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=== Ships ===

Any ship with a free high slot can be used as a salvager. However, there are ~~two~~ ship classes which are most suitable:

Any ship with a free high slot can be used as a salvager. However, there are three ship classes which are most suitable:

* Turret [[destroyers]] ({{sh|Coercer}}, {{sh|Cormorant}}, {{sh|Catalyst}}, and {{sh|Thrasher}}) make for excellent beginner salvaging ships. They have eight high slots, allowing pilots to salvage many wrecks simultaneously. They also have a decent amount of cargo space and are moderately fast, not to mention very reasonably priced. Their main weakness is a rather small [[capacitor]], so they may not be able to salvage continuously with all eight Salvagers. The missile and drone destroyers ({{sh|Dragoon}}, {{sh|Corax}}, {{sh|Algos}}, and {{sh|Talwar}}) are also decent salvagers but have fewer high slots.

* Turret [[destroyers]] ({{sh|Coercer}}, {{sh|Cormorant}}, {{sh|Catalyst}}, and {{sh|Thrasher}}) make for excellent beginner salvaging ships. They have eight high slots, allowing pilots to salvage many wrecks simultaneously. They also have a decent amount of cargo space and are moderately fast, not to mention very reasonably priced. Their main weakness is a rather small [[capacitor]], so they may not be able to salvage continuously with all eight Salvagers. The missile and drone destroyers ({{sh|Dragoon}}, {{sh|Corax}}, {{sh|Algos}}, and {{sh|Talwar}}) are also decent salvagers but have fewer high slots, especially the drone destroyers, though those can also field salvage drones.

* Exploration frigates ({{sh|Heron}}, {{sh|Imicus}}, {{sh|Magnate}} and {{sh|Probe}}) can only carry three salvagers each, but they receive a bonus to their cycle time, are very fast and all have a very respectable cargo capacity of 400{{m3}}. For Omega clones, they can also all field 3-4 salvage drones. Battleship pilots can store one such frigate in their frigate escape bay.

* The {{Sh|Noctis}} is both the next and last step in salvaging ships. It has the same eight high slots as a destroyer, but comes with a huge bonus to tractor beam speed and range; with good skills, its tractor beams can reach out to 80 km, hoovering up wrecks from an entire battlefield. Additionally, it gets a bonus to the cycle time of salvaging modules, reducing the time it takes to salvage each wreck. The Noctis is the best salvaging ship by miles; its only downsides are its somewhat weak tank (compared to the value of the salvage it often carries), its slow speed, and its steeper price tag of around 130 million ISK.

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 === Ships ===
-Any ship with a free high slot can be used as a salvager. However, there are two ship classes which are most suitable:
+Any ship with a free high slot can be used as a salvager. However, there are three ship classes which are most suitable:
-* Turret [[destroyers]] ({{sh|Coercer}}, {{sh|Cormorant}}, {{sh|Catalyst}}, and {{sh|Thrasher}}) make for excellent beginner salvaging ships. They have eight high slots, allowing pilots to salvage many wrecks simultaneously. They also have a decent amount of cargo space and are moderately fast, not to mention very reasonably priced. Their main weakness is a rather small [[capacitor]], so they may not be able to salvage continuously with all eight Salvagers. The missile and drone destroyers ({{sh|Dragoon}}, {{sh|Corax}}, {{sh|Algos}}, and {{sh|Talwar}}) are also decent salvagers but have fewer high slots.
+* Turret [[destroyers]] ({{sh|Coercer}}, {{sh|Cormorant}}, {{sh|Catalyst}}, and {{sh|Thrasher}}) make for excellent beginner salvaging ships. They have eight high slots, allowing pilots to salvage many wrecks simultaneously. They also have a decent amount of cargo space and are moderately fast, not to mention very reasonably priced. Their main weakness is a rather small [[capacitor]], so they may not be able to salvage continuously with all eight Salvagers. The missile and drone destroyers ({{sh|Dragoon}}, {{sh|Corax}}, {{sh|Algos}}, and {{sh|Talwar}}) are also decent salvagers but have fewer high slots, especially the drone destroyers, though those can also field salvage drones.
+* Exploration frigates ({{sh|Heron}}, {{sh|Imicus}}, {{sh|Magnate}} and {{sh|Probe}}) can only carry three salvagers each, but they receive a bonus to their cycle time, are very fast and all have a very respectable cargo capacity of 400{{m3}}. For Omega clones, they can also all field 3-4 salvage drones. Battleship pilots can store one such frigate in their frigate escape bay.
 * The {{Sh|Noctis}} is both the next and last step in salvaging ships. It has the same eight high slots as a destroyer, but comes with a huge bonus to tractor beam speed and range; with good skills, its tractor beams can reach out to 80&nbsp;km, hoovering up wrecks from an entire battlefield. Additionally, it gets a bonus to the cycle time of salvaging modules, reducing the time it takes to salvage each wreck. The Noctis is the best salvaging ship by miles; its only downsides are its somewhat weak tank (compared to the value of the salvage it often carries), its slow speed, and its steeper price tag of around 130 million ISK.