I feel rather dumb, I did not manage to use the drones I embarked on my long range scout... Luckily for me the planet I targeted was devoid of alien!
Situation:
Scout with Fire control 60m kms range, size 12 launcher, 12 drones
Drones: range 190 m kms, active sensor on board, range 90 m kms.
I give to my scout the order 'fire at planet xx'. Drone is associated to fire control.
My expectation was that the drone would be fire at the max range of the fire control, so 60 m kms. But nay, it was fired over the planet!!
So how to use then, really? That would really help me, as THEY ARE aliens in this system, I know that! (4 freighters lost so far!).