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(Deleted a wrong statement. Roruqals and FAXs are capitals and can use drones.)
(So apparently nobody documented how fighters worked after Citadel happened. Expanded page significantly. NEEDED: Someone who flies carriers more to explain the control interface because that's all's documented Literally Nowhere.)
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Fighters are frigate-sized drones that do cruiser-sized damage and can only be fielded by [[carriers]] and [[supercarriers]], while heavy fighters can only be used by supercarriers.
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Fighters are extremely powerful [[Drones]] equipped with cruiser, battleship, or dreadnought-grade weaponry, launched by [[carriers]], [[supercarriers]], [[Guristas]] capital ships, and Upwell Structures.
  
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There are 3 types of fighters: Light (Anti-Subcapital), Heavy (Anti-Capital), and Support (EWAR). Each has a Tech 1 and Tech 2 variant, and squadron size. Light fighters and heavy fighters are further split between the roles they perform. Each type of fighter has a squadron size that determines how many individual fighters make up a squadron, and each carrier or supercarrier is limited by how many launch tubes exist for squadrons. Fighters are a lot larger, in volume, than drones. The skill {{sk|Fighter Hangar Management|icon=yes}} increases fighter hangar size by 5% per level.
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== General Fighter Mechanics ==
  
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All fighters are capable of warping, and will pursue a target into warp - the only escape from fighters is to jump system or to dock. Fighters cannot receive remote assistance, such as repairs or shield boosting.
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In order to use fighters you need to train {{sk|Fighters|icon=yes}} (5% damage bonus per level). There are 3 types of fighters: Light (Anti-Subcapital), Heavy (Anti-Capital), and Support (EWAR). Each has a Tech 1 and Tech 2 variant. Light fighters and heavy fighters are further split between the roles they perform. Each type of fighter has a squadron size that determines how many individual fighters make up a squadron, and each carrier or supercarrier is limited by how many launch tubes exist for squadrons. A squadron of fighters is controlled and targeted as a single entity in space, and will generate a Killmail if the last fighter in a squadron is destroyed. Fighters are a lot larger, in volume, than drones. The skill {{sk|Fighter Hangar Management|icon=yes}} increases fighter hangar size by 5% per level.
  
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Each race has each its own fighters, and their damage matches the race's primary damage type, but otherwise they are very similar to each other. In order to use fighters you need to train {{sk|Fighters|icon=yes}} (5% damage bonus per level).
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All fighters are capable of warping, and will pursue a target into warp - the only escape from fighters is to jump system or to dock.
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Fighters cannot receive remote assistance, such as repairs or shield boosting. However, they are vulnerable to [[ECM]], and with their weak sensor strengths, jamming fighters is a common strategy for reducing a carrier's damage potential.
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Each race has each its own fighters, their damage matches the race's primary damage type, and they follow the same racial patterns of damage versus speed which are present on ordinary drones.
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Fighter weapons use a variation of [[Missile mechanics]]: their weapons have explosion radii and velocities, and deal constant damage with no chance of missing. However, they also have optimal and falloff ranges, which use the effectiveness falloff of Electronic Warfare modules (visible as the 'Range' portion of [[Turret mechanics#Range|turret accuracy]]):
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* Within Optimal range, the weapons deal full damage
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* At Optimal+Falloff, the weapons deal 50% damage
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* At Optimal+(Falloff x2), the weapons deal 6.25% damage
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Dropping using the standard 0.5 ^ ((Distance-Optimal)/Falloff)<sup>2</sup> curve. These mechanics mean that fighter damage is very predictable, and can be effectively mitigated using Afterburners (but much less effectively mitigated using Microwarpdrives).
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Most Fighters have two weapons systems: a primary weapon which can be fired continuously, and a secondary weapon with high damage but a cooldown and limited ammunition. When firing, all (alive) fighters in a squadron fire together, and their damage is added together.
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Fighters have thick, regenerating Shields, but no Armor or Structure HP. As a fighter squadron sustains damage, the rightmost segment of its health indicators will shift color from green to yellow to red to black. When a fighter squadron sustains damage equal to the Shield HP of one of its fighters, one fighter is destroyed and the squadron's damage is reduced accordingly.
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When Fighters are recalled to their carriers, they go through a short Refueling period before they can be launched again. The duration of this period is based on the number of fighters in the squadron. During this refueling period, their shields are restored and the ammunition for their secondary weapons is reloaded, and after refueling completes, new fighters can be loaded into a tube to replace any fighters which were destroyed.
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Like Drones, Fighters can also be Abandoned in space in case of emergency.
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Fighters have Destroyer to Cruiser-sized signature radii of 80-120m. Combined with their high speeds, this makes fighters most effectively targeted by Small or Medium weapons and drones.
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All Fighters also have Standup versions which can be used by most Upwell Structures. Standup fighters have improved base stats over regular fighters (2x speed, 2.5x damage, better explosion velocity and radius, +50% shield HP, better ECM resistance, 2x cargohold volume) but are not affected by any modules or player skills. Standup Fighters can be changed and loaded while an Upwell structure is damaged or Reinforced.
  
