High amount of High slots
HIGHLIGHTS
RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES
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Conventional warfare sometimes requires unconventional force.
- – Unknown Black Eagle agent
The Talos began in YC 110 as an R&D concept by ORE. Conceived as a patrol craft for mining operations in lawless space, the Talos would have been abandoned completely were it not adopted by the Black Eagles, a black-ops branch of the Gallente government. The Black Eagles stripped the Talos of non-essential systems and bolted on battleship-class weapons, creating a quick-strike craft ideal for guerilla action.
The Talos remained a military secret until YC 113, when it was introduced into wider circulation as a third tier battlecruiser. Today the Talos is manufactured by Duvolle Labs, who modified the original ORE designs to bring it in line with Gallente standards.
SHIP BONUSES
Gallente Battlecruiser bonuses (per skill level): 5% bonus to Large Hybrid Turret damage 7.5% bonus to Large Hybrid Turret tracking speed Role Bonus: 95% reduction in Large Hybrid Turret powergrid requirement 50% reduction in Large Hybrid Turret CPU requirement 50% reduction in Large Hybrid Turret activation cost
Required Skills
Training Time what's this?1d 21h 16m 40s
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Grouping
▪ Variations none
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Ship Attributes
Fittings |
High 8
Launchers 0
Turrets 8
Rig
3
medium
Calibration 400
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Navigation |
Base Time to Warp 9.7 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.
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Drones |
Drone Bandwidth 25 Mbit/sec
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Targeting |
Magnetometric Sensor 20 points
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Structure |
Structure Hitpoints 2,180 HP
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Armor |
Armor Hitpoints 1,890 HP
Armor Resistances
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Shields |
Shield Capacity 1,750 HP
Shield Resistances
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Summary
With a damage and a tracking bonus, the Talos focuses on blasters, providing very high DPS, but limited range. In short, it has the DPS of a Megathron and the tank of a Thorax. However, with the range of heavy blasters and the second highest speed of the attack battlecruisers a shield-tanking Talos can be an effective kiter. A very good write-up can be found here.
Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Talos for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
Tactics
The Talos can be fit for close-range blaster suicide ganking Exhumers in low-end (~0.5 security rating) high security space. Having 8 high slots and damage bonuses make it quite suitable for that purpose and extra DPS can be squeezed with boosters. Kinetic and thermal damage reduction might be preferable to spread out resistances if there are Talos sightings around ice or ore belts, but ultimately it might be safer to dock or flee before they get on grid and at close range.
Notes
The Talos was a contestant in create a starship contest.
Patch History
A long, long time ago...
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November 2019 Release - 2019-11-13 (unlisted)
- Structure HP increase from 2,170 to 2,180 (+10 HP)
October 2019 Release - 2019-10-30.1 - "Howling Interceptors" Update (unlisted)
- Structure HP increased from 2,160 to 2,170 (+10 HP)
October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1
Every Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship now warps faster than before.
- Warp Speed increased from 2.7 AU/s to 3.5 AU/s (+0.8 AU/s)
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