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| shipid=11957

| shipimg=Falcon.jpg

| shipname=Falcon

| class=Force Recon Ship

| grouping=Recon Ships

| hulltype=Blackbird Class

| faction=Caldari State

| variations={{Ship|Rook}},{{Ship|Blackbird}}

| tech=2  

| powergrid=700 MW

| cpu=500 tf

| capacitor=1,190 GJ

| highs=4

| turrets=3

| launchers=1

| mediums=7

| lows=3

| mass=12,230,000 kg

| volume=96,000 m³

| cargohold=315 m³

| dronebay=10 m³

| bandwidth=10 Mbit/sec

| info=Force recon ships are the cruiser-class equivalent of covert ops frigates.  While not as resilient as combat recon ships, they are nonetheless able to do their job as reconaissance vessels very effectively, due in no small part to their ability to interface with covert ops cloaking devices and set up cynosural fields for incoming capital ships.

| bonuses=<b>Caldari Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage<br>10% reduction in ECM Target Jammer activation cost<br><b>Recon Ships bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>30% bonus to ECM Target Jammer strength<br>20% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement<br><b>Role Bonus:</b><br>80% reduction in Cynosural Field Generator liquid ozone consumption<br>50% reduction in Cynosural Field Generator duration<br>•&nbsp;Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator<br>•&nbsp;Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds<br>

| structurehp=945 HP

| shieldhp=1,750 HP

| shieldem=0

| shieldexp=50

| shieldkin=62.5

| shieldtherm=70

| armorhp=940 HP

| armorem=50

| armorexp=10

| armorkin=53.125

| armortherm=79.375

| maxvelocity=192 m/sec

| inertia=0.64

| warpspeed=4.0 AU/s

| warptime=10.85 s

| targetrange=120.00 km

| sigradius=175 m

| maxlockedtargets=8

| sensortype=Gravimetric

| sensorvalue=28 points

| scanres=220 mm

| reqskills=*{{RequiredSkill|Caldari Cruiser|V}}

** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}}

** {{RequiredSkill|Caldari Destroyer|III}}

*** {{RequiredSkill|Caldari Frigate|III}}

* {{RequiredSkill|Recon Ships|I}}

*** {{RequiredSkill|CPU Management|IV}}

** {{RequiredSkill|Signature Analysis|V}}

*** {{RequiredSkill|CPU Management|I}}

** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}

** {{RequiredSkill|Electronics Upgrades|V}}

*** {{RequiredSkill|CPU Management|II}}

*** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|II}}

== Summary ==

The '''Falcon''' is the Caldari [[Recon Ships#Force Recon Ships|force recon]], designed to fit a covert ops cloaking device and ECM jammers.

The Falcon lacks the [[Blackbird]]'s ECM range bonus, but has a superior jam strength bonus. It also has a medium hybrid turret damage bonus, but this is often ignored in favour of utility modules or anti-drone weapons in the high slots, as the Falcon's DPS potential is low.

Since force recons are the smallest ships which can light a normal (or "hard") [[Jump drives#Normal Cynosural Fields|cyno]], the Falcon is often used as a cyno ship. It can also light a covert cyno to move black ops ships and stealth bombers. On the flipside, because its presence on grid implicitly threatens a hard cyno and so invites serious fight escalation from opponents, fleets or gangs in need of a Tech 2 ECM ship often choose the [[Kitsune]] or [[Rook]] over the Falcon.

== Skills ==

Like other Tech 2 ships, the Falcon benefits from excellent [[support skills]] and [[fitting skills]]. The skill {{sk|Cloaking}} reduces the targeting delay imposed on the ship after it breaks its cloak, and so level IV or even V in this skill helps a Falcon apply ECM quickly after decloaking.

== Tactics ==

The Falcon can support a shield or armor tank, usually a single plate or large shield extender. The ship's primary defense is to pre-align and decloak at optimal jammer range, apply ECM, and then warp out when attacked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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