 
== Light Fighters ==
 
== Light Fighters ==
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=== Attack Fighters ===
 
=== Attack Fighters ===
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Attack fighters are general purpose attack craft, equipped with a faction-specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster cannon, pulse cannon, autocannon) with a short barrel length that is inaccurate against small, fast-moving targets. Their secondary weapon is a Heavy Rocket Salvo - a simplified, significantly shorter ranged version of starship launched Heavy Missiles. Also, they are equipped with a Microwarpdrive that increase base speed by 500%, at the cost of a 500% signature radius increase, with a 60-second cooldown.
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Attack fighters are general purpose attack craft, equipped with a faction-specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster cannon, pulse cannon, autocannon) with a short effective range. Their secondary weapon is a Heavy Rocket Salvo - a simplified, significantly shorter ranged version of starship launched Heavy Missiles. Also, they are equipped with a Microwarpdrive that increase base speed by 500%, at the cost of a 500% signature radius increase, with a 20-second duration and 60-second cooldown.
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Light attack fighters are effective against cruisers and battleships, but will struggle to effectively damage frigates and are not generally hard-hitting enough to engage capital ships.
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All damage values on this page are per-fighter, not per-squadron.
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{| class="wikitable"
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| ! colspan="2" align="center" | General Stats
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|-
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| Squadron Size || 9
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| [[File:Icon volume.png|22px|link=]]Volume || 1000m<sup>3</sup>
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|-
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| [[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Signature Radius || 100m
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T1) || 2190 HP
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| [[File:Module icon shield extender tech2.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T2) || 2420 HP
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (cannon) || 185m
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (cannon) || 105m/s
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|-
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (missile) || 400m
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|-
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (missile) || 70m/s
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|-
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|}
  
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Squadron Size: 9
 
  
 
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=== Space Superiority ===
 
=== Space Superiority ===
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Space Superiority fighters are anti-drone and anti-fighter weapons. Their primary weapons, Micro Missile Swarm, can launch a swarm of missiles that are especially apt at destroying fighter and drone craft. However, very little damage is applied to full-sized ships. Defensively, they can enact evasive manuevers that increases its base speed by 200%, reduces the its signature radius by 80%, and increases all shield resists by 50%. Lastly, they can use their stasis webifiers to reduce the velocity of small craft by 4%.
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Space Superiority fighters are anti-drone and anti-fighter weapons. Their primary weapons, Micro Missile Swarm, are extremely efficient at killing hostile drones and fighters, however deal greatly reduced damage to real ships. Defensively, they can enact evasive manuevers that increase base speed by 200%, reduce signature radius by 80%, and increase all shield resists by 50%. Lastly, they can tackle hostile drones and fighters (but only drones and fighters), slowing them and disabling their warp drives.
  
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Squadron size: 12
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{| class="wikitable"
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| ! colspan="2" align="center" | General Stats
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| Squadron Size || 12
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| [[File:Icon volume.png|22px|link=]]Volume || 800m<sup>3</sup>
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| [[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Signature Radius || 80m
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T1) || 1600 HP
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| [[File:Module icon shield extender tech2.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T2) || 1760 HP
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]] Explosion Radius || 15m
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]] Explosion Velocity || 300m/s
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|}
  
 
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== Heavy Fighters ==
 
== Heavy Fighters ==
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Heavy Fighters are anti-capital-ship fighters, and can only be used by supercarriers. Each race has its own heavy fighter, but aside from the different damage types, they are very similar to each other. Additionally, there is a [[Sansha's Nation|Sansha]] faction heavy fighter (the [[Shadow]]), which does more damage than the Tech 1 heavy fighters, but is ludicrously expensive.  
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Heavy Fighters are anti-capital-ship fighters, and can only be used by supercarriers. Each race has its own heavy fighters, which follow the same damage and speed patterns as light fighters.  
  
