Command Bursts

Command Bursts are modules that increase the effectiveness of one or several aspects of a ship. They can only be fitted to certain ships but are extremely potent as they will give their bonuses to every single member of the fleet (up to 256 people) as long as they are within the area of effect of the burst.

Prior to the Ascension expansion of November 2016, Command Bursts existed as a set of modules called Warfare Links (or just 'Links'), which provided similar effects but with less flexibility.

Command Bursts

The command burst modules come in five different variants, each with three different type of charges giving different effects, as well as a tech one and a tech two version of the command burst modules. Compared to the Command Burst I, the Command Burst II consumes slightly more CPU and Powergrid to fit, and requires training in the burst's Specialization skill, but in exchange fires bursts which are 25% stronger than the bursts of a tech I module.

Upon activation of a Command Burst module you will get a weapon timer for 60 seconds (equal to the module's 60 second cycle time) and the bonuses will spread amongst any and all fleet members within your area of effect range. Both the duration and area of effect range is highly influenced by your skills and if you're using any of the special command mindlink implants or industrial cores.

Command Bursts are affected by legality in high security space, removing the benefit of fleet members in high security space if they involve themselves as third parties to wars or limited engagements. See remote assistance for more details.

All Command Burst modules require the Omega Clone State to be used. However, any character can benefit from bursts fired by fleet members.

Command Burst modules	Command Burst charges	Effect	Base	Max
Armor Command Burst	Armor Energizing Charge	Armor Resistance Bonus	+8%	+21.56%
	Armor Reinforcement Charge	Armor HP Bonus	+8%	+21.56%
	Rapid Repair Charge	Armor Repair Modules: Duration & capacitor-use bonus	-8%	-21.56%
Information Command Burst	Electronic Hardening Charge	Sensor Strength bonus Remote Sensor Dampener / Remote Weapon Disruption Resistance Bonus	+9% +18%	+24.26% +48.52%
	Electronic Superiority Charge	Electronic Warfare modules: Range and Strength bonus	+9%	+24.26%
	Sensor Optimization Charge	Scan Resolution bonus Targeting Range bonus	+9% +18%	+24.26% +48.52%
Mining Foreman Burst	Mining Equipment Preservation Charge	Mining crystal volatility bonus	-15%	-57.13%
	Mining Laser Field Enhancement Charge	Mining/Survey module range bonus	+30%	+114.26%
	Mining Laser Optimization Charge	Mining Modules: Duration & Capacitor-use bonus	-15%	-57.13%
Shield Command Burst	Active Shielding Charge	Shield Repair Modules: Duration & Capacitor-use bonus	-8%	-21.56%
	Shield Extension Charge	Shield HP Bonus	+8%	+21.56%
	Shield Harmonizing Charge	Shield Resistance Bonus	+8%	+21.56%
Skirmish Command Burst	Evasive Maneuvers Charge	Signature Radius bonus Agility bonus	-6%	-16.17%
	Interdiction Maneuvers Charge	Tackle module range bonus	+12%	+32.34%
	Rapid Deployment Charge	AB/MWD module speed increase bonus	+12%	+32.34%

You can find the modules on the market under the Ship Equipment and Fleet Assistance Modules, whereas the charges are under the Ammunition & Charges and Command Burst Charges.

Skills

There are several skills influencing the effect of command bursts, be that their strength, duration, area of effect range or reload speed. These skills are all under the Fleet Support skill family, and thus require the Charisma attribute to be trained quickly.

Leadership (+7% range per level, +35% max)
Wing Command (+6% range per level, +30% max)
Fleet Command (+5% range per level, +25% max)
Command Burst Specialist (-10% reload speed per level, -50% max)
Armored Command (+10% duration of armor bursts, +50% max)
Armored Command Specialist (+10% strength of armor bursts, +50% max)
Shield Command (+10% duration of shield bursts, +50% max)
Shield Command Specialist (+10% strength of shield bursts, +50% max)
Information Command (+10% duration of information bursts, +50% max)
Information Command Specialist (+10% strength of information bursts, +50% max)
Skirmish Command (+10% duration of skirmish bursts, +50% max)
Skirmish Command Specialist (+10% strength of skirmish bursts, +50% max)
Mining Foreman (+10% duration of mining bursts, +50% max)
Mining Director (+10% strength of mining bursts, +50% max)

Command Mindlink implants

Various command mindlink implants boost the strength and duration effect of Command Burst modules.

