Tech I Role Reference

All Tech I ships are different, but some have similar purposes. This reference sheet is meant to give you an idea of how different ship roles are covered by different races, and what type of Tech II ships they correspond to. For a more detailed guide to the bonuses and stats of the ships, try the ship type quick reference. For a simple list of all the ships sorted by race and class, use the ships matrix.

The approximate costs given are very approximate. The true cost may be half as much, or twice as much. Bear in mind that the number quoted is the approximate cost of the hull, and does not include fittings or insurance. As a rule of thumb, the cost of a Tech II ship is at least 10 times greater than that of a Tech I ship.

Frigates

Each race has seven different Tech I frigates. This is the smallest type of ship aside from the shuttle. Each type of frigate is associated with a specialized class of Tech II ships.

Race	Noobship	Attack	Support	Disruption	Exploration	Racial Weapons	Combat	Navy
Amarr	Impairor	Executioner	Inquisitor	Crucifier	Magnate	Tormentor	Punisher	Imperial Navy Slicer
Caldari	Ibis	Condor	Bantam	Griffin	Heron	Kestrel	Merlin	Caldari Navy Hookbill
Gallente	Velator	Atron	Navitas	Maulus	Imicus	Tristan	Incursus	Federation Navy Comet
Minmatar	Reaper	Slasher	Burst	Vigil	Probe	Breacher	Rifter	Republic Fleet Firetail
Tech II	-	Combat Interceptors Tackling Interceptors	-	Electronic Attack Ships	Covert Ops	Stealth Bombers	Offensive Assault Ships Defensive Assault Ships	-

Approximate cost: 500,000 ISK except for the navy frigates, which are closer to 10,000,000 ISK

Destroyers

Destroyers are frigate-killers, but tend to perform badly against larger ships. All of the gunship destroyers have eight high slots, making them very useful salvaging ships.

Race	Gunship	Racial Weapons
Amarr	Coercer	Dragoon
Caldari	Cormorant	Corax
Gallente	Catalyst	Algos
Minmatar	Thrasher	Talwar
Tech II	Interdictors	-

Approximate cost: 1,000,000 ISK

The Dragoon and Algos specialize in drones, and the Corax and Talwar specialize in missiles.

Cruisers

Cruisers are larger and slower than frigates, but smaller, faster and cheaper than battlecruisers and battleships.

Race	Support	Disruption	Attack	Combat
Amarr	Augoror	Arbitrator	Omen	Maller
Caldari	Osprey	Blackbird	Caracal	Moa
Gallente	Exequror	Celestis	Thorax	Vexor
Minmatar	Scythe	Bellicose	Stabber	Rupture
Tech II	Logistics	Force Recon Combat Recon	Heavy Assault Ships	Heavy Interdictors Heavy Assault Ships

Approximate cost: 5,000,000 ISK to 10,000,000 ISK

The Gallente Heavy Interdictor is based on the Thorax hull, not the Vexor hull.

Battlecruisers

Battlecruisers use medium equipment, like cruisers, but are more versatile and powerful. These are the largest ships that can enter Class 1 wormholes.

Race	Battlecruiser I	Battlecruiser II	Oversized Weapons
Amarr	Prophecy	Harbinger	Oracle
Caldari	Ferox	Drake	Naga
Gallente	Brutix	Myrmidon	Talos
Minmatar	Cyclone	Hurricane	Tornado
Tech II	Fleet Command Ships Field Command Ships	-	-

Approximate cost: 40,000,000 ISK to 80,000,000 ISK

The Oracle, Naga, Talos, and Tornado can fit large-sized weapons at a reduced fitting cost. They are like cruisers with battleship-sized guns.

Battleships

Battleships are the largest combat ships (that aren't capital ships) in the game.

Race	Battleship I	Battleship II	Battleship III
Amarr	Armageddon	Apocalypse	Abaddon
Caldari	Scorpion	Raven	Rokh
Gallente	Dominix	Megathron	Hyperion
Minmatar	Typhoon	Tempest	Maelstrom
Tech II	Black Ops	Marauders	-

Approximate cost: 100,000,000 ISK to 250,000,000 ISK

Industrials

Industrials are used for transporting goods. They have large combat holds, but next to no combat ability. This table classifies ships based on their base capacity; this can be increased with cargo expanders and the relevant racial industrial skills.

Race	3000	3001-4000	4001-5000	5001-5500	5501-6000
Amarr	Sigil		Bestower
Caldari			Badger	Badger II
Gallente	Iteron	Iteron II	Iteron III	Iteron IV	Iteron V
Minmatar		Wreathe		Hoarder	Mammoth
Tech II	Blockade Runners			Deep Space Transports

Approximate cost: 500,000 ISK to 1,500,000 ISK

The table reflects only an approximation of the Tier II ship capacities.

Freighters

Freighters are enormous dedicated transport ships. Even the Fenrir, the smallest of the freighters, has a base cargo capacity of 720 000 m3. Freighters cannot be fitted with any modules.

Race	Freighter
Amarr	Providence
Caldari	Charon
Gallente	Obelisk
Minmatar	Fenrir
Tech II	Jump Freighters

Approximate cost: 1,500,000,000 ISK

Mining Barges

Mining barges are ships produced by ORE. They are the only ships capable of fitting strip miners and ice harvesters. Tech II barges are called Exhumers.

Tech	Defense	Capacity	Yield
Tech I	Procurer	Retriever	Covetor
Tech II	Skiff	Mackinaw	Hulk

Some older sources of information will assert that the Mackinaw can mine two blocks ice for the cost of one, and that the Skiff gets a large bonus to mining mercoxit asteroids. Since late 2012, this is no longer the case.

Approximate cost: 10,000,000 ISK to 30,000,000 ISK

Specialist Ships

These ships have unique purposes, and do not fit into any of the previous categories.

Purpose	Ship	Approximate cost
Salvaging	Noctis	80,000,000 ISK
Mining Boss	Orca	700,000,000 ISK
Wormhole Exploration	Zephyr	30,000,000 ISK
Command Center Transport	Primae	8,000,000 ISK
Mining Frigate	Venture	400,000 ISK
Codebreaking	Echelon	6,000,000 ISK