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Encounters with these ships have revealed several unique mechanics related to them alone. One such mechanic is that of an "overshield" - an additional layer of shielding ~~coloured~~ blue on the targeting display. When this blue shield has been depleted, target locks on the Drifter break, in the manner of ECM. Many have also reported that the Drifters' weapons deal massive amounts of damage, difficult for any sub-capital ship to tank without a specialised fit. Even capital ships are not immune, with many carriers being lost to Drifters, many by players attempting to test their capabilities. Drifters drop blue loot and Antikythera Elements.

Encounters with these ships have revealed several unique mechanics related to them alone. One such mechanic is that of an "overshield" - an additional layer of shielding colored blue on the targeting display. When this blue shield has been depleted, target locks on the Drifter break, in the manner of ECM. Many have also reported that the Drifters' weapons deal massive amounts of damage, difficult for any sub-capital ship to tank without a specialised fit. Even capital ships are not immune, with many carriers being lost to Drifters, many by players attempting to test their capabilities. Drifters drop blue loot and Antikythera Elements.

Drifter battleships ~~do about 1300dps of omni damage with their Lux Kontos suspended weapon system. Additionally they may use their~~ doomsday~~-like~~ weapon ~~that does about 750000 damage~~. ~~They scram with 5 points at 500km, web up to 40km~~ and ~~NOS up to 40km~~. ~~Their maximum speed~~ is ~~3500m/s~~, but ~~their orbit speed is much lower at about 235m~~/s. ~~The Drifter battleships~~ found in C5 ~~wormhole~~ escalations ~~seem to be slightly different~~ and ~~do not fire their doomsday~~.

There are 3 different types of Drifter battleships:

* The type flown by Apollo and Artemis features an overshield and a doomsday weapon, but has a relatively poor tank. It can be found in known space and in Drifter wormholes.

* The Hikanta type is similar but more dangerous. It is only found inside the complexes in Drifter wormholes.

* Finally the Arithmos type has no overshield or doomsday, but has a very strong tank, neuts with an impressive 6GJ/s and is warp core stabilized with 5 points. It can only be found in C5 and C6 wormholes, where it spawns in site escalations. It holds high-value loot, but does not despawn and will roam the system until destroyed. Spawning multiple Arithmos in a system affords interesting challenges and opportunities.

Detailed stats can be found at [http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/item.php?type_id=34495 Drifter Battleship (chruker)].

Drifter battleships can reach up to 3500m/s and do about 1300dps of omni damage with their standard Lux Kontos suspended weapon system. Their additional doomsday-like weapon that does about 750000 damage.

Note that both the stats and the engagement tactics of Drifter ships have changed several times and can not be relied upon.

Detailed - but possibly outdated - stats can be found at [http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/item.php?type_id=34495 Drifter Battleship (chruker)].

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-Encounters with these ships have revealed several unique mechanics related to them alone. One such mechanic is that of an "overshield" - an additional layer of shielding coloured blue on the targeting display. When this blue shield has been depleted, target locks on the Drifter break, in the manner of ECM. Many have also reported that the Drifters' weapons deal massive amounts of damage, difficult for any sub-capital ship to tank without a specialised fit. Even capital ships are not immune, with many carriers being lost to Drifters, many by players attempting to test their capabilities. Drifters drop blue loot and Antikythera Elements.
+Encounters with these ships have revealed several unique mechanics related to them alone. One such mechanic is that of an "overshield" - an additional layer of shielding colored blue on the targeting display. When this blue shield has been depleted, target locks on the Drifter break, in the manner of ECM. Many have also reported that the Drifters' weapons deal massive amounts of damage, difficult for any sub-capital ship to tank without a specialised fit. Even capital ships are not immune, with many carriers being lost to Drifters, many by players attempting to test their capabilities. Drifters drop blue loot and Antikythera Elements.
-Drifter battleships do about 1300dps of omni damage with their Lux Kontos suspended weapon system. Additionally they may use their doomsday-like weapon that does about 750000 damage. They scram with 5 points at 500km, web up to 40km and NOS up to 40km. Their maximum speed is 3500m/s, but their orbit speed is much lower at about 235m/s. The Drifter battleships found in C5 wormhole escalations seem to be slightly different and do not fire their doomsday.
+There are 3 different types of Drifter battleships:
+* The type flown by Apollo and Artemis features an overshield and a doomsday weapon, but has a relatively poor tank. It can be found in known space and in Drifter wormholes.
+* The Hikanta type is similar but more dangerous. It is only found inside the complexes in Drifter wormholes.
+* Finally the Arithmos type has no overshield or doomsday, but has a very strong tank, neuts with an impressive 6GJ/s and is warp core stabilized with 5 points. It can only be found in C5 and C6 wormholes, where it spawns in site escalations. It holds high-value loot, but does not despawn and will roam the system until destroyed. Spawning multiple Arithmos in a system affords interesting challenges and opportunities.
-Detailed stats can be found at [http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/item.php?type_id=34495 Drifter Battleship (chruker)].
+Drifter battleships can reach up to 3500m/s and do about 1300dps of omni damage with their standard Lux Kontos suspended weapon system. Their additional doomsday-like weapon that does about 750000 damage.
+Note that both the stats and the engagement tactics of Drifter ships have changed several times and can not be relied upon.
+Detailed - but possibly outdated - stats can be found at [http://games.chruker.dk/eve_online/item.php?type_id=34495 Drifter Battleship (chruker)].
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