What about some modules that can produce some sort a ally cogs with roles like patrol around, repair, attack near drillship… once created, the cogs can reenter in the modules when the drillship go down
give them like a long create time?

id like this in my own ship
It could even use the same models as the cog generators, tank and drone spawners on enemy drillships.
Love the idea they could maybe also do repairs on. The ship