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| I should probably make a new page for the [[Tech I Role Reference]].
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| ==Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields==
| | * [[Jump Drives and Cynosural Fields]] |
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| Most [[Capital_Ship|capital ships]], the largest ships in New Eden, are too large to use the stargates that smaller ships use. Instead of using stargates, these ships have a built-in "jump drive" that they can use to teleport to a cynosural field in a different system. A small number of ships have jump drives even though they are small enough to use stargates.
| | * [[Pirate Faction Ship Guide]] |
| | | * [[Alliance Tournament]] |
| ===Jump Drives===
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| Jump drives are not modules. They are built into the hull of the ship. All ships that contain a jump drive require the [[Skills:Navigation#Jump_Drive_Operation|Jump Drive Operation]] skill to pilot. The following classes of ship contain jump drives:
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| * [[Capital_Ship#Dreadnoughts|Dreadnoughts]]
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| * [[Capital_Ship#Carriers|Carriers]] | |
| * [[Capital_Ship#Supercarriers|Supercarriers]] | |
| * [[Capital_Ship#Titans|Titans]]
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| * [[Hauling#Jump_Freighters_.28T2_Freighter.29|Jump Freighters]]
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| * [[Battleship#Black_Ops|Black Ops]]
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| * [[Capital_Ship#Capital_Industrial_Ship:_The_Rorqual|Capital Industrial Ships]] | |
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| Unlike stargates, which are free to use, jump drives require fuel. The jump drive comes with a special fuel bay which can only store fuel for the jump drive. The fuel required depends on the race that constructed that drive, and can be produced by refining ice mined in that race's territory. The respective fuel type for each race is:
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| <table border="1">
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| <tr><td>Amarr</td><td>Helium isotopes</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Caldari</td><td>Nitrogen isotopes</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Gallente</td><td>Oxygen isotopes</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Minmatar</td><td>Hydrogen isotopes</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>ORE</td><td>Oxygen isotopes</td></tr>
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| </table>
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| The fuel cost for each jump does not depend on the number of stargate jumps to the destination. It depends on the distance between the two systems in space (measured in light-years). Each jump drive has a maximum jump range, and consumes a certain amount of fuel per light-year. The maximum jump range is extended by the skill [[Skills:Navigation#Jump_Drive_Calibration|Jump Drive Calibration]] (25% increase per level), and the fuel consumption is reduced by the skill [[Skills:Navigation#Jump_Fuel_Conservation|Jump Fuel Conservation]] (10% reduction per level). Jump freighters also have their required fuel reduced by the [[Skills:Spaceship_Command#Jump_Freighters|skill required to fly them]]. These three skills make a huge difference to the figures shown in the table.
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| <tr><th>Ship type</th> <th>Range</th><th>Fuel per ly</th><th>Fuel bay (m3)</th><th>Fuel bay (units)</th></tr>
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| <tr><td>Dreadnought</td> <td>5 ly</td> <td>1000 units</td> <td>8000</td> <td>53333</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Carrier</td> <td>6.5 ly</td> <td>1000 units</td> <td>3000</td> <td>20000</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Supercarrier</td> <td>5 ly</td> <td>1000 units</td> <td>5000</td> <td>33333</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Titan</td> <td>3.5 ly</td> <td>1000 units</td> <td>60000</td> <td>400000</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Jump Freighter</td> <td>5 ly</td> <td>3100 units</td> <td>10000</td> <td>66666</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Black Ops</td> <td>2 ly</td> <td>300 units</td> <td>1000</td> <td>6666</td></tr>
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| <tr><td>Capital Industrial Ship</td><td>5 ly</td><td>1000 units</td><td>10000</td><td>66666</td></tr>
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| </table>
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| ===Cynosural Fields===
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| ''Cynosure'' (say "SIGH no sure") is a little-used word. It means a guide, or a person or thing that draws attention towards itself. It was once the name of the North Star, which is very appropriate given the nature of cynosural fields in New Eden.
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| In order to jump, a jump drive must first lock onto a cynosural field, or "cyno", at its destination. These fields can be produced either by the Cynosural Field Generator modules, or the [[POS_Structures#Cynosural_Generator_Array|Cynosural Generator Array]], which can be anchored at a POS. Both the module and the array can only generate a cynosural field in systems with a security of 0.4 or below, so if a ship can't use a stargate, it cannot enter high security space.
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| The Field Generator module requires the [[Skills:Electronics#Cynosural_Field_Theory|Cynosural Field Theory]] skill to operate. For a ship to activate the module, it must have 500 units (200 m3) of liquid ozone in its cargohold, which is consumed when the module is activated. The amount of fuel required to "light a cyno" is reduced by 10% for every level of [[Skills:Electronics#Cynosural_Field_Theory|Cynosural Field Theory]] the user has. The cynosural field stays active for 10 minutes, during which time the ship generating the field is unable to move, dock, or eject its pilot. It's dangerous enough to be immobile in lowsec, but it gets worse: when the cyno is active, it appears on the system overview, so that anybody in the system can warp to its location. As a result, most ships that light a cyno are expendable frigates. The Tech 2 [[Cruiser#Recons|Force Recon]] cruisers get an 80% reduction in the cost to light a cyno, and are only rendered immobile for 5 minutes, but they're expensive ships for lighting a cyno.
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| ===Covert Cynosural Fields===
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| ===Jump Bridges===
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