Republic Fleet Firetail

 

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Republic Fleet Firetail

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Minmatar Republic Faction Frigates Republic Fleet Firetail Class RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES EVE Online Ships Overview EXTERNAL LINKS Republic Fleet Firetail on zKillboard Republic Fleet Firetail on EVE Workbench Republic Fleet Firetail on Janice Republic Fleet Firetail on EVE Ref

The Firetail is modeled off a fighter frigate known as the Shamrock, a design used by a small, now-extinct pirate faction known as Lazari Dromitus. The blueprint found its way into the hands of Matari military forces after a raid on Lazari Dromitus's headquarters succeeded in killing its leader, thus beheading the organization and scattering its remnants to the four winds. It has since been improved upon and upgraded, and the Firetail is now a mainstay in most Republic Fleet patrols. SHIP BONUSES Minmatar Frigate bonuses (per skill level): 25% bonus to Small Projectile Turret damage 10% bonus to Small Projectile Turret tracking speed Required Skills Minmatar Frigate II1h 34m Spaceship Command I8m Training Time what's this? 1h 42m 40s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations none Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 40 MW CPU 150 tf Capacitor 280 GJ High 3 Launchers 1 Turrets 2 Medium 4 Low 3 Rig 3   small Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 410 m/sec Inertia Modifier 3.2 Warp Speed 5 AU/s Base Time to Warp 4.87 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 No drone bay. Targeting Max Tgt. Range 35.00 km Max Locked Targets 5 LADAR Sensor 10 points Sig. Radius 35 m Scan Res. 700 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 525 HP Mass 1,098,000 kg Volume 16,500 m³ Cargo Capacity 135 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 675 HP Armor Resistances EM 60 THR 35 KIN 25 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 675 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 20 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

The Republic Fleet Firetail - usually just called Firetail - is a high speed close range brawler. While being not as fast as the Dramiel it's still able to hold its own against other frigates and even bigger ships, simply dodging their turrets and missiles while still being able to hit them.

Its skill bonus acts as a strong multiplier to its otherwise low to medium firepower, essentially doubling the amount of turrets with Minmatar Frigate IV. In addition the tracking bonus ensures better hits even while orbiting targets with an afterburner running indefinitely.

Considering the ship bonuses and overall gameplay style the ship can act as a stepping stone from more common and generic T1 frigates to faster and more advanced ships, such as the Dramiel or T2 frigates, especially Assault Ships and Interceptors. Thanks to its speed and superior tracking it's a very interesting hull, even for more experienced pilots being able to fly more expensive ships.

Skills

• Small Projectile Turret IV
  Due to the slot layout, the low amount of turrets and the ship's bonus, it's essential to fit two small projectile turrets. Other weapon systems will perform far less effective. While T2 projectile turrets are optional, they greatly increase the damage potential of the Firetail.
• Motion Prediction IV
  Due to the high velocity of the Firetail, it can be hard to properly hit targets, even for experienced and skilled pilots. As such every added tracking helps, making this skill rather mandatory.
• Acceleration Control, Afterburner, Fuel Conservation, and Navigation IV
  These skills further improve the ship's velocity as well as its ability to keep the Afterburner running indefinitely. This makes it easier to keep up with targets as well as avoid being hit.
• Minmatar Frigate IV
  With only two turret slots in the highs, training this skill to IV is essential for the Firetail's damage to match the performance of the Rifter's. Although the ship comes into its own with the skill trained to V, with anything less than IV the pilot is probably just as good flying a Rifter instead.

Tactics

• Always fit an Afterburner for PvE: Given its speed and natural shield regeneration, the Firetail can simply speed/signature tank most lower level missions as well as cosmic anomalies and DED sites without further adding resistances or repair modules. However this greatly depends on skills and experience. Some missions and situations might make it necessary to fit a MWD instead to quickly reach some specific point or get in range to destroy a critical object like a Stasis Tower.
• The Firetail can be tanked either way: It's possible to shield tank, armor tank or simply speed/signature tank the ship. While this is up to personal preference, the ship really starts to shine when the pilot tries to outmaneuver enemies and their weapon systems rather than taking the hits. This frees up valuable low and mid slots to further improve the gun' tracking, damage and rate of fire. Given its price compared to common T1 frigates however, newbie pilots should try to gather experience while being properly tanked (or possibly overtanked).
• Don't get caught: As with all lighter tanked Minmatar ships, the Firetail can't sustain heavy hits and suffers greatly from speed impacting effects, such as Stasis Towers or Stasis Webifiers.
• Orbit or strafing runs: While it can be a lot more convenient to simply set a close orbit around a target, the Firetail can be even more effective doing strafing runs by burning right through or past enemies. Before leaving the falloff range, simply turn around by up to 180 degree and repeat. Especially when close by this will increase the transversal velocity a lot. The Firetail is affected by this as well, but it's able to counter part of this with its own tracking bonus.
• Get close and personal: While it might be tempting to use the Firetail's tracking bonus in conjunction with artillery, the ship is far better off with autocannons. At high distances the ship can't take advantage of its high velocity and the limited Powergrid makes fitting artillery even less desirable.

Notes

• While it is possible to fit two projectile turrets as well as one missile or rocket launcher, it might be more effective to either use the third high-slot for capacitor warfare or leave it empty to free up CPU and Powergrid for other modules, such as Webifiers or Warp Scramblers.
• Blueprint Copies with either 1 or 3 runs for the ship hull can be obtained from several Minmatar corporations. However, it might be cheaper to simply buy the ship off the market and use the LPs to equip the ship (with faction ammo for example).

Patch History

A long, long time ago...

Citadel Released on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 Shifted texture positions on the Republic Fleet Firetail. December v1.0 – Build: 995003 – 08.12.15 Republic Fleet Firetail: Increased tracking bonus to 10% per level Odyssey 1.0 Released on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 All Navy Ships have had their Rig Calibration increased from 350 to 400 Odyssey 1.0 Released on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 Frigate skill bonuses: +25% (+5%) to small projectile turret damage and +7.5% to small projectile turret tracking per level. Slot layout: 3H, 4M, 3L; 2 turrets, 1 launchers. Fittings: 40 (+1) PWG, 150 (+10) CPU. Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 675 (+89) / 675 (+149) / 525 (+21). Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / cap per second): 280 (+30) / 140s (-47.5) / 2 (+0.667). Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 410 / 3.2 / 1098000 / 3.29s. Drones (bandwidth / bay): 0 / 0. Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 35km (+5) / 700 (+40) / 5 (+1). Sensor strength: 10 Ladar (+1). Signature radius: 35. Retribution 1.0 Released on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 The Firetail engine thruster locations moved closer to the ship

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