 
Heavy fighters need the Heavy Fighters skill (5% damage increase per level), while Tech 2 heavy fighters requires the skill Heavy Fighters IV.
 
Heavy fighters need the Heavy Fighters skill (5% damage increase per level), while Tech 2 heavy fighters requires the skill Heavy Fighters IV.
  
 
=== Heavy Attack ===
 
=== Heavy Attack ===
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Heavy Attack fighters use a faction specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster, artillery, pulse, or autocannon), while their secondary weapon is a very high damage Torpedo Salvo. Additionally, they possess a Microwarpdrive that increases base speed by 500% and signature radius by 500%, with a 60-second cooldown.
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Heavy Attack fighters use a faction specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster, pulse laser, or autocannon), while their secondary weapon is a very high damage Torpedo Salvo. The large explosion radii of these weapons renders them only effective against capital ships. Additionally, they possess a Microwarpdrive that increases base speed by 500% and signature radius by 500%, with a 20-second duration and 60-second cooldown.
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There is also a [[Sansha's Nation|Sansha]] faction heavy fighter (the [[Shadow]]). The Shadow deals both EM and Thermal damage, significantly higher total damage than an ordinary T1 heavy fighter, and has better damage application than an ordinary heavy fighter, but does not have the secondary torpedo salvo.
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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| ! colspan="2" align="center" | General Stats
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| Squadron Size || 6
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| [[File:Icon volume.png|22px|link=]]Volume || 1800m<sup>3</sup>
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| [[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Signature Radius || 110m
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T1) || 3650 HP
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| [[File:Module icon shield extender tech2.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T2) || 4030 HP
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]][[Image:Isis_sansha.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (Shadow) || 5500 HP
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (cannon) || 3000m
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (cannon) || 40m/s
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]][[Image:Isis_sansha.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (Shadow) || 2000m
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]][[Image:Isis_sansha.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (Shadow) || 60m/s
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (torpedo) || 5000m
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (torpedo) || 50m/s
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=== Long Range Attack ===
 
=== Long Range Attack ===
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Long Range Attack fighters have faction specific long-range weaponary (i.e, beam cannon, railgun, and artillery), a [[Micro Jump Drive]], and are capable of launching unguided bombs (much like [[stealth bomber]]s). Usage of these bombs are disallowed in Low Security space.
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Long Range Attack fighters have faction specific long-range weaponary (i.e, beam cannon, railgun, and artillery), a [[Micro Jump Drive]], a Micro Jump Drive for range control, and are capable of launching unguided bombs (much like [[stealth bomber]]s but weaker). Fighter bombs have the same 30km range, 12s flight time, and 15km damage radius of regular bombs, and are ''immune'' to their given damage type (making it impossible for multiple matching bombs to destroy each other in flight). Usage of these bombs are disallowed in Low Security space.  
  
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The weapons of long ranged fighters can be used against battleships, but their explosion radii leaves Light Attack Fighters as more efficient against smaller subcapital ships.
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| Squadron Size || 6
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| [[File:Icon volume.png|22px|link=]]Volume || 2000m<sup>3</sup>
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| [[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Signature Radius || 120m
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T1) || 3420 HP
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| [[File:Module icon shield extender tech2.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T2) || 3780 HP
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (cannon) || 380m
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| [[File:Icon gunnery turret.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon velocity.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Velocity (cannon) || 80m/s
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]] Damage (bomb) || 640
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| [[File:Icon missiles.png|22px|link=]][[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Explosion Radius (bomb) || 400m
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== Support Fighters ==
 
== Support Fighters ==
  
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Support fighters are specialized fighters that each perform their own type of [[EWAR]]. Support fighters require the {{sk|Support Fighters}} skill (5% increase in support fighter hit-points per level). Tech 2 support fighters requires Support Fighters IV.
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Support fighters are specialized fighters that each perform their own type of [[EWAR]]. They also each come with a Microwarpdrive, increasing their speed (and signature) by 500% for 20 seconds on a 60 second cooldown. However, they have no weapons. Support fighters require the {{sk|Support Fighters}} skill (5% increase in support fighter hit-points per level). Tech 2 support fighters requires Support Fighters IV.
  
