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The mathematics of heat damage is discussed in a later section for those interested. What all pilots should know about the mechanics heat damage is as follows. | The mathematics of heat damage is discussed in a later section for those interested. What all pilots should know about the mechanics heat damage is as follows. | ||
[[File:eveheat3.png|350px|thumb|right|Consider this image again. Varying levels of heat damage are visible as red fringes around the modules. The rack heat dials above the capacitor show that the low and mid slot racks are only a little hot, while the high slot rack (rightmost dial) is nearly as hot as it can be.]] | |||
Heat damage is not dealt reliably and automatically by every heated module cycle. Instead, it is dealt through a chance-based mechanic. Each heated cycle of any module always raises the ''heat level'' of the module's rack, by a reliably predictable amount: a heated cycle from a high slot module increases the high slot rack heat level, a heated cycle from a mid slot module heats up the mid slot rack, and so on. The following factors affect rack heat generation: | Heat damage is not dealt reliably and automatically by every heated module cycle. Instead, it is dealt through a chance-based mechanic. Each heated cycle of any module always raises the ''heat level'' of the module's rack, by a reliably predictable amount: a heated cycle from a high slot module increases the high slot rack heat level, a heated cycle from a mid slot module heats up the mid slot rack, and so on. The following factors affect rack heat generation: | ||