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The Thorax-class cruiser is the latest combat ship commissioned by the Federation. While the Thorax is a very effective ship at any range, typical of modern Gallente design philosophy it is most effective when working at extreme close range where its blasters and hordes of combat drones tear through even the toughest of enemies.

SHIP BONUSES

Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):
5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage
7.5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret tracking speed

Required Skills

Gallente Cruiser I41m
- Spaceship Command II47m
- Gallente Destroyer III8h 53m
  - Gallente Frigate III8h 53m
    - Spaceship Command I8m

Training Time what's this?

19h 15m 30s

Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps.

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Ship Attributes

Fittings	Powergrid 820 MW CPU 330 tf Capacitor 1,450 GJ High 5 Launchers 0 Turrets 5 Medium 4 Low 5 Rig 3 medium Calibration 400

Navigation	Max Velocity 240 m/sec Inertia Modifier 0.49 Warp Speed 4 AU/s Base Time to Warp 7.66 s what's this? Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects.

Drones	Drone Capacity 50 m³ Drone Bandwidth 50 Mbit/sec

Targeting	Max Tgt. Range 52.50 km Max Locked Targets 6 Magnetometric Sensor 15 points Sig. Radius 120 m Scan Res. 280 mm

Structure	Structure Hitpoints 1,600 HP Mass 11,280,000 kg Volume 112,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 465 m³

Armor	Armor Hitpoints 1,600 HP Armor Resistances EM 50 THR 35 KIN 35 EXP 10

Shields	Shield Capacity 1,200 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 20 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

The Thorax is a gunboat, designed to use hybrid turrets.

In PvP the it is most commonly flown as a hard-hitting blaster boat. With its bonuses for damage and tracking, 50mb drone bandwidth and very respectable speed for a cruiser hull, a blaster Thorax can muster lots of fast-moving DPS even in the hands of a novice pilot, and can apply that DPS to a wide range of small and large targetes. Such fits do not, though, tank especially well, and tend to live briefly (albeit sometimes gloriously).

The Thorax's speed also opens up the possibility of kiting railgun fits, though these are seen more rarely.

The Thorax can function in PvE combat, but the Vexor is a more optimal T1 Gallente cruiser for most PvE uses, as its bonused drones give it fully selectable damage type, letting pilots precisely target NPC weaknesses rather than being locked to the kinetic/thermal damage profile of hybrid turrets.

Skills

Recommended

Gallente Cruiser to at least IV to properly take advantage of the massive DPS buff that the Thorax gains with every extra level in the skill.
Capacitor Management and Capacitor Systems Operation to at least IV due to hybrid weaponry being capacitor dependent.
Sharpshooter to IV to improve hybrid optimal range.
Drones V, Combat Drone Operation V, Drone Interfacing IV and Gallente Drone Operation I/Minmatar Drone Operation I are all are important for getting as much DPS out of the 50m³ drone bay as possible.
Also, High Speed Maneuvering, Acceleration Control, Evasive Maneuvering and Navigation all to IV or above to improve maneuverability and the use of MicroWarp Drive propulsion modules.

Desirable

Gunnery V, Medium Hybrid Turret V and Medium Blaster Specialization/Medium Railgun Specialization trained to at least I to fit T2 guns, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than the meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.
Rapid Firing, Surgical Strike, skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all turret-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.
Along with the obvious Power Grid Management and CPU Management fitting skills required for fitting most ships, Weapon Upgrades and Advanced Weapon Upgrades should be trained to V and at least II respectively to help alleviate fitting problems associated with the ship's powergrid.
The appropriate skills required for fitting a Full T2 Armour or Shield Tank.

Tactics

PvP

In a blaster Thorax, pilots should usually attempt to close with the enemy: they wield high potential DPS, but need to be at short range. Consider your optimal warp-in range on most targets to be 0. Thoraxes can have a shot at running in "under the guns" of turret battleships, getting close enough that they cannot be tracked by large turrets. Don't forget to launch your drones and let them loose on the enemy too.

If you're using hybrid turrets and haven't already familiarized yourself with their ammo, stepping into cruiser hulls is a good moment to do so. As a rule of thumb, for T1 blasters consider bringing three types distributed across the range possibilities; one of the three should be Antimatter for maximal DPS at close range.

In a gang of ships no larger than cruiser size, expect your Thorax to be an early primary target for the enemy, as it will probably be perceived as a significant DPS threat with a weak tank.

