yeah well still, someone has to restock those drones and maintain them, whether or not it’s a new drone each time. And it seems weird too, since it’s not like having your own private drone and paying thousands for maintenance/a place to store it/bombs/fuel/etc is exactly ideal. Like come on, I doubt the money skyhammer makes from mercserv would be worth it. Plus you’d think “owns his own airfield and sends out drones” would be mentioned in his bio, similarly to Kira’s.
My theory is that the drone(s) belong to mercserv, and skyhammer is allowed to use them due to his previous experiences. Arty is probably the same.