Editing Drone 23.1

{{infobox chapter
|book=[[Drone]]
|number=23.1
|dateposted=25 May 2013
|link=https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/ 
|previous=[[Interlude 22.y]]
|next=[[Drone 23.2]]
}}''' Drone 23.1''' is the first chapter of [[Drone]]. [[Taylor]] gets pulled out of prison, meets [[Protectorate]] and [[Wards]] leaders, test time! [[Weaver]] and kicks [[Adepts|villain ass]] with butterflies.

==Plot==
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[[Colin Wallis|Defiant]] arrives to escort [[Taylor Hebert|Taylor]] from prison, acting as her custodian, although he is quick to tell her that it is only a temporary leave. He attempts to bond with Taylor, talking about his difficulties and issues with leading the [[Brockton Bay]] [[Protectorate ENE Headquarters|Protectorate]] and admitting that [[Miss Militia]] is a natural leader and he wasn't.

Defiant continues to talk with Skitter as they enter his Dragoncraft, claiming that they are similar in some ways: they've both been leaders and they've both made mistakes that they have been punished for. When Taylor asks about [[Dragon]], he says that she isn't a leader either and that her prison is worse than either of their own. As they continue to talk, Defiant reminds Taylor that she is part of the [[The Wards|Wards]] now and that while many of the Protectorate capes have her back, they could always make her irrelevant and simply bring her out for media appearances.

Later, as they meet with a variety of capes from across the Protectorate, Defiant informs the room that Weaver's new life as a Ward isn't that different to many of the other turncoats and experienced heroes that have joined the Protectorate before her. When [[Dispatch]] overrules Defiant, using his statements that Skitter was a "manipulator and a liar" against him, Defiant states that he had the statements retracted.

A lot of fun and interesting things happen in the wards [[The Wards vs. The Adepts|attack]] on the [[The Adepts|Adepts]] base.

When they return to Gardener to bring Taylor back to prison, Defiant attempts to give her further advice, and gives the warden the number of his superior when she questions whether some of Taylor's injuries came from a permitted duty or not.

==Major Events==
*Defiant tries to repair bridges with Weaver.
*Weaver has her first outing as a hero.

==Characters==
{| class="CharTable"
! [[Heroes|{{color|white|Heroes}}]]
! [[Villain|{{color|white|Villains}}]]
! Others
|-
|
;[[The Protectorate]]
*[[Defiant]]
*[[Prism]]
*[[Rime]]
*[[Revel]]
*[[Dispatch]] {{D}}
*[[Assault]] {{M}}
*[[Battery]] {{M}}
*[[Miss Militia]] {{M}}
*[[Chevalier]] {{M}}
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;[[The Wards]]
*[[Weaver]]
*[[Jouster]]
*[[Vantage]] {{D}}
*[[Tecton]]
*[[Hoyden]] {{D}}
*[[Clockblocker]]
----
;[[The Guild]]
*[[Dragon]] {{M}}
|
;[[Adepts]]
*[[Epoch]] {{D}}
*[[Felix Swoop]] {{D}}
*[[Paddock]] {{D}}
*[[Thirteenth Hour]] {{D}}
----
;[[The Undersiders]]
*[[Tattletale]] {{M}}
*[[Flechette]] {{M}}
----
;[[The Birdcage]]
*[[Bakuda]] {{M}}
----
;[[Coil's Organization]]
*[[Coil]] {{M}}
----
;[[Empire Eighty-Eight]]
*[[Kaiser]] {{M}}
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;[[Echidna]]
*[[Echidna]] {{M}}
|
;[[Cauldron]]
*[[Legend]] {{M}}
*[[Alexandria]] {{M}}
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;[[PRT]]
*[[Jessica Yamada]]
*[[Glenn Chambers]] {{D}}
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;[[Endbringers]]
*[[Leviathan]] {{M}}
|-
|}

==Trivia==
*Roughly a seventh the length of a typical novel.<ref>This wound up being… ridiculously long. 9747 words. A seventh of a book, if you will. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/drone-23-1/#comment-24143 Comment] by Wildbow in '''Drone 23.1'''</ref>

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