Stellaris 2.2 mining drone work ethic.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Stellaris 2.2 mining drone work ethic.
Hello all.
I have been studying the Mining drones and now have 2 options.
Easy Prey (Drone destroyer modifier +33% damage to ancient drones)
Fascinating Automata (Drone Mining techniques +10% mineral output)
I have encountered these mining drones in a few star system I need to claim, systems with a lot of resources. I managed to map 90% of these systems by manually assigning my Science ships to survey all planets in the system bar the ones the drones occupy.
Is there any more to be gained from this research story event in terms of tech?
Will I be able to take control of these drones in the future or will I need to destroy them in order to claim the system?

[Elitewrecker PT]

Nah, you'll have to destroy them. The mining output is clearly superior to a 33% damage bonus against a very limited enemy.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Nah, you'll have to destroy them. The mining output is clearly superior to a 33% damage bonus against a very limited enemy.

Many thanks. That's what I took in the end, that 10% boost across the board was too good to let go :)
It's not critical that I take these systems immediately, will return to these drones once my fleet is superior and more advanced.

[Rodi]

If you research their debris (like with any other ship debris) you can unlock the mining drone laser weapon for your ships.
It is garbo though unless youbare still stuck with blue lasers.
Considering lasers arent part of the meta you may simply consider them useless.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Originally posted by 187:

If you research their debris (like with any other ship debris) you can unlock the mining drone laser weapon for your ships.
It is garbo though unless youbare still stuck with blue lasers.
Considering lasers arent part of the meta you may simply consider them useless.

I have not started researching military tech yet, so the lasers give me a free upgrade. + the 10% mining boost. Not too bad. I will try to do some reading on military strategy now though :)