* Faction ammo is not required, but the benefit to DPS is substantial. A full load of Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M (600 rounds total, 120 rounds per gun) costs around 600,000 ISK. More rounds are rarely needed, but having 2000 additional standard antimatter rounds in case of ratting or long engagements is recommended.
* This training plan should take 1 month or so to complete, although this will vary a lot with implants and neural remap.
* With the recommended skill list, EFT calculates DPS at 313 and EHP at 13,481. Cap stable with MWD inactive. New pilots looking to get into the Thorax early should aim for 300 dps with faction antimatter and 10k EHP minimum.
The Thorax-class cruiser is the latest combat ship commissioned by the Federation. While the Thorax is a very effective ship at any range, typical of modern Gallente design philosophy it is most effective when working at extreme close range where its blasters and hordes of combat drones tear through even the toughest of enemies.
SHIP BONUSES
Gallente Cruiser Skill Bonus: 5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage per level and 5% increase to MicroWarpdrive capacitor bonus per level.
Required Skills
Gallente Cruiser III22h 13m
Spaceship Command III4h 26m
Gallente Frigate IV2d 2h 17m
Training Time what's this?
3d 4h 57m
Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps.
Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects.
Drones
Drone Capacity
50 m³
Drone Bandwidth
50 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
55 km
Max Locked Targets
6
Magnetometric Sensor
15 points
Sig. Radius
140 m
Scan Res.
259 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
1,875 HP
Mass
11,280,000 kg
Volume
112,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
265 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
1,641 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
50
THR
35
KIN
35
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
1,524 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
20
KIN
40
EXP
50
Summary
The Thorax is a gun boat, designed to use hybrid turrets. In PvP the Thorax is used as a hard hitting blaster boat, using a Microwarpdrive (taking advantage of its secondary bonus) to close quickly and deliver high damage. This can be highly effective but is very "do or die", and will make most Thoraxes lives glorious but short. In PvE the Thorax is less popular, partly because its secondary bonus to MWDs is not used and because the slow and steady style of the Vexor is more suited to mission running. Despite this the Thorax can be popular as a first mission running cruiser, because most pilots will have trained gunnery skills while piloting frigates and destroyers, while they will probably have neglected the drone skills required to use a Vexor effectively. Having said that, the Thorax has a 50m3 drone bay, so will also benefit greatly from drone skills.
Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Thorax for a specific or it's common role(s) can be written here.