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| Squadron Size || 3
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| [[File:Icon volume.png|22px|link=]]Volume || 3000m<sup>3</sup>
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| [[File:Icon ship sig.png|22px|link=]]Signature Radius || 120m
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| [[File:Icon shield.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T1) || 6800 HP
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| [[File:Module icon shield extender tech2.png|22px|link=]]Shield Capacity (T2) || 7500 HP
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== Fighter Improving Modules ==
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Fighters are considered to be Drones for purposes of modules improving their characteristics. This means there are several modules which improve the performance of Fighters.
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* Drone Damage Amplifiers increase Fighter damage
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* Drone Navigation Computers increase fighter base speed
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* Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancers and Links improve fighter weapons' range and damage application
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* The Carrier-specific Fighter Support Unit increases fighter velocity, shield strength, shield regeneration, and weapons rate-of-fire
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Fighters are not affected by Drone Control Range. The only limit on their usable range is the uniquely extremely long range of their carrier's targeting sensors.
  
 
[[Category: Fitting]]
 
[[Category: Fitting]]

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Fighters are extremely powerful Drones equipped with cruiser, battleship, or dreadnought-grade weaponry, launched by carriers, supercarriers, Guristas capital ships, and Upwell Structures.

General Fighter Mechanics

In order to use fighters you need to train Icon skillbook2.png Fighters (5% damage bonus per level). There are 3 types of fighters: Light (Anti-Subcapital), Heavy (Anti-Capital), and Support (EWAR). Each has a Tech 1 and Tech 2 variant. Light fighters and heavy fighters are further split between the roles they perform. Each type of fighter has a squadron size that determines how many individual fighters make up a squadron, and each carrier or supercarrier is limited by how many launch tubes exist for squadrons. A squadron of fighters is controlled and targeted as a single entity in space, and will generate a Killmail if the last fighter in a squadron is destroyed. Fighters are a lot larger, in volume, than drones. The skill Icon skillbook2.png Fighter Hangar Management increases fighter hangar size by 5% per level.

All fighters are capable of warping, and will pursue a target into warp - the only escape from fighters is to jump system or to dock.

Fighters cannot receive remote assistance, such as repairs or shield boosting. However, they are vulnerable to ECM, and with their weak sensor strengths, jamming fighters is a common strategy for reducing a carrier's damage potential.

Each race has each its own fighters, their damage matches the race's primary damage type, and they follow the same racial patterns of damage versus speed which are present on ordinary drones.

Fighter weapons use a variation of Missile mechanics: their weapons have explosion radii and velocities, and deal constant damage with no chance of missing. However, they also have optimal and falloff ranges, which use the effectiveness falloff of Electronic Warfare modules (visible as the 'Range' portion of turret accuracy):

  • Within Optimal range, the weapons deal full damage
  • At Optimal+Falloff, the weapons deal 50% damage
  • At Optimal+(Falloff x2), the weapons deal 6.25% damage

Dropping using the standard 0.5 ^ ((Distance-Optimal)/Falloff)2 curve. These mechanics mean that fighter damage is very predictable, and can be effectively mitigated using Afterburners (but much less effectively mitigated using Microwarpdrives).

Most Fighters have two weapons systems: a primary weapon which can be fired continuously, and a secondary weapon with high damage but a cooldown and limited ammunition. When firing, all (alive) fighters in a squadron fire together, and their damage is added together.

Fighters have thick, regenerating Shields, but no Armor or Structure HP. As a fighter squadron sustains damage, the rightmost segment of its health indicators will shift color from green to yellow to red to black. When a fighter squadron sustains damage equal to the Shield HP of one of its fighters, one fighter is destroyed and the squadron's damage is reduced accordingly.

