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'''Capital ships''' are the largest player-piloted ships in EVE. | '''Capital ships''' are the largest player-piloted ships in EVE. True capitals can only operate outside of [[high-sec]] space. While they can use stargates to travel (except to high-sec), they can also jump between star systems using built-in [[jump drives]]. | ||
Most defensive and utility modules designed for subcapital ships can also be used on capital ships. However, there are also certain capital-ship-sized modules which can only be used on capital ships, and some modules whose functions are entirely unique to capital ships. The [[Capital Ship Modules]] page details these unique modules. | Most defensive and utility modules designed for subcapital ships can also be used on capital ships. However, there are also certain capital-ship-sized modules which can only be used on capital ships, and some modules whose functions are entirely unique to capital ships. The [[Capital Ship Modules]] page details these unique modules. | ||
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=== Capital size ships === | === Capital size ships === | ||
Capital size ships are ships that cannot fit any capital size modules. They use capital ship hanger in stations and structures. They can enter high-sec and docking without problem. Freighters don't have built in jump drive. They are constructed from capital ship components like true capital ships. | Capital size ships are ships that cannot fit any capital size modules. They use the capital ship hanger in stations and structures. They can enter high-sec and docking without problem. Freighters don't have a built in jump drive. They are constructed from capital ship components like true capital ships. | ||
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=== Capital ships === | === Capital ships === | ||
Capital ships are true capitals that can fit capital size modules. They cannot enter high-sec, and cannot | Capital ships are true capitals that can fit capital size modules. They cannot enter high-sec, and cannot dock at many structures. | ||
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Supercapital ships are extremely large capital ships. They can only dock at XL size citadels, [[Keepstar]]s. | Supercapital ships are extremely large capital ships. They can only dock at XL size citadels, [[Keepstar]]s. | ||
Supercapitals can only be built in systems with a Supercapital Construction Facilities in the Infrastructure Hub, thus building them is restricted to [[Sovereignty|Sovereign Nullsec]]. This combined with | Supercapitals can only be built in systems with a ''Supercapital Construction Facilities'' in the Infrastructure Hub, thus building them is restricted to [[Sovereignty|Sovereign Nullsec]]. This combined with there being no [[Wormhole_attributes|wormhole types]] that are large enough for supercarriers means that supercapital ships cannot be encountered in wormhole space. (While there is one Wormhole class, K329 Nullsec->C4, which is large enough for a supercarrier to travel, wormholes of that class never generate.) | ||
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== Force Auxiliaries == | == Force Auxiliaries == | ||
{{main|Force Auxiliaries}} | {{main|Force Auxiliaries}} | ||
'''Force Auxiliaries''' (singular: "'''Force Auxiliary'''", sometimes abbreviated as "FAX") are capital-sized logistics and fleet boosting ships. Force Auxiliaries receive bonuses to logistics drones. Most of the Force Auxiliaries' remote repair power is caused by the [[triage module]] which can only be fitted to them. The triage module works | '''Force Auxiliaries''' (singular: "'''Force Auxiliary'''", sometimes abbreviated as "FAX") are capital-sized logistics and fleet boosting ships. Force Auxiliaries receive bonuses to logistics drones. Most of the Force Auxiliaries' remote repair power is caused by the [[triage module]] which can only be fitted to them. The triage module works similarly to the dreadnought's siege module: when active, the FAX is immobilized, and cannot receive remote repairs, but is resistant to electronic warfare and gains massively improved local and outgoing remote repair power. However, the triage module does not reduce the capacitor cost of these repair modules, making FAXes extremely cap-hungry, a fact which many FAX fits reflect in their multiple capacitor injectors. | ||
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== Other | == Other ships == | ||
The [[Orca]] sits on the border between capital and subcapital, as while it can only equip battleship-sized modules and does not require capital skills, it is larger, slower and more durable than any battleship | The [[Orca]] sits on the border between capital and subcapital, as while it can only equip battleship-sized modules and does not require capital skills, it is larger, slower, and more durable than any battleship. It is constructed from capital ship components, and like other capital ships, it is immune to the [[Micro Jump Field Generator]] of [[Command Destroyer]]s. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Since their initial introduction in 2005 with the Red Moon Rising expansion all combat related capital ships have received major overhauls to stats, bonuses, and abilities. | Since their initial introduction in 2005 with the Red Moon Rising expansion, all combat related capital ships have received major overhauls to stats, bonuses, and abilities. | ||
