Talos

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Talos
Talos
Gallente Federation
Gallente Federation
Standard Battlecruisers
Talos Class
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High amount of High slots
HIGHLIGHTS
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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
Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps.
Grouping
▪ Variations
none

Ship Attributes

Fittings
Powergrid
powergrid
1,100 MW
CPU
cpu output
360 tf
Capacitor
capacitor
3,100 GJ
High
high slots
8
Launchers
launcher slots
0
Turrets
turret slots
8
Medium
medium slots
4
Low
low slots
5
Rig
rigs
3
 
medium
Calibration
calibration
400
Navigation
Max Velocity
max. velocity
220 m/sec
Inertia Modifier
inertia modifier (agility)
0.45
Warp Speed
inertia modifier (agility)
3.5 AU/s
Base Time to Warp
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
drone capacity
25 m³
Drone Bandwidth
drone bandwidth
25 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
max. targeting range
70.00 km
Max Locked Targets
max. locked targets
7
Magnetometric Sensor
Magnetometric sensor strength
20 points
Sig. Radius
signature radius
220 m
Scan Res.
scan resolution
210 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
structure hitpoints
2,180 HP
Mass
ship mass
15,552,000 kg
Volume
ship volume
270,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
cargo capacity
600 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
armor hitpoints
1,890 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
electromagnetic resistance
50
THR
thermal resistance
35
KIN
kinetic resistance
35
EXP
explosive resistance
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
shield hitpoints
1,750 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
electromagnetic resistance
0
THR
thermal resistance
20
KIN
kinetic resistance
40
EXP
explosive resistance
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.

Patch History