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= T2 Battleships =

T2 battleships are very specialised hulls with a different focus than their T1 counterparts.

T2 battleships are very specialised hulls with a different focus than their T1 counterparts. In particular, each type of T2 battleships is centered around a particular module or ability usually reserved for ''Capital'' ships.

== Marauders ==

Marauders are somewhat similar to small [[Dreadnoughts]]. Intended to fit a reduced number of extremely powerful weapons, and fight more as stationary nigh-immortal turrets than as starships. They are particularly efficient at activities such as high-end mission running, with their additional High slots (which cannot accept weapons) used for extended-range tractor beams and salvagers. Marauders also have bonuses to the cooldown on [[Micro jump drive|Micro Jump Drive]]s, allowing them to micro-jump much more often, and even use the module as their main form of mobility. They are expensive though - unfitted Marauder hulls cost easily over a billion ISK.

The Marauders' most unique feature is that they can fit the '''Bastion Module''', a smaller and more defensive version of a Dreadnought's [[Siege#The Siege Module|Siege Module]]. The Bastion Module immobilizes the Marauder for 60 seconds, but grants improved weapon range, immunity to electronic warfare, and a spectacular bonus to damage resistance and local repair modules. However, the Bastion module also prevents the Marauder from receiving remote repairs or capacitor transfers from allies, and does nothing to protect against hostile energy neutralizers (which can shut down the Marauder's local repair modules).

The Marauders' most unique feature is that they can fit the '''Bastion Module''', a smaller and more defensive version of a Dreadnought's [[Siege#The Siege Module|Siege Module]]. The Bastion Module immobilizes the Marauder for 60 seconds, but grants improved weapon range, immunity to electronic warfare, and a spectacular bonus to damage resistance and local repair modules. However, the Bastion module also prevents the Marauder from receiving remote repairs or capacitor transfers from allies, does not increase the Marauder's weapon damage, and does nothing to protect against hostile energy neutralizers (which can shut down the Marauder's local repair modules).

Marauders are predominantly used as solo-PvE ships, able to survive wave after wave of NPC forces, shrug off the damage, batter them down with their large weapons, and micro-jump frequently to dictate range. However, their high price point, limited defenses when not in Bastion, and immobility, neutralizer vulnerability, and forced reliance on local repairs when in Bastion, limit their effectiveness in PVP. On the rare occasion when they are used in PVP, Marauders are most commonly flown either as solo juggernauts in small fights, or in very rare and specific fleet support applications.

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== Black Ops Battleships ==

Sometimes referred to as 'BLOPS', these are the big brothers of the [[Recon Ships|Recon Cruisers]], and the only ships in the game which receive bonuses to using non-Covert Ops [[Cloaking]] Devices. However, while they do get bonuses to how fast they move while cloaked (which actually means that they'll move faster when cloaked than when not cloaked with the Black Ops skill at a decent level), they can't warp while cloaked. Black Ops battleships cost about 1 billion ISK before fittings (with the Marshal hull costing 6 billion ISK alone), and have significantly thinner shields and armor than even T1 battleships, so it's rarely worth risking them in combat, ~~unless you are extremely confident and/or rich. Their primary role is to provide~~ [[Jump_Drives_and_Cynosural_Fields#Covert_Cynosural_Fields|covert jump bridges]].

Sometimes referred to as 'BLOPS', these are the big brothers of the [[Recon Ships|Recon Cruisers]], and the only ships in the game which receive bonuses to using non-Covert Ops [[Cloaking]] Devices. However, while they do get bonuses to how fast they move while cloaked (which actually means that they'll move faster when cloaked than when not cloaked with the Black Ops skill at a decent level), they can't warp while cloaked. Black Ops battleships cost about 1 billion ISK before fittings (with the Marshal hull costing 6 billion ISK alone), and have significantly thinner shields and armor than even T1 battleships, so it's rarely worth risking them in combat. Black Ops battleships primarily serve as covert fleet deployment platforms, opening [[Jump_Drives_and_Cynosural_Fields#Covert_Cynosural_Fields|covert jump bridges]] to catapult their allies across space and behind enemy lines. To this end, they are also the only subcapital ships to feature their own Jump Drives.

Covert cyno fields can be lit even under cyno jammers and don't appear as a beacon in the entire system like a normal cyno. Black Ops battleships can lock onto these fields (or for that matter ''any other cyno fields''), and create bridges to them, which then allow other covert ops ships (any ships that can equip the Covert Ops Cloaking Device, including [[Tech 3 Cruiser]]s with the Covert Reconfiguration subsystem) to jump in. Black Ops can ~~then~~ jump themselves in alone ~~to the target cyno~~ to set themselves up for bridging the fleet back home.

Covert cyno fields can be lit even under cyno jammers and don't appear as a beacon in the entire system like a normal cyno. Black Ops battleships can lock onto these fields (or for that matter ''any other cyno fields''), and create bridges to them, which then allow other covert ops ships (any ships that can equip the Covert Ops Cloaking Device, including [[Tech 3 Cruiser]]s with the Covert Reconfiguration subsystem) to jump in. Black Ops can also jump themselves alone, primarily to set themselves up for bridging the fleet back home.

As of September 2019, Black Ops Battleships gained a new role: the new 'hard cyno', a heavily buffer-tanked ship tasked with lighting a [[Cynosural Field]] for bringing capital and supercapital ships into battle. While much commentary has been made about their weaker defenses than other battleships, Black Ops are still battleship platforms, and thus can be fitted with much thicker defenses than the smaller Force Recon cruisers.

