see hint/spoiler, if interested:
Using Fusion Energy Cells you can power up the various wrecks (some need more than one!). This will open up some doors, behind which you might be able to find a SAFE with thousands of TT Credits in it (among other goodies).
Looting just two wrecks should be enough to buy the blueprint for T2 Drones.

[Dreagon]

Originally posted by jv:

Thank you. Now I just have to generate enough trade goods to afford it, unfortunately at the slower pace.

Start searching wrecks. So far I've collected something like 80k credits and aside from one or two rockets full of uranium rods early on I haven't send a single rocket up to sell stuff.

[Bobucles]

Once your Ti is high enough then booster fuses will show up as random loot. They can be bought and sold for 100% value and are worth huge money. Sell a few to rush the T2 drones right away.

It's also worth collecting 2 or more power boosters. There is a bug with the buff, the first 100% booster overrides the default 1x and does nothing. So 150% is merely 50% better, the next one goes 300% which is 200% better. All that energy is extremely useful to start crafting automation, which automatically grabs from nearby storage/miners and doesn't need drones.

For central base automation (please build near a large water supply!) you don't need more than 5-10 drones to be happy. It's enough to handle the annoying algae automation recipes and start filling rockets with low tier items. The drone count skyrockets when you start building mining outposts. Drones cover the world and that kind of distance needs a lot of drones.