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==Skills==

~~The general~~ skill ~~requirements for a Thorax have those everyone could think of (gunnery skills~~, ~~gallente cruiser skills~~, ~~MWD skills~~, ~~capacitor~~ skills - ~~especially energy management)~~, and ~~also good drone~~ skills ~~(Drones V~~, ~~Drone Interfacing III-IV, you are going~~ to ~~use them later anyway if you choose~~ to ~~be a gallentean) as well, which can be trained~~ with ~~in 10 days, where T2 guns would require a bit more time~~.

*'''[[Skills:Spaceship Command#Gallente Cruiser|Gallente Cruiser]]''' to at least IV to properly take advantage of the ''massive'' DPS buff that the Thorax gains with every extra level in the skill.

*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Gunnery|Gunnery V]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Hybrid Turret|Medium Hybrid Turret V]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Blaster Specialization|Medium Blaster Specialization]]'''/'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Railgun Specialization|Medium Railgun Specialization]]''' trained to at least I to fit T2 guns, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than the meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.

~~For a beginner~~, ~~drones might have 1~~/3 ~~(down to around 1~~/~~7 when gunnery is a few millions high) of your total dps or even more, and they will work nicely on smaller targets since you might just be using heavy blasters~~.

*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Rapid_Firing|Rapid Firing]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Surgical_Strike|Surgical Strike]]''', skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all turret-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.

*Along with the obvious '''[[Skills:Engineering#Engineering|Engineering]]''' and '''[[Skills:Electronics#Electronics|Electronics]]''' fitting skills required for fitting most ships, '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Weapon Upgrades|Weapon Upgrades]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Advanced Weapon Upgrades|Advanced Weapon Upgrades]]''' should be trained to V and at least II respectively to help alleviate fitting problems associated with the ship's powergrid.

~~While most thorax PVP fit uses shield tank~~, ~~there are armor tanking thorax fittings as well. By using small turrets~~ or ~~similiar tactics,~~ the ~~tanking ability~~ of a ~~thorax might be as good as a Vexor~~.

*'''[[Skills:Engineering#Energy Management|Energy Management]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#Energy Systems Operation|Energy Systems Operation]]''' to at least IV due to hybrid weaponry being capacitor dependent.

*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Sharpshooter|Sharpshooter]]''' to IV to improve hybrid optimal range.

*'''[[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones V]], [[Skills:Drones#Combat Drone Operation|Combat Drone Operation V]], [[Skills:Drones#Drone Interfacing|Drone Interfacing IV]] and [[Skills:Drones#Gallente Drone Operation|Gallente Drone Operation I]]/[[Skills:Drones#Minmatar Drone Operation|Minmatar Drone Operation I]]''' are all are important for getting as much DPS out of the 25m<sup>3</sup> drone bay as possible.

*Also, '''[[Skills:Navigation#High_Speed_Maneuvering|High Speed Maneuvering]], [[Skills:Navigation#Acceleration_Control|Acceleration Control]], [[Skills:Navigation#Evasive_Maneuvering|Evasive Maneuvering]] and [[Skills:Navigation#Navigation|Navigation]]''' all to IV or above to improve maneuverability and the use of [[Eve_Lexicon#MWD|MicroWarp Drive]] propulsion modules.

*The appropriate skills required for fitting a '''[[Full T2 Tank|Full T2]]''' '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Armor_Tank|Armour]]''' or '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Shield_Tank|Shield]]''' '''[[Tank#Tank|Tank]]'''.

==Fitting==

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 ==Skills==
-The general skill requirements for a Thorax have those everyone could think of (gunnery skills, gallente cruiser skills, MWD skills, capacitor skills - especially energy management), and also good drone skills (Drones V, Drone Interfacing III-IV, you are going to use them later anyway if you choose to be a gallentean) as well, which can be trained with in 10 days, where T2 guns would require a bit more time.
+*'''[[Skills:Spaceship Command#Gallente Cruiser|Gallente Cruiser]]''' to at least IV to properly take advantage of the ''massive'' DPS buff that the Thorax gains with every extra level in the skill.
+*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Gunnery|Gunnery V]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Hybrid Turret|Medium Hybrid Turret V]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Blaster Specialization|Medium Blaster Specialization]]'''/'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Medium Railgun Specialization|Medium Railgun Specialization]]''' trained to at least I to fit T2 guns, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than the meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.
-For a beginner, drones might have 1/3 (down to around 1/7 when gunnery is a few millions high) of your total dps or even more, and they will work nicely on smaller targets since you might just be using heavy blasters.
+*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Rapid_Firing|Rapid Firing]]''', '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Surgical_Strike|Surgical Strike]]''', skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all turret-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.
+*Along with the obvious '''[[Skills:Engineering#Engineering|Engineering]]''' and '''[[Skills:Electronics#Electronics|Electronics]]''' fitting skills required for fitting most ships, '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Weapon Upgrades|Weapon Upgrades]]''' and '''[[Skills:Gunnery#Advanced Weapon Upgrades|Advanced Weapon Upgrades]]''' should be trained to V and at least II respectively to help alleviate fitting problems associated with the ship's powergrid.
-While most thorax PVP fit uses shield tank, there are armor tanking thorax fittings as well. By using small turrets or similiar tactics, the tanking ability of a thorax might be as good as a Vexor.
+*'''[[Skills:Engineering#Energy Management|Energy Management]]''' and '''[[Skills:Engineering#Energy Systems Operation|Energy Systems Operation]]''' to at least IV due to hybrid weaponry being capacitor dependent.
+*'''[[Skills:Gunnery#Sharpshooter|Sharpshooter]]''' to IV to improve hybrid optimal range.
+*'''[[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones V]], [[Skills:Drones#Combat Drone Operation|Combat Drone Operation V]], [[Skills:Drones#Drone Interfacing|Drone Interfacing IV]] and [[Skills:Drones#Gallente Drone Operation|Gallente Drone Operation I]]/[[Skills:Drones#Minmatar Drone Operation|Minmatar Drone Operation I]]''' are all are important for getting as much DPS out of the 25m<sup>3</sup> drone bay as possible.
+*Also, '''[[Skills:Navigation#High_Speed_Maneuvering|High Speed Maneuvering]], [[Skills:Navigation#Acceleration_Control|Acceleration Control]], [[Skills:Navigation#Evasive_Maneuvering|Evasive Maneuvering]] and [[Skills:Navigation#Navigation|Navigation]]''' all to IV or above to improve maneuverability and the use of [[Eve_Lexicon#MWD|MicroWarp Drive]] propulsion modules.
+*The appropriate skills required for fitting a '''[[Full T2 Tank|Full T2]]''' '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Armor_Tank|Armour]]''' or '''[[Full_T2_Tank#Shield_Tank|Shield]]''' '''[[Tank#Tank|Tank]]'''.
 ==Fitting==