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'''Clone States''' is the new free-to-play system that will be implemented in the Ascension expansion (November 2016). There will two different types of clones:

* Alpha clones, which are limited in which [[Skills and Learning|skills]] they can train, but which cost no subscription fee to play

* Omega clones, can train and use all skills, but which require a monthly subscription fee to play

Any characters on an account with an active [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203599091-Subscription-Costs subscription] (paid for with time cards, monthly payments, PLEX...) are Omega clones, whereas any characters on an account without an active subscription are Alpha Clones. Since the clone state of a character is solely determined by whether their account has an active subscription, it can be helpful to think of "Alpha accounts" and "Omega accounts" as well as "Alpha clones" and "Omega clones".

There is no way to tell an Alpha from an Omega clone in-game. The conversion from Alpha to Omega or vice-versa will always happen at the start of a new game session.  

If an Omega clone is downgraded to an Alpha clone (because the account's subscription has run out), any skills that character has trained which are not part of the Alpha skill set are locked and become inactive, i.e. they cannot be used, but the invested skill points will not be lost. Any items or ships which require the locked skill become inactive, and the skill training queue will be paused (but can be resumed by logging into the game). If the account's subscription is renewed, then the character is automatically upgraded back to an Omega clone and can once again use all the skills they have previously trained.

== Alpha Clones ==

* They train skills more slowly and have a shorter skill queue

* They may not use [[Skill trading#Skill Extractors|skill extractors]] to extract skillpoints from the Alpha skill list (see below)

* If you are logged into the game with an Alpha character you may not [[:Category:Eve Lexicon#Multiboxing|log in simultaneously (multibox)]] with any other character (on any account)

=== Skills ===

The limited set of skills that Alpha characters may train limits them to:

* Their race's preferred weapon system and ships, as well as basic [[industrial]] ships

* Ship sizes up to [[cruiser]]s

* [[Techs, Tiers and Meta levels|Tech 1]] modules and ships

They may only train the following skills:

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"  

|- style="background:#222222;"

!Skill

!Amarr

!Caldari

!Gallente

!Minmatar

|-  

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| ARMOR

|{{sk|Armor Layering}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|EM Armor Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Explosive Armor Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Hull Upgrades}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Kinetic Armor Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Mechanics}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Remote Armor Repair Systems}}

|3

|  

|{{sk|Remote Hull Repair Systems}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Repair Systems}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Thermic Armor Compensation}}

|1

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| CORPORATE MANAGEMENT

|{{sk|Anchoring}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Corporation Management}}

|1

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| DRONES

|{{sk|Drone Avionics}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Drone Durability}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Drone Interfacing}}

|3

|  

|{{sk|Drone Navigation}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Drone Sharpshooting}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Drones}}

|5

|3

|{{sk|Light Drone Operation}}

|4

|1

|{{sk|Medium Drone Operation}}

|3

|  

|{{sk|Repair Drone Operation}}

|2

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

|{{sk|Electronic Warfare}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Propulsion Jamming}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Weapon Disruption}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Sensor Linking}}

|  

|  

|{{sk|Target Painting}}

|  

|  

|{{sk|Advanced Weapon Upgrades}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|CPU Management}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Capacitor Emission Systems}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Capacitor Management}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Capacitor Systems Operation}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Electronics Upgrades}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Energy Grid Upgrades}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Energy Pulse Weapons}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Power Grid Management}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Thermodynamics}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Weapon Upgrades}}

|4

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| GUNNERY

|{{sk|Controlled Bursts}}

|4

|1

|{{sk|Gunnery}}

|5

|5

|{{sk|Medium Energy Turret}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Medium Hybrid Turret}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Medium Projectile Turret}}

|  

|  

|{{sk|Motion Prediction}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Rapid Firing}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Sharpshooter}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Small Energy Turret}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Small Hybrid Turret}}

|  

|4

|{{sk|Small Projectile Turret}}

|  

|  

|{{sk|Surgical Strike}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Trajectory Analysis}}