When Fighters are recalled to their carriers, they go through a short Refueling period before they can be launched again. The duration of this period is based on the number of fighters in the squadron. During this refueling period, their shields are restored and the ammunition for their secondary weapons is reloaded, and after refueling completes, new fighters can be loaded into a tube to replace any fighters which were destroyed.

Like Drones, Fighters can also be Abandoned in space in case of emergency.

Fighters have Destroyer to Cruiser-sized signature radii of 80-120m. Combined with their high speeds, this makes fighters most effectively targeted by Small or Medium weapons and drones.

All Fighters also have Standup versions which can be used by most Upwell Structures. Standup fighters have improved base stats over regular fighters (2x speed, 2.5x damage, better explosion velocity and radius, +50% shield HP, better ECM resistance, 2x cargohold volume) but are not affected by any modules or player skills. Standup Fighters can be changed and loaded while an Upwell structure is damaged or Reinforced.

Light Fighters

Light fighters require the skill Icon skillbook2.png Light Fighters (5% bonus in light fighter velocity per level). Tech 2 light fighters requires Light Fighters IV.

Attack Fighters

Attack fighters are general purpose attack craft, equipped with a faction-specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster cannon, pulse cannon, autocannon) with a short effective range. Their secondary weapon is a Heavy Rocket Salvo - a simplified, significantly shorter ranged version of starship launched Heavy Missiles. Also, they are equipped with a Microwarpdrive that increase base speed by 500%, at the cost of a 500% signature radius increase, with a 20-second duration and 60-second cooldown.

Light attack fighters are effective against cruisers and battleships, but will struggle to effectively damage frigates and are not generally hard-hitting enough to engage capital ships.

All damage values on this page are per-fighter, not per-squadron.


General Stats
Squadron Size 9
Icon volume.pngVolume 1000m3
Icon ship sig.pngSignature Radius 100m
Icon shield.pngShield Capacity (T1) 2190 HP
Module icon shield extender tech2.pngShield Capacity (T2) 2420 HP
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (cannon) 185m
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon velocity.pngExplosion Velocity (cannon) 105m/s
Icon missiles.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (missile) 400m
Icon missiles.pngIcon velocity.pngExplosion Velocity (missile) 70m/s


Faction Fighter DPS Rocket DPS Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Amarr Templar I 65 Icon damage em.png 119 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 926 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,630 m/s Icon orbit.png 6,500 m
Caldari Dragonfly I 72 Icon damage kin.png 131 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 837 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,185 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,500 m
Gallente Firbolg I 75 Icon damage therm.png 138 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 793 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,965 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,500 m
Minmatar Einherji I 62 Icon damage exp.png 113 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 970 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,850 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,000 m
Amarr Templar II 72 Icon damage em.png 131 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 963 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,815 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,300 m
Caldari Dragonfly II 79 Icon damage kin.png 146 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 872 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,360 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,900 m
Gallente Firbolg II 83 Icon damage therm.png 152 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 826 m/s Icon velocity.png 4,130 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,900 m
Minmatar Einherji II 83 Icon damage exp.png 142 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 1,009 m/s Icon velocity.png 5,045 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,400 m


Space Superiority

Space Superiority fighters are anti-drone and anti-fighter weapons. Their primary weapons, Micro Missile Swarm, are extremely efficient at killing hostile drones and fighters, however deal greatly reduced damage to real ships. Defensively, they can enact evasive manuevers that increase base speed by 200%, reduce signature radius by 80%, and increase all shield resists by 50%. Lastly, they can tackle hostile drones and fighters (but only drones and fighters), slowing them and disabling their warp drives.

General Stats
Squadron Size 12
Icon volume.pngVolume 800m3
Icon ship sig.pngSignature Radius 80m
Icon shield.pngShield Capacity (T1) 1600 HP
Module icon shield extender tech2.pngShield Capacity (T2) 1760 HP
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon ship sig.png Explosion Radius 15m
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon velocity.png Explosion Velocity 300m/s
Faction Fighter DPS Speed (Base) Speed (AB) Orbit
Amarr Equite I 38 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 1,111 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,222 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Caldari Locust I 40 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 1,005 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,010 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Gallente Satyr I 42 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 952 m/s Icon velocity.png 1,904 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Minmatar Gram I 36 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 1,164 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,328 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Amarr Equite II 42 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 1,211 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,422 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Caldari Locust II 44 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 1,046 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,092 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Gallente Satyr II 46 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 991 m/s Icon velocity.png 1,982 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m
Minmatar Gram II 40 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 1,211 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,422 m/s Icon orbit.png 10,000 m

Heavy Fighters

Heavy Fighters are anti-capital-ship fighters, and can only be used by supercarriers. Each race has its own heavy fighters, which follow the same damage and speed patterns as light fighters.

