The drones had a von Neumann probe-like ability to manufacture more of themselves entirely from local raw material, so soon his ship was accompanied by a substantial number of these drones. (Madrid) sent some of his drones to follow the Lexx over the course of many episodes to toy with them, destroying any place they visited shortly after they departed and using the raw materials to manufacture exponentially increasing numbers of drones. Soon with countless billions of drones at his disposal, Mantrid begins tearing apart planets and eventually even stars for raw material. By the end of season two Mantrid's drones composed of over 64% of the mass of the entire Light Zone (Universe) and were poised to rapidly finish consuming the rest of it.