My main survey ships carry recon drones to check out planets for NPR's. Recently a not-very-hostile NPR planted a colony and fleet in one of my systems. (They've had opportunities to shoot my ships before, but not taken them.) This made me somewhat unhappy.
I directed one of my survey ships to fire a drone at their colony so I could get a better look at their fleet. (The drones have TH, EM, and active sensors.) To my amazement, the drone didn't get shot down! (The one I fired at their homeworld did.) Some of their ships there have resolution 1 sensors, so they must surely see it.
The result? There's 16 hours left on the drone, and the clock is ticking down 5 seconds at a time! Surely there's some way for me to order the drone to self-destruct so the game isn't moving like molasses? Surely? Please?