Propulsion equipment

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Propulsion modules are a way to trade off capacitor energy in your ship that allows it to gain an advantage in ship positioning and speed. These advantages are based on what type of propulsion module you are using and the type of ship you are flying. Certain ships require certain size afterburner to function properly or heavily favor certain types of modules with hull bonuses.

Afterburners and micro warp drives

Afterburners (AB) and micro warp drives (MWD) are the basic propulsion modules most hips use. They both greatly increase ship's max velocity. Generally afterburners increase maximum speed by around 150% while micro warp drives increase maximum speed by 500%.

Disatvantages of micro warp drives are high capacitor usage and additional penalty to capacitor capacity, they are shut down by warp scramblers and are generally harder to fit.

There are different sizes of propulsion modules based on basic ship hull size. Using an undersized afterburner on a larger ship will cause the speed boost to become much smaller.

A rough guide:

• 1MN/5MN = Frigate/Destroyer
• 10MN/100MN = Cruiser/Battle Cruiser, Industrials
• 100MN/500MN = Battleship+
• 1000MN/5000MN = Capital

The max velocity bonus listed in module info is only one factor in actual velociy increase. The maxiumum velocity of a ship useing a propulsion module is

V_max = V_base × V_bonus × ( Thrust / mass )

In practice tha last thrust/mass term is almost equal to one when using properly sized propulsion module and the new maximum velocity is just base velocity multiplied by velocity bonus of propulsion module.

Oversized afterburners

It is possible to fit ships with oversized afterburners: 10MN on frigate/destroyer or 100MN on cruiser/battlecruiser. The high fitting requirement of larger afterburner usually makes this harder to do.

In this case the full maximum velocity formula needs to be used.

Generally the resulting maximum velocity is close to normal sized micro warp drive but the added bonus is that the oversized afterburner is not shut down by scramblers. Thre drawback is greatly increased ship mass which makes manouvering harder.

Micro jump drive

The Micro Jump Drive (MJD) is a propulsion module that instead of making the ship move faster it jumps the ship forward 100km in the direction it is facing. Upon arrival, the ship maintains its direction and velocity. Warp scramblers can be used to disrupt the module.

Micro jump drives can be used only on t1 and t2 battleships, combat battlecruisers, command ships and deep space transports. Marauders gain specific bonus encouraging use of this module.

Micro jump drives can be used offensively to close on a target or defensively to jump out.

MJD operation

When the module is activated the module spools up for 12 seconds. During this time the ship can not change its direction. The signature radius of the ship is also increased by 150% during the spool up time.

The jump is interrupted if the jumping ship is warp scrambled when spool up time ends. Bubbles, warp disruptors and warp core stabilisers have no effect on micro jump drives. Active bastion module also prevents the ship from jumpint. Deactivating the module during spool up time has no effect.

After spool up period the ship jumps 100 km to the direction it is facing. The ship retains its velocity and locked targets through the jump. Other ships will also retain locks on the ship that jumped.

After the jump has been completed or aborted by scrambler the MJD module enters 180 seconds long cooldown period that must pass before the module can be used again. Even if the jump fails the module will enter cooldown period.

Micro jump drive field generator

Micro jump drive field generators (MJDFG) are similar to micro jump drives. But instead of jumping only one ship MJDFG jumps all ships in 6 km range of the ship using the module.

Only command destroyers can use micro jump field generators.

Operation of MJDFG is almost idetical to MJD operation. The only difference is that it jumps all ships in 6 km radius. Scramblers can also prevent their targets from getting jumped. This way the ship with MJDFG and some of the ships near it can be jumped while others stay in their places.

Related skills

Micro Jump Drive Operation I is required to sue any micro jump drives and reduces the spool up time duration by 5% per skill level.

Module tables

Afterburners

Skills Required

• Afterburner I
  • Navigation I

Name	Powergrid Usage	CPU Usage	Capacitor Cost (per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level	Overload Bonus	Activation Time
1MN Afterburner I	10 MW	15 tf	20 GJ	112.5%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.
1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner	10 MW	15 tf	20 GJ	126%	Level 3	50%	10.00 sec.
1MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner	10 MW	15 tf	20 GJ	121.5%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.
10MN Afterburner I	50 MW	25 tf	80 GJ	112.5%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.
10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner	50 MW	25 tf	80 GJ	126%	Level 3	50%	10.00 sec.
100MN Afterburner I	625 MW	50 tf	320 GJ	112.5%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.
100MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner	625 MW	50 tf	320 GJ	126%	Level 3	50%	10.00 sec.

• Tech Lvl 2

Skills Reqired

• Afterburner IV
  • Navigation I

Name	Powergrid Usage	CPU Usage	Capacitor Cost (per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level	Overload Bonus	Activation Time
1MN Afterburner II	11 MW	15 tf	22 GJ	135%	Level 5	50%	10.00 sec.
10MN Afterburner II	55 MW	25 tf	88 GJ	135%	Level 5	50%	10.00 sec.
100MN Afterburner II	688 MW	50 tf	352 GJ	121.5%	Level 5	50%	10.00 sec.