Implant	Requirement	Effect
Armored Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Armored Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Armor Command Burst strength and duration
Information Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Information Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Information Command Burst strength and duration
Mining Foreman Mindlink	Cybernetics V Mining Director V	+25% bonus to Mining Foreman Burst strength and duration
Shield Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Shield Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Shield Command Burst strength and duration
Skirmish Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Skirmish Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Skirmish Command Burst strength and duration
Caldari Navy Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Shield Command Specialist V Information Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Shield Command Burst strength and duration. +25% bonus to Information Command Burst strength and duration.
Federation Navy Mindlink	Cybernetics V Armored Command Specialist V Skirmish Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Armor Command Burst strength and duration. +25% bonus to Skirmish Command Burst strength and duration.
Imperial Navy Mindlink	Cybernetics V Armored Command Specialist V Information Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Armor Command Burst strength and duration. +25% bonus to Information Command Burst strength and duration.
ORE Mining Director Mindlink	Cybernetics V Mining Director V Shield Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Mining Foreman strength and duration. +25% bonus to Shield Command Burst strength and duration.
Republic Fleet Command Mindlink	Cybernetics V Shield Command Specialist V Skirmish Command Specialist V	+25% bonus to Shield Command Burst strength and duration. +25% bonus to Skirmish Command Burst strength and duration.

Ship & module restrictions

Command burst modules can only be fitted to ships of the following categories: Capital Industrial Ships, Carriers, Combat Battlecruisers, Command Destroyers, Command Ships, Force Auxiliaries, Industrial Command Ships, Strategic Cruisers, Supercarriers and Titans.

Ships	Strength & duration bonus	Range bonus	Command burst modules allowed
Titans Capital Industrial Command Ships - Rorqual Industrial Command Ships - Orca	No bonuses +5% and +3% to two racial types +3% and +1% to two racial types	+200% range +50% range +50% range	Can fit three command burst modules
Command Ships Carriers Supercarriers Force Auxiliaries Industrial Command Ships - Porpoise	+3% to two racial types +1% to two racial types +2% to two racial types +1% to two racial types +2% to one racial type	+100% range. +200% range +200% range +200% range No bonus	Can fit two command burst modules
Command Destroyers Combat Battlecruisers Strategic Cruisers	+2% to two racial types No bonus +2% to three racial types	No bonus +50% bonus +50% bonus	Can fit one command burst module

Racial types

Several ships get multiple bonuses to Command Burst modules.

Race	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
Amarr ships	Armor Command Burst	Information Command Burst	Skirmish Command Burst
Caldari ships	Shield Command Burst	Information Command Burst	Skirmish Command Burst
Gallente ships	Armor Command Burst	Skirmish Command Burst	Information Command Burst
Minmatar ships	Shield Command Burst	Skirmish Command Burst	Information Command Burst
Triglavian ships	Skirmish Command Burst	Information Command Burst
O.R.E. ships	Mining Foreman Burst	Shield Command Burst

Command Processor rigs

There's a rig called Command Processor I that will allow your ship to fit an additional command burst module. The rig uses 150 calibration so ships are limited to +2 more command burst modules due to the high calibration cost (as ships cannot have more than 350 - 400 calibration available). This will allows an Orca to fit up to 5 command burst modules, command ships to get 4 command burst modules, command destroyers to fit 3 command burst modules etc. The balance comes with the fact that you'll be giving up precious rig slots, which often drastically lowers the tank potential of the ship.

For the armour and shield command burst using the Armor Reinforcement Charge or the Shield Extension Charge it usually pays off to have one person run it, as the maximum bonus (+21.56% hit points) will give you a higher boost compared to a Trimark Armor Pump II or Core Defense Field Extender II rig (+20% hit points), not to mention the fact it gives this bonus to anyone within range.

Industrial core

The industrial core is a module that the Rorqual can fit that gives additional bonuses to Mining Foreman and Shield Command Burst modules, but only when activated. Activating the core locks the ship down in a similar manner to how a Dreadnought's Siege Module works (immobilizing the ship and blocking remote assistance, but significantly amplifying the ship's defenses and other abilities).

Type of core	Effect
Industrial Core I	+30% bonus to Mining Foreman Burst strength. +150% bonus to Mining Foreman and Shield Command Burst area of effect range.
Industrial Core II	+36% bonus to Mining Foreman Burst strength. +200% bonus to Mining Foreman and Shield Command Burst area of effect range.

Calculating Command Burst bonuses

For those wondering how these different bonuses are calculated, here's the math behind the way CCP calculates Command Burst bonuses.

Formula for strength

The various multipliers for strength are calculated as follows:

Strength = Base charge bonus * (1 + specialization/100) * (1 + module/100) * (1 + ship/100) * (1 + mindlink/100) * (1 + core/100)

Here are two examples of how the strength scale with skills, ship bonuses and implants. This assumes you swap to a tech two module once you have the required skills for it (indicated by the tech two icon in the chart).