|4

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| LEADERSHIP

|{{sk|Leadership}}

|3

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| MISSILES

|{{sk|Missile Launcher Operation}}

|5

|1

|{{sk|Light Missiles}}

|  

|4

|{{sk|Heavy Assault Missiles}}

|  

|3

|{{sk|Heavy Missiles}}

|  

|4

|{{sk|Missile Bombardment}}

|  

|4

|{{sk|Missile Projection}}

|  

|2

|{{sk|Rapid Launch}}

|4

|  

|{{sk|Rockets}}

|  

|4

|{{sk|Target Navigation Prediction}}

|3

|  

|{{sk|Warhead Upgrades}}

|3

|  

|{{sk|Acceleration Control}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Afterburner}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Evasive Maneuvering}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|High Speed Maneuvering}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Navigation}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Warp Drive Operation}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Biology}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Cybernetics}}

|3

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| PRODUCTION

|{{sk|Industry}}

|5

|5

|{{sk|Mass Production}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Mining}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Mining Upgrades}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Reprocessing}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Salvaging}}

|3

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| RIGGING

|{{sk|Armor Rigging}}

|2

|  

|{{sk|Astronautics Rigging}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Drones Rigging}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Electronic Superiority Rigging}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Energy Weapon Rigging}}

|2

|  

|{{sk|Hybrid Weapon Rigging}}

|  

|2

|{{sk|Projectile Weapon Rigging}}

|  

|  

|{{sk|Jury Rigging}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Shield Rigging}}

|

|2

|{{sk|Launcher Rigging}}

|  

|2

|{{sk|Archaeology}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Astrometric Acquisition}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Astrometric Rangefinding}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Astrometrics}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Hacking}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Survey}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Science}}

|4

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| SHIELDS

|{{sk|EM Shield Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Explosive Shield Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Kinetic Shield Compensation}}

|1

|1

|{{sk|Shield Compensation}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Shield Emission Systems}}

|  

|3

|{{sk|Shield Management}}

|4

|3

|{{sk|Shield Operation}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Shield Upgrades}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Tactical Shield Manipulation}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Thermic Shield Compensation}}

|1

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| SOCIAL

|{{sk|Connections}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Criminal Connections}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Diplomacy}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Distribution Connections}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Mining Connections}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Negotiation}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Security Connections}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Social}}

|3

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| SPACESHIP COMMAND

|Racial Cruiser

|4

|4

|4

|4

|Racial Destroyer

|4

|4

|4

|4

|Racial Frigate

|4

|4

|4

|4

|Racial Industrial

|1

|1

|1

|1

|{{sk|Mining Frigate}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Spaceship Command}}

|3

! style="background:#222222;" colspan="5"| TARGETING

|{{sk|Long Range Targeting}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Signature Analysis}}

|3

|3

|{{sk|Target Management}}

|4

|4

|{{sk|Broker Relations}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Marketing}}

|2

|2

|{{sk|Trade}}

|3

|3

|3

|3

Alpha characters are perfectly viable in low-level PvP and PvE, and in support roles in larger-scale PvP (such as [[EWAR]] or [[tackle]] for a fleet).

Alpha characters can [[mining|mine]] in a [[Venture]] (but not use more advanced mining ships), and can perform basic [[manufacturing]]. While they will not be as efficient as an Omega character (with access to more advanced ships and skills which improve manufacturing efficiency), they can nonetheless participate in basic industry. They can [[salvage]] wrecks, but they cannot, however, do [[Planetary Interaction]].  

Alpha characters can [[trade]], but they will pay higher taxes on their transactions and have fewer options at their disposal (e.g. they can only sell items located within 5 jumps, whereas an Omega character has the option to train skills allowing them to sell items anywhere in the current region)

Alpha characters can do basic [[exploration]].  

== Omega Clones ==

Omega clones may use any skill, ship and item in the game. Additionally, you may log into the game with more than one account at a time ([[:Category:Eve Lexicon#Multiboxing|multiboxing]]), but only as long as ''all'' the accounts being logged in have Omega status.