Notes

In anatomy, thorax is used to refer to the middle of the body in mammals and insects, making this possibly the only ship in EVE to unite etymology and entomology. Given the strong strain of Ancient Greek running through Gallente ship names, however, the Thorax might also be named from the old Greek meaning of the word, "breastplate" or "cuirass".

Patch History

A long, long time ago...

October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1

Every Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship now warps faster than before.

Warp Speed increased from 3 AU/s to 4 AU/s (+1 AU/s)

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 ==Summary==
-The Thorax is a gun boat, designed to use hybrid turrets. In PvP the Thorax is used as a hard hitting blaster boat. This can be highly effective but is very "do or die", and will make most Thoraxes' lives glorious but short. In PvE, the Thorax is less popular; the slow and steady style of the [[Vexor]] is more suited to mission running. Despite this the Thorax can be popular as a first mission running cruiser, because most pilots will have trained gunnery skills while piloting frigates and destroyers, while they will probably have neglected the drone skills required to use a Vexor effectively. Having said that, the Thorax has a 50m<sup>3</sup> drone bay, so will also benefit greatly from drone skills.
+The Thorax is a gunboat, designed to use hybrid turrets.
+In PvP the it is most commonly flown as a hard-hitting blaster boat. With its bonuses for damage and tracking, 50mb drone bandwidth and very respectable speed for a cruiser hull, a blaster Thorax can muster lots of fast-moving DPS even in the hands of a novice pilot, and can apply that DPS to a wide range of small and large targetes. Such fits do not, though, tank especially well, and tend to live briefly (albeit sometimes gloriously).
+The Thorax's speed also opens up the possibility of kiting railgun fits, though these are seen more rarely.
+The Thorax can function in PvE combat, but the [[Vexor]] is a more optimal T1 Gallente cruiser for most PvE uses, as its bonused drones give it fully selectable damage type, letting pilots precisely target NPC weaknesses rather than being locked to the kinetic/thermal damage profile of hybrid turrets.
 ==Skills==
+'''Recommended'''
 *'''[[Skills:Spaceship Command#Gallente Cruiser|Gallente Cruiser]]''' to at least IV to properly take advantage of the ''massive'' DPS buff that the Thorax gains with every extra level in the skill.
-*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Gunnery|Gunnery V]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Hybrid Turret|Medium Hybrid Turret V]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Blaster Specialization|Medium Blaster Specialization]]'''/'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Railgun Specialization|Medium Railgun Specialization]]''' trained to at least I to fit T2 guns, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than the meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.
-*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Rapid_Firing|Rapid Firing]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Surgical_Strike|Surgical Strike]]''', skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all turret-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.
-*Along with the obvious '''[[Skills:Engineering#Power Grid Management|Power Grid Management]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#CPU Management|CPU Management]]''' fitting skills required for fitting most ships, '''[[Skills:Engineering#Weapon Upgrades|Weapon Upgrades]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#Advanced Weapon Upgrades|Advanced Weapon Upgrades]]''' should be trained to V and at least II respectively to help alleviate fitting problems associated with the ship's powergrid.
 *'''[[Skills:Engineering#Capacitor Management|Capacitor Management]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#Capacitor Systems Operation|Capacitor Systems Operation]]''' to at least IV due to hybrid weaponry being capacitor dependent.
 *'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Sharpshooter|Sharpshooter]]''' to IV to improve hybrid optimal range.
 *'''[[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones V]], [[Skills:Drones#Combat Drone Operation|Combat Drone Operation V]], [[Skills:Drones#Drone Interfacing|Drone Interfacing IV]] and [[Skills:Drones#Gallente Drone Operation|Gallente Drone Operation I]]/[[Skills:Drones#Minmatar Drone Operation|Minmatar Drone Operation I]]''' are all are important for getting as much DPS out of the 50m<sup>3</sup> drone bay as possible.
 *Also, '''[[Skills:Navigation#High_Speed_Maneuvering|High Speed Maneuvering]], [[Skills:Navigation#Acceleration_Control|Acceleration Control]], [[Skills:Navigation#Evasive_Maneuvering|Evasive Maneuvering]] and [[Skills:Navigation#Navigation|Navigation]]''' all to IV or above to improve maneuverability and the use of [[Eve_Lexicon#MWD|MicroWarp Drive]] propulsion modules.
+'''Desirable'''