Faction/Storyline

• Tech Lvl 1

Skills Reqired

• Afterburner I
  • Navigation I

Name	Powergrid Usage	CPU Usage	Capacitor Cost (per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level	Overload Bonus	Activation Time
1MN Analog Booster Rockets	9 MW	13 tf	16 GJ	121.5%	Level 6	50%	10.00 sec.
10MN Analog Booster Rockets	45 MW	21 tf	64 GJ	112.5%	Level 6	50%	10.00 sec.
100MN Analog Booster Rockets	563 MW	43 tf	256 GJ	112.5%	Level 6	50%	10.00 sec.
Domination 1MN Afterburner	11 MW	15 tf	15 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Domination 10MN Afterburner	55 MW	25 tf	60 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Domination 100MN Afterburner	688 MW	50 tf	241 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Federation Navy 1MN Afterburner	10 MW	17 tf	20 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.
Federation Navy 10MN Afterburner	50 MW	28 tf	60 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.
Federation Navy 100MN Afterburner	625 MW	55 tf	320 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.
Republic Fleet 1MN Afterburner	11 MW	15 tf	15 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Republic Fleet 10MN Afterburner	55 MW	25 tf	60 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Republic Fleet 100MN Afterburner	688 MW	50 tf	241 GJ	144%	Level 8	50%	10.00 sec.
Shadow Serpentis 1MN Afterburner	10 MW	17 tf	20 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.
Shadow Serpentis 10MN Afterburner	50 MW	28 tf	80 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.
Shadow Serpentis 100MN Afterburner	625 MW	55 tf	320 GJ	141%	Level 7	50%	10.00 sec.

Officer (100MN Only)

• Tech I

Skills Reqired

• Afterburner I
  • Navigation I

Name	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage	Capacitor Cost(per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level
Brynn's Modified 100MN Afterburner	625	58	241	150%	Meta 11
Cormack's Modified 100MN Afterburner	625	66	241	159%	Meta 14
Gotan's Modified 100MN Afterburner	750	50	320	159%	Meta 13
Hakim's Modified 100MN Afterburner	750	50	320	156%	Meta 12
Mizuro's Modified 100MN Afterburner	625	63	241	153%	Meta 11
Setele's Modified 100MN Afterburner	625	63	241	156%	Meta 13
Tobia's Modified 100MN Afterburner	750	50	320	162%	Meta 14
Tuvan's Modified 100MN Afterburner	625	61	241	153%	Meta 12

Deadspace

• Tech I

Skills Reqired

• Afterburner I
  • Navigation I

Name	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage	Capacitor Cost(per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level
Core A-Type 100MN Afterburner	63	625	241	156%	Meta 13
Core B-Type 100MN Afterburner	61	625	241	153%	Meta 12
Core C-Type 100MN Afterburner	58	625	241	150%	Meta 11
Core X-Type 100MN Afterburner	66	625	241	159%	Meta 14
Coreli A-Type 1MN Afterburner	19	10	15	156%	Meta 13
Coreli B-Type 1MN Afterburner	18	10	15	153%	Meta 12
Coreli C-Type 1MN Afterburner	17	10	15	150%	Meta 11
Corelum A-Type 10MN Afterburner	32	50	60	156%	Meta 13
Corelum B-Type 10MN Afterburner	31	50	60	153%	Meta 12
Corelum C-Type 10MN Afterburner	29	50	60	150%	Meta 11
Gist A-Type 100MN Afterburner	50	750	320	159%	Meta 13
Gist B-Type 100MN Afterburner	50	750	320	156%	Meta 12
Gist C-Type 100MN Afterburner	50	750	320	153%	Meta 11
Gist X-Type 100MN Afterburner	50	750	320	162%	Meta 14
Gistii A-Type 1MN Afterburner	15	13	20	159%	Meta 13
Gistii B-Type 1MN Afterburner	15	13	20	156%	Meta 12
Gistii C-Type 1MN Afterburner	15	13	20	153%	Meta 11
Gistum A-Type 10MN Afterburner	25	63	80	159%	Meta 13
Gistum B-Type 10MN Afterburner	25	63	80	156%	Meta 12
Gistum C-Type 10MN Afterburner	25	63	80	153%	Meta 11

Micro Jump Drive

The Micro Jump Drive comes in two sizes. The Large MJD is a Battleship-sized module, while the Medium MJD is a Battlecruiser-sized module.

Stats

Large Micro Jump Drive:

• Cap Cost: 786 GJ
• Activation Time: 12 sec
• Reactivation Delay: 180 sec
• Sig Radius: 150%

Medium Micro Jump Drive:

• Cap Cost: 197 GJ
• Activation Time: 12 sec
• Reactivation Delay: 180 sec
• Sig Radius: 150%

Micro Jump Field Generator

• Cap Cost: 85GJ
• Activation Time: 9 sec
• Reactivation Delay: 160 sec
• Sig Radius: 150%

Microwarpdrives

Standard

• Tech Lvl 1

Skills Required

• High Speed Maneuvering I
  • Navigation III
  • Afterburner III
    • Navigation I

Name	Powergrid Usage	CPU Usage	Capacitor Cost (per use)	Max Velocity Bonus	Meta Level	Overload Bonus	Activation Time	Mass Addition
5MN Microwarpdrive I	15 MW	25 tf	45 GJ	500%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.	500,000 kg
5MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive	15 MW	25 tf	45 GJ	505%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.	500,000 kg
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive	14 MW	21 tf	45 GJ	505%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.	500,000 kg
5MN Cold-Gas Enduring Microwarpdrive	15 MW	25 tf	35 GJ	505%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.	500,000 kg
50MN Microwarpdrive I	150 MW	50 tf	180 GJ	500%	Level 1	50%	10.00 sec.	5,000,000 kg