Heavy fighters need the Heavy Fighters skill (5% damage increase per level), while Tech 2 heavy fighters requires the skill Heavy Fighters IV.

Heavy Attack

Heavy Attack fighters use a faction specific primary weapon (i.e., blaster, pulse laser, or autocannon), while their secondary weapon is a very high damage Torpedo Salvo. The large explosion radii of these weapons renders them only effective against capital ships. Additionally, they possess a Microwarpdrive that increases base speed by 500% and signature radius by 500%, with a 20-second duration and 60-second cooldown.

There is also a Sansha faction heavy fighter (the Shadow). The Shadow deals both EM and Thermal damage, significantly higher total damage than an ordinary T1 heavy fighter, and has better damage application than an ordinary heavy fighter, but does not have the secondary torpedo salvo.

General Stats
Squadron Size 6
Icon volume.pngVolume 1800m3
Icon ship sig.pngSignature Radius 110m
Icon shield.pngShield Capacity (T1) 3650 HP
Module icon shield extender tech2.pngShield Capacity (T2) 4030 HP
Icon shield.pngIsis sansha.pngShield Capacity (Shadow) 5500 HP
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (cannon) 3000m
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon velocity.pngExplosion Velocity (cannon) 40m/s
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon ship sig.pngIsis sansha.pngExplosion Radius (Shadow) 2000m
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon velocity.pngIsis sansha.pngExplosion Velocity (Shadow) 60m/s
Icon missiles.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (torpedo) 5000m
Icon missiles.pngIcon velocity.pngExplosion Velocity (torpedo) 50m/s
Faction Fighter DPS Torpedo DPS Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Amarr Malleus I 316 Icon damage em.png 2,527 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 576 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,880 m/s Icon orbit.png 6,500 m
Caldari Mantis I 349 Icon damage kin.png 2,793 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 521 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,605 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,500 m
Gallente Cyclops I 366 Icon damage therm.png 2,926 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 494 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,470 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,500 m
Minmatar Tyrfing I 299 Icon damage exp.png 2,394 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 604 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,020 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,000 m
Sansha Shadow 200 Icon damage em.pngIcon damage therm.png N/A Icon velocity.png 543 m/s Icon velocity.png 9,500 m/s Icon orbit.png 2,172 m
Amarr Malleus II 349 Icon damage em.png 2,793 Icon damage em.png Icon velocity.png 600 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,000 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,300 m
Caldari Mantis II 386 Icon damage kin.png 3,087 Icon damage kin.png Icon velocity.png 543 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,715 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,900 m
Gallente Cyclops II 404 Icon damage therm.png 3,324 Icon damage therm.png Icon velocity.png 514 m/s Icon velocity.png 2,570 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,900 m
Minmatar Tyrfing II 331 Icon damage exp.png 2,646 Icon damage exp.png Icon velocity.png 628 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,140 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,400 m


Long Range Attack

Long Range Attack fighters have faction specific long-range weaponary (i.e, beam cannon, railgun, and artillery), a Micro Jump Drive, a Micro Jump Drive for range control, and are capable of launching unguided bombs (much like stealth bombers but weaker). Fighter bombs have the same 30km range, 12s flight time, and 15km damage radius of regular bombs, and are immune to their given damage type (making it impossible for multiple matching bombs to destroy each other in flight). Usage of these bombs are disallowed in Low Security space.

The weapons of long ranged fighters can be used against battleships, but their explosion radii leaves Light Attack Fighters as more efficient against smaller subcapital ships.

