Rigs

Rigs are permanent ship modifications that fit into the rigging slots of a ship. Once fit, in most ships they must be destroyed in order to be removed (unlike regular modules). The exceptions are T3 Strategic Cruisers which feature removable rigs. Most rigs have some other drawback associated with them; these penalties are reduced by training more levels in the associated rigging skill: the amount of speed reduction caused by armor rigs, for example, is lessened (though never completely eliminated) by your Armor Rigging skill. However, if you're willing to face the full downside, you can fit any rig with no skills whatsoever.

Rigs don't have powergrid or CPU fitting requirements, but instead require calibration, a rig-specific fitting resource. All ships that can fit rigs have 400 calibration points, except for pirate faction ships which have 350. A Tech 1 rig requires between 50 and 250 calibration points, with Tech 2 variants requiring 50% more calibration than their Tech 1 equivalents.

Rigs fit into rig slots, and, just like modules, each rig takes up one rig slot. Tech 1 ships have 3 rig slots, Tech 2 ships have 2, and a few ships (notably Freighters, Jump Freighters, Corvettes, and Shuttles) have none.

Rigs come in four sizes:

• Small, for frigates and destroyers
• Medium, for cruisers, battlecruisers, haulers, and mining Barges
• Large, for battleships
• Capital, for capital Ships

Unlike for modules, it's not possible to fit a "wrong-sized" rig on a ship. Nearly all rigs come in all four sizes, with identical stats for each size.

Rigs are manufactured by players, using salvaged material.

Armor

See also: Armor Tanking and Logistics

The downsides of armor rigs can be mitigated by training  Armor Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
EM Armor Reinforcer	Increase armor resistance to EM damage	Decreases ship's maximum velocity
Explosive Armor Reinforcer	Increase armor resistance to explosive damage
Kinetic Armor Reinforcer	Increase armor resistance to kinetic damage
Thermal Armor Reinforcer	Increase armor resistance to thermal damage
Auxillary Nano Pump	Increase amount a local armor repair module repairs per cycle	Increases armor repairer powergrid requirements
Nanobot Accelerator	Decrease local armor repair module cycle time
Remote Repair Augmentor	Reduces capacitor used by remote armor repair modules	Decreases ship's maximum velocity
Transverse Bulkhead	Increases hull hit points by a percentage	Decreases ship's cargo capacity
Trimark Armor Pump	Increases armor hit points by a percentage	Decreases ship's maximum velocity

Astronautic

The downsides of astronautic rigs can be mitigated by training  Astronautics Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
Auxiliary Thruster	Increase maximum velocity	Decreases armor hit points
Cargohold Optimization	Increases cargo capacity
Dynamic Fuel Valve	Decreases the capacitor used by afterburners and microwarpdrives
Engine Thermal Shielding	Increases cycle duration of afterburners and microwarpdrives
Higgs Anchor	Increase mass and agility while greatly reducing maximum velocity	Reduces warp velocity
Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer	Increases maximum warp velocity	Increases signature radius
Low Friction Nozzle Joints	Increases agility	Decreases armor hit points
Polycarbon Engine Housing	Increases maximum velocity and agility
Warp Core Optimizer	Reduces the capacitor needs for warping	Increases signature radius

Drone

See also: Drones

The downsides of drone rigs can be mitigated by training  Drones Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
Drone Control Range Augmentor	Increases the drone control range	Decreases ship's CPU
Drone Durability Enhancer	Increases drones' hit points (armor, shield, and hull)
Drone Mining Augmentor	Increases the yield of mining drones and decreases cycle time for ice harvesting drones
Drone Repair Augmentor	Increases the amount repaired by repair drones
Drone Scope Chip	Increases the optimal range of drones' weapons
Drone Speed Augmentor	Increases the speed of drones
Sentry Damage Augmentor	Increases the damage of sentry drones
Stasis Drone Augmentor	Increases the amount by which stasis webifier drones reduce their target's velocity