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 = T2 Battleships =
-T2 battleships are very specialised hulls with a different focus than their T1 counterparts.
+T2 battleships are very specialised hulls with a different focus than their T1 counterparts. In particular, each type of T2 battleships is centered around a particular module or ability usually reserved for ''Capital'' ships.
 == Marauders ==
 Marauders are somewhat similar to small [[Dreadnoughts]]. Intended to fit a reduced number of extremely powerful weapons, and fight more as stationary nigh-immortal turrets than as starships. They are particularly efficient at activities such as high-end mission running, with their additional High slots (which cannot accept weapons) used for extended-range tractor beams and salvagers. Marauders also have bonuses to the cooldown on [[Micro jump drive|Micro Jump Drive]]s, allowing them to micro-jump much more often, and even use the module as their main form of mobility. They are expensive though - unfitted Marauder hulls cost easily over a billion ISK.
-The Marauders' most unique feature is that they can fit the '''Bastion Module''', a smaller and more defensive version of a Dreadnought's [[Siege#The Siege Module|Siege Module]]. The Bastion Module immobilizes the Marauder for 60 seconds, but grants improved weapon range, immunity to electronic warfare, and a spectacular bonus to damage resistance and local repair modules. However, the Bastion module also prevents the Marauder from receiving remote repairs or capacitor transfers from allies, and does nothing to protect against hostile energy neutralizers (which can shut down the Marauder's local repair modules).
+The Marauders' most unique feature is that they can fit the '''Bastion Module''', a smaller and more defensive version of a Dreadnought's [[Siege#The Siege Module|Siege Module]]. The Bastion Module immobilizes the Marauder for 60 seconds, but grants improved weapon range, immunity to electronic warfare, and a spectacular bonus to damage resistance and local repair modules. However, the Bastion module also prevents the Marauder from receiving remote repairs or capacitor transfers from allies, does not increase the Marauder's weapon damage, and does nothing to protect against hostile energy neutralizers (which can shut down the Marauder's local repair modules).
 Marauders are predominantly used as solo-PvE ships, able to survive wave after wave of NPC forces, shrug off the damage, batter them down with their large weapons, and micro-jump frequently to dictate range. However, their high price point, limited defenses when not in Bastion, and immobility, neutralizer vulnerability, and forced reliance on local repairs when in Bastion, limit their effectiveness in PVP. On the rare occasion when they are used in PVP, Marauders are most commonly flown either as solo juggernauts in small fights, or in very rare and specific fleet support applications.
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 == Black Ops Battleships ==
-Sometimes referred to as 'BLOPS', these are the big brothers of the [[Recon Ships|Recon Cruisers]], and the only ships in the game which receive bonuses to using non-Covert Ops [[Cloaking]] Devices. However, while they do get bonuses to how fast they move while cloaked (which actually means that they'll move faster when cloaked than when not cloaked with the Black Ops skill at a decent level), they can't warp while cloaked. Black Ops battleships cost about 1 billion ISK before fittings (with the Marshal hull costing 6 billion ISK alone), and have significantly thinner shields and armor than even T1 battleships, so it's rarely worth risking them in combat, unless you are extremely confident and/or rich. Their primary role is to provide [[Jump_Drives_and_Cynosural_Fields#Covert_Cynosural_Fields|covert jump bridges]].
+Sometimes referred to as 'BLOPS', these are the big brothers of the [[Recon Ships|Recon Cruisers]], and the only ships in the game which receive bonuses to using non-Covert Ops [[Cloaking]] Devices. However, while they do get bonuses to how fast they move while cloaked (which actually means that they'll move faster when cloaked than when not cloaked with the Black Ops skill at a decent level), they can't warp while cloaked. Black Ops battleships cost about 1 billion ISK before fittings (with the Marshal hull costing 6 billion ISK alone), and have significantly thinner shields and armor than even T1 battleships, so it's rarely worth risking them in combat. Black Ops battleships primarily serve as covert fleet deployment platforms, opening [[Jump_Drives_and_Cynosural_Fields#Covert_Cynosural_Fields|covert jump bridges]] to catapult their allies across space and behind enemy lines. To this end, they are also the only subcapital ships to feature their own Jump Drives.
-Covert cyno fields can be lit even under cyno jammers and don't appear as a beacon in the entire system like a normal cyno. Black Ops battleships can lock onto these fields (or for that matter ''any other cyno fields''), and create bridges to them, which then allow other covert ops ships (any ships that can equip the Covert Ops Cloaking Device, including [[Tech 3 Cruiser]]s with the Covert Reconfiguration subsystem) to jump in. Black Ops can then jump themselves in alone to the target cyno to set themselves up for bridging the fleet back home.
+Covert cyno fields can be lit even under cyno jammers and don't appear as a beacon in the entire system like a normal cyno. Black Ops battleships can lock onto these fields (or for that matter ''any other cyno fields''), and create bridges to them, which then allow other covert ops ships (any ships that can equip the Covert Ops Cloaking Device, including [[Tech 3 Cruiser]]s with the Covert Reconfiguration subsystem) to jump in. Black Ops can also jump themselves alone, primarily to set themselves up for bridging the fleet back home.
 As of September 2019, Black Ops Battleships gained a new role: the new 'hard cyno', a heavily buffer-tanked ship tasked with lighting a [[Cynosural Field]] for bringing capital and supercapital ships into battle. While much commentary has been made about their weaker defenses than other battleships, Black Ops are still battleship platforms, and thus can be fitted with much thicker defenses than the smaller Force Recon cruisers.