The following is a bonus-scale for the 8% resist bonus:

Ship bonus	Base	Command Specialist skill					Ship skill
Rorqual / Command Ship (+3% per level)	8%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	15.45%	15.90%	16.35%	16.80%	17.25%	21.56%
Supercarriers / Strategic Cruiser / Command Destroyers (+2% per level)	8%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	15.30%	15.60%	15.90%	16.20%	16.50%	20.63%
Orca / Carriers / Force Auxiliaries (+1% per level)	8%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	15.15%	15.30%	15.45%	15.60%	15.75%	19.69%
Battlecruisers / Titans (no bonus)	8%	11%	12%	13%	14%	15%	-	-	-	-	-	18.75%

Here's a bonus-scale for the -15% duration bonus:

Ship bonus	Base	Command Specialist skill					Ship skill
Rorqual (+5% per level)	-15%	-20.63%	-22.50%	-24.38%	-26.25%	-28.13%	-29.53%	-30.94%	-32.34%	-33.75%	-35.16%	-43.95%	-57.13%	-59.77%
Orca (+3% per level)	-15%	-20.63%	-22.50%	-24.38%	-26.25%	-28.13%	-28.97%	-29.81%	-30.66%	-31.50%	-32.34%	-40.43%	-	-
Porpoise (+2% per level)	-15%	-20.63%	-22.50%	-24.38%	-26.25%	-28.13%	-28.69%	-29.25%	-29.81%	-30.38%	-30.94%	-38.67%	-	-
Non-mining ships (no bonus)	-15%	-20.63%	-22.50%	-24.38%	-26.25%	-28.13%	-	-	-	-	-	-35.16%	-	-

Formula for duration

For duration the multipliers are calculated as follows:

Duration = 60 * (1 + command/100) * (1 + ship/100) * (1 + mindlink/100) * (1 + core/100)

Here's a bonus-scale for the 60 second duration of command bursts:

Ship bonus	Base	Command skill					Ship skill
Rorqual (+5% per level)	60s	66s	72s	78s	84s	90s	94.5s	99.0s	103.5s	108.0s	112.5s	140.6s	176.0s	183.0s
Rorqual / Orca / Command Ship (+3% per level)	60s	66s	72s	78s	84s	90s	92.7s	95.4s	98.1s	100.8s	103.5s	129.4s	-	-
Supercarriers / Strategic Cruiser / Command Destroyers / Porpoise (+2% per level)	60s	66s	72s	78s	84s	90s	91.8s	93.6s	95.4s	97.2s	99.0s	123.8s	-	-
Orca / Carriers / Force Auxiliaries (+1% per level)	60s	66s	72s	78s	84s	90s	90.9s	91.8s	92.7s	93.6s	94.5s	118.1s	-	-
Battlecruisers / Titans (no bonus)	60s	66s	72s	78s	84s	90s	-	-	-	-	-	112.5s	-	-

Formula for area of effect range

The area of effect range is calculated like this:

Strength = Base charge bonus * (1 + (leadership/100) * (1 + (wing command/100) * (1 + (fleet command/100) * (1 + (ship/100) * (1 + (core/100)

Here's a bonus-scale for the 15km area of effect range of command bursts:

Ship bonus	Base	Leadership skill					Wing Command skill					Fleet Command skill
Rorqual (+50% range) + Industrial Core II (+200% range)	15km	72.3km	77.1km	81.6km	84.6km	91.2km	96.6km	102.0km	107.4km	113.1km	117.0km	124.5km	129.0km	136.2km	141.1km	148.2km
Rorqual (+50% range) + Industrial Core I (+150% range)	15km	60.25km	64.25km	68.0km	72.0km	76.0km	80.5km	85.0km	89.5km	94.25km	97.5km	103.75km	107.5km	113.5km	117.5km	123.5km
Rorqual (+50% range)	15km	24.1km	25.7km	27.2km	28.8km	30.4km	32.2km	34.0km	35.8km	37.7km	39.0km	41.5km	43.0km	45.4km	47.0km	49.4km
Capital Ships (+200% range)	15km	48.2km	51.3km	54.5km	57.6km	60.8km	64.4km	68.0km	71.7km	75.3km	79.0km	82.9km	97.0km	90.8km	95.0km	98.7km
Command Ships (+100% range)	15km	32.1km	34.2km	36.3km	38.4km	40.5km	42.9km	45.4km	47.8km	50.2km	53.0km	55.3km	58.0km	60.6km	63.0km	65.8km
Orca / Battlecruisers / Strategic Cruisers (+50% range)	15km	24.1km	25.7km	27.2km	28.8km	30.4km	32.2km	34.0km	35.8km	37.7km	39.0km	41.5km	43.0km	45.4km	47.0km	49.4km
Command Destroyers / Porpoise (no bonus)	15km	16.1km	17.1km	18.1km	19.2km	20.3km	21.5km	22.7km	23.9km	25.1km	26.0km	27.6km	29.0km	30.3km	32.0km	32.9km

Formula for reload speed

Since reload speed is affected by fewer things, the calculation is simple:

Reload speed = 60 * (1 - command specialist/10)

As such, the reload speed ranges from 60, 54, 48, 42, 36 and 30 seconds based on your Command Burst Specialist skill.

Links

• Command Bursts and the New World of Fleet Boosting (devblog)
  • Mining Foreman Revolution (devblog leading up to the one above)
• Command Burst (helpdesk article)