Electronic superiority

See also: Electronic warfare

The downsides of electronic superiority rigs can be mitigated by training  Electronic Superiority Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
Inverted Signal Field Generator	Increases the strength of remote sensor dampener modules	Decreases shield hit points
Particle Dispersion Augmentor	Increases the strength of ECM modules
Particle Dispersion Projector	Increases the range of EWAR modules
Signal Disruption Amplifier	Decreases the capacitor need for ECM (including Burst ECM) modules	No downside
Targeting Systems Stabilizer	Decreases the targeting delay after uncloaking	Decreases shield hit points
Tracking Diagnostic Subroutines	Increases the strength of tracking disruptor modules

Engineering

Name	Effect	Downside
Ancillary Current Router	Increases ship's powergrid	No downside
Capacitor Control Circuit	Increases ship's capacitor recharge rate
Command Processor	Increase the number of Command Burst modules that can be equipped to a command-capable ship
Egress Port Maximizer	Decreases the capacitor use of capacitor transfer and neutralizer modules
Liquid Cooled Electronics	Reduces the CPU needs of modules that require the Electronics Upgrades skill
Powergrid Subroutine Maximizer	Decreases the CPU need for all power upgrade modules
Processor Overclocking Unit	Increases ship's CPU	-5% shield recharge rate
Semiconductor Memory Cell	Increases ship's total capacitor	No downside

Missile launcher

See also: Missile Launchers

The downsides of missile launcher rigs can be mitigated by training  Launcher Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
Bay Loading Accelerator	Increases the rate of fire of launchers	Increases CPU cost of missile launchers
Hydraulic Bay Thrusters	Increases missile velocity
Rocket Fuel Cache Partition	Increases missile flight time
Warhead Calefaction Catalyst	Increases missile damage
Warhead Flare Catalyst	Increases missile explosion velocity
Warhead Rigor Catalyst	Decreases missile explosion radius

Resource processing

See also: Mining

Name	Effect	Downside
Ice Harvester Accelerator	Reduces the cycle time of ice harvester modules	No downside
Mercoxit Mining Crystal Optimization	Increase the mining yield of modules using Mercoxit mining crystals
Salvage Tackle	Increases the chance to salvage successfully	Decreases maximum velocity

Scanning

See also: Scanning

Name	Effect	Downside
Emission Scope Sharpener	Increases virus coherence of relic analyzer modules	No downside
Gravity Capacitor Upgrade	Increases scan strength of scan probes
Memetic Algorithm Bank	Increases virus coherence of data analyzer modules
Signal Focusing Kit	Increases speed of cargo, ship, and survey scanners	Decreases shield hit points

Shield

See also: Shield Tanking

The downsides of shield rigs can be mitigated by training  Shield Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
EM Shield Reinforcer	Increase shield resistance to EM damage	Increases ship's signature radius
Explosive Shield Reinforcer	Increase shield resistance to explosive damage
Kinetic Shield Reinforcer	Increase shield resistance to kinetic damage
Thermal Shield Reinforcer	Increase shield resistance to thermal damage
Core Defense Capacitor Safeguard	Decreases the capacitor used by modules that require the Shield Operation skill
Core Defense Charge Economizer	Decreases powergrid use of shield upgrade modules
Core Defense Field Extender	Increases shield capacity
Core Defense Field Purger	Increases shield recharge rate
Core Defense Operation Solidifier	Decreases the cycle time of shield boosters

Targeting

The downsides of targeting rigs can be mitigated by training  Electronic Superiority Rigging.

Name	Effect	Downside
Ionic Field Projector	Increases your maximum targeting range	Decreases shield hit points
Targeting System Subcontroller	Increases your targeting speed

Turret weapons

See also: Turrets

Each of the three turret types (energy, hybrid, and projectile) have a separate set of rigs. The downside of turret weapon rigs can be reduced by training  Energy Weapon Rigging,  Hybrid Weapon Rigging, or  Projectile Weapon Rigging, as appropriate.

Name	Effect	Downside
Algid Administrations Unit	Decreases turret CPU needs	Increases turret powergrid needs
Ambit Extension	Increases turret accuracy falloff
Burst Aerator	Increases turret rate of fire
Collision Accelerator	Increases turret damage
Discharge Elutriation	Decreases turret capacitor use
Locus Coordination	Increases turret optimal range
Metastasis Adjuster	Increases turret tracking speed

See also

• Stacking penalties
• Fitting ships