General Stats
Squadron Size 6
Icon volume.pngVolume 2000m3
Icon ship sig.pngSignature Radius 120m
Icon shield.pngShield Capacity (T1) 3420 HP
Module icon shield extender tech2.pngShield Capacity (T2) 3780 HP
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (cannon) 380m
Icon gunnery turret.pngIcon velocity.pngExplosion Velocity (cannon) 80m/s
Icon missiles.png Damage (bomb) 640
Icon missiles.pngIcon ship sig.pngExplosion Radius (bomb) 400m
Faction Fighter DPS Optimal Falloff Speed (Base) MJD Range Orbit
Amarr Ametat I 253 Icon damage em.png 34 km Icon target range.png 8,000 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 555 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 31.50 km
Caldari Termite I 279 Icon damage kin.png 30 km Icon target range.png 12 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 502 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 31.50 km
Gallente Antaeus I 293 Icon damage therm.png 30 km Icon target range.png 12 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 476 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 31.50 km
Minmatar Gungnir I 239 Icon damage exp.png 26 km Icon target range.png 16 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 582 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 31.50 km
Amarr Ametat II 279 Icon damage em.png 40.80 km Icon target range.png 8,000 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 578 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 36.60 km
Caldari Termite II 309 Icon damage kin.png 36 km Icon target range.png 12 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 523 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 36 km
Gallente Antaeus II 323 Icon damage therm.png 36 km Icon target range.png 12 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 495 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 36 km
Minmatar Gungnir II 265 Icon damage exp.png 31.20 km Icon target range.png 16 km Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 605 m/s Icon velocity.png 100 km Icon orbit.png 36 km


Support Fighters

Support fighters are specialized fighters that each perform their own type of EWAR. They also each come with a Microwarpdrive, increasing their speed (and signature) by 500% for 20 seconds on a 60 second cooldown. However, they have no weapons. Support fighters require the Support Fighters skill (5% increase in support fighter hit-points per level). Tech 2 support fighters requires Support Fighters IV.

General Stats
Squadron Size 3
Icon volume.pngVolume 3000m3
Icon ship sig.pngSignature Radius 120m
Icon shield.pngShield Capacity (T1) 6800 HP
Module icon shield extender tech2.pngShield Capacity (T2) 7500 HP
Faction Fighter Energy Neut Optimal Falloff Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Amarr Cenobite I 60 Icon energy neutralizer i.png 5,000 m Icon target range.png 2,500 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 715 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,575 m/s Icon orbit.png 3,750
Amarr Cenobite II 80 Icon energy neutralizer i.png 10,000 m Icon target range.png 5,000 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 744 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,720 m/s Icon orbit.png 7,500
Faction Fighter Jamming Strength Optimal Falloff Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Caldari Scarab I 1.6 Icon target max.png 5,000 m Icon target range.png 5,625 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 715 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,575 m/s Icon orbit.png 5,300 m
Caldari Scarab II 2.3 Icon target max.png 7,500 m Icon target range.png 8,400 m Icon falloff mod.png Icon velocity.png 744 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,720 m/s Icon orbit.png 8,000 m
Faction Fighter Warp Disruption Optimal Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Gallente Siren I 1 Icon warp disruptor i.png 8 km Icon target range.png Icon velocity.png 715 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,575 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,000 m
Gallente Siren II 1 Icon warp disruptor i.png 16 km Icon target range.png Icon velocity.png 744 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,720 m/s Icon orbit.png 8,000 m
Faction Fighter Velocity Reduction Optimal Speed (Base) Speed (MWD) Orbit
Minmatar Dromi I 15% Icon stasis webifier i.png 8 km Icon target range.png Icon velocity.png 715 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,575 m/s Icon orbit.png 4,000 m
Minmatar Dromi II 20% Icon stasis webifier i.png 16 km Icon target range.png Icon velocity.png 744 m/s Icon velocity.png 3,720 m/s Icon orbit.png 8,000 m

Fighter Improving Modules

Fighters are considered to be Drones for purposes of modules improving their characteristics. This means there are several modules which improve the performance of Fighters.

  • Drone Damage Amplifiers increase Fighter damage
  • Drone Navigation Computers increase fighter base speed
  • Omnidirectional Tracking Enhancers and Links improve fighter weapons' range and damage application
  • The Carrier-specific Fighter Support Unit increases fighter velocity, shield strength, shield regeneration, and weapons rate-of-fire

Fighters are not affected by Drone Control Range. The only limit on their usable range is the uniquely extremely long range of their carrier's targeting sensors.

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