Initially, capital ships had very little impact on the events in EVE. Small groups scrambled to be the first to field dreadnought fleets in order to bring down player owned starbases (POSes) which previously only had been possible with large fleets. Carrier fleets were also developed in order to bulk up the damage output of corporations and alliances with many low skilled pilots by remotely assigning fighter drones. In lowsec, groups of pirates found a use for "hot dropping" carriers into ongoing engagements to turn the tide with the properly applied remote repair of a skilled pilot. In this phase of the game evolution, titans and supercarriers (also known as motherships) were regarded as nearly unbuildable, with the first one to officially be created costing the building alliance dozens of POSes, an outpost and their entire presence in nullsec. It took | Initially, capital ships had very little impact on the events in EVE. Small groups scrambled to be the first to field dreadnought fleets in order to bring down player owned starbases (POSes) which previously only had been possible with large fleets. Carrier fleets were also developed in order to bulk up the damage output of corporations and alliances with many low skilled pilots by remotely assigning fighter drones. In lowsec, groups of pirates found a use for "hot dropping" carriers into ongoing engagements to turn the tide with the properly applied remote repair of a skilled pilot. In this phase of the game evolution, titans and supercarriers (also known as motherships) were regarded as nearly unbuildable, with the first one to officially be created costing the building alliance dozens of POSes, an outpost and their entire presence in nullsec. It took almost a full year for the first titan to be revealed, and for that entire time - and a few months after - they were regarded as completely useless ships. | ||
However, with continued expansion of the ranks of capital pilots, carriers began to be deployed on the front lines of battleship-class conflicts to great effect, while fleets of ten, twenty, or thirty dreadnoughts could wipe out a hardened tower in less than thirty minutes - a feat previously unheard of without at least 100-150 battleship pilots. The introduction of titans to nullsec combat meant the death of hundreds of enemy ships in the blink of an eye, and alliance warfare was changed forever - capital ships had made their presence felt, and they were here to stay. | However, with continued expansion of the ranks of capital pilots, carriers began to be deployed on the front lines of battleship-class conflicts to great effect, while fleets of ten, twenty, or thirty dreadnoughts could wipe out a hardened tower in less than thirty minutes - a feat previously unheard of without at least 100-150 battleship pilots. The introduction of titans to nullsec combat meant the death of hundreds of enemy ships in the blink of an eye, and alliance warfare was changed forever - capital ships had made their presence felt, and they were here to stay. | ||
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Capital ships as a whole were re-balanced upon the release of the April 2016 Citadel expansion. A large number of capital-size modules were added to the game, including armor plates, shield extenders, and capital electronic warfare modules, in order to facilitate more strategic capital ship fittings. The hitpoints of all capital shields, armor, and hull were reduced, and supercapitals were made vulnerable to electronic warfare, though they remain very resistant. Additionally, both a fleet hangar and ship maintenance bay were added to all dreadnoughts to make them more appealing for beginner capital pilots. | Capital ships as a whole were re-balanced upon the release of the April 2016 Citadel expansion. A large number of capital-size modules were added to the game, including armor plates, shield extenders, and capital electronic warfare modules, in order to facilitate more strategic capital ship fittings. The hitpoints of all capital shields, armor, and hull were reduced, and supercapitals were made vulnerable to electronic warfare, though they remain very resistant. Additionally, both a fleet hangar and ship maintenance bay were added to all dreadnoughts to make them more appealing for beginner capital pilots. | ||
The Citadel expansion also introduced a new capital ship class: the force auxiliary. Force auxiliaries are capital logistics | The Citadel expansion also introduced a new capital ship class: the force auxiliary. Force auxiliaries are capital logistics platforms, and inherited the role from carriers, which were converted to offensive ships. The triage module, previously unique to carriers, was reassigned to be unique to the new force auxiliaries, and any carrier equipped with a triage module upon Citadel's release was converted into a force auxiliary ship of the same race. Force auxiliaries cannot launch fighters, and instead have a very large drone bay and bonuses to logistics drone performance. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||