+*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Gunnery|Gunnery V]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Hybrid Turret|Medium Hybrid Turret V]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Blaster Specialization|Medium Blaster Specialization]]'''/'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Railgun Specialization|Medium Railgun Specialization]]''' trained to at least I to fit T2 guns, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than the meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.
+*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Rapid_Firing|Rapid Firing]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Surgical_Strike|Surgical Strike]]''', skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all turret-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.
+*Along with the obvious '''[[Skills:Engineering#Power Grid Management|Power Grid Management]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#CPU Management|CPU Management]]''' fitting skills required for fitting most ships, '''[[Skills:Engineering#Weapon Upgrades|Weapon Upgrades]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#Advanced Weapon Upgrades|Advanced Weapon Upgrades]]''' should be trained to V and at least II respectively to help alleviate fitting problems associated with the ship's powergrid.
 *The appropriate skills required for fitting a '''[[Full T2 Tank|Full T2]]''' '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Armor_Tank|Armour]]''' or '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Shield_Tank|Shield]]''' '''[[Tank#Tank|Tank]]'''.
 ==Tactics==
-As a heavy damage dealer(usually from 230DPS up to more than 700DPS) and a weak tanker(usually less than 20k in EHP), Thorax can be often primaried in fleet combat.
-For this reason, it might be better to decloak after your fleet has engaged ---- dont be the hero, since you have MWD fitted on most thorax fits it might only take you seconds to join the battle. If you do so, even if the enemy turns on you(which become less likely in large scaled battle), you have earned your teammate a good respite from focused fire.
-Even though Thorax is usally a gunboat, drones can be a good part of your DPS, they have a good range(more than 25km), better accuracy on small targets, and they are not affected by ewar usually, so always remember to launch the drones in battle.
+'''PvP'''
-Hybrid turrets can change ammo in a short time, if you are using T2 medium blasters, bring a full round(400 for neutron, 600 for ion, 1000 for electron) of Null M charges with you just in case(they could be quite useful in OGC-like situations).
+In a blaster Thorax, pilots should usually attempt to close with the enemy: they wield high potential DPS, but need to be at short range. Consider your optimal warp-in range on most targets to be 0. Thoraxes can have a shot at running in "under the guns" of turret battleships, getting close enough that they cannot be tracked by large turrets. Don't forget to launch your drones and let them loose on the enemy too.
-Another key to using the Thorax, especially if your are in a high dps short range blaster fit, is positioning. Even with an MWD, you are not going to catch anything smaller than you, MWD Frigates, Inties, Assault Frigs etc. (unless your enemy has failfit or they happen to jump into you while you're camping a gate), so DO NOT give chase if they're more than 40km away and waste your precious cap. Let your gang/fleet's tackle do their job, even should they chase an enemy 90+ kilometers away from you. Turn your boat 180 and burn in the opposite direction of the chase with your MWD. As soon as they hit 150+km distance from your ship, you can warp to your own tackle bro and land right on top of the enemy guns blazing. It seems so simple and obvious on paper, but as a newbro you are going to find it difficult to avoid tunnel vision and bull rushing eagerly into battle. Fighting Cruisers or bigger with the Thorax is more straight forward, get to your Optimal and blast away. Make sure to keep transversal to battleships high so those big guns can't track you.
+If you're using hybrid turrets and haven't already familiarized yourself with [[Turrets#Hybrid_ammo|their ammo]], stepping into cruiser hulls is a good moment to do so. As a rule of thumb, for T1 blasters consider bringing three types distributed across the range possibilities; one of the three should be Antimatter for maximal DPS at close range.
-Changes in the later versions of the Odyssey expansion, has brought a buff to Medium Rail Guns, this makes a kiting mid range Rail Thorax viable with a very respectable DPS as a possibility.
+In a gang of ships no larger than cruiser size, expect your Thorax to be an early primary target for the enemy, as it will probably be perceived as a significant DPS threat with a weak tank.
 ==Notes==
-''You can add notes here.''
+In anatomy, ''thorax'' is used to refer to the middle of the body in mammals and insects, making this possibly the only ship in EVE to unite etymology and entomology. Given the strong strain of Ancient Greek running through Gallente ship names, however, the Thorax might also be named from the old Greek meaning of the word, "breastplate" or "cuirass".
 ==Patch History==

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