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
Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps.
Grouping
▪ Variations
none
Ship Attributes
Fittings
Powergrid
1,100 MW
CPU
360 tf
Capacitor
3,100 GJ
High
8
Launchers
0
Turrets
8
Medium
4
Low
5
Rig
3
medium
Calibration
400
Navigation
Max Velocity
220 m/sec
Inertia Modifier
0.45
Warp Speed
3.5 AU/s
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.
Drones
Drone Capacity
25 m³
Drone Bandwidth
25 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
70.00 km
Max Locked Targets
7
Magnetometric Sensor
20 points
Sig. Radius
220 m
Scan Res.
210 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
2,180 HP
Mass
15,552,000 kg
Volume
270,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
600 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
1,890 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
50
THR
35
KIN
35
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
1,750 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
20
KIN
40
EXP
50
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.
