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And also, if you can buy them seperatly can you attach them to any unit. I've
looked around and i'm wondering if the gun drone squad can be assembled into a shield drone squad.
p.s. I am really new to the rules and just got my first tau army so lease try to bear with my noobery
Thanks

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440336a&prodId=prod1150005

This is a pack of conversion parts. You need four plastic gun drones to convert.

Tau players usually have heaps of gun drones because you get a pair with every Fire Warrior and Crisis suit kit, most of which probably aren't used.

You can't make a shield drone squad.

You can attach shield drones to Fire Warrior and Battlesuit units. The codex lists the necessary wargear.

Save yourself money and "customize" a gun drone to not have guns and put two antennae on top. Thats what I do.

I made all my ass saving shield drones from gun drones and crisis suit shield generators. Cost nothing but time. And some glue.