Force recon ships are the cruiser-class equivalent of covert ops frigates. While not as resilient as combat recon ships, they are nonetheless able to do their job as reconaissance vessels very effectively, due in no small part to their ability to interface with covert ops cloaking devices and set up cynosural fields for incoming capital ships.
Developer: Ishukone
Most of the recent designs off their assembly line have provided for a combination that the Ishukone name is becoming known for: great long-range capabilities and shield systems unmatched anywhere else.
SHIP BONUSES
Caldari Cruiser Skill Bonus: 5% Bonus to Medium Hybrid Damage Per Level 10% Bonus to ECM Target Jammer capacitor use per level Recon Ships Skill Bonus: 30% bonus to ECM Target Jammer strength per level and -96% to -100% reduced CPU need for cloaking device per level. Role Bonus: 80% reduction in liquid ozone consumption for cynosural field generation and 50% reduction in cynosural field duration. Note: can fit covert cynosural field generators
Required Skills
Caldari Cruiser V29d 15h 6m
Spaceship Command III4h 26m
Caldari Frigate IV2d 2h 17m
Recon Ships I50m
Spaceship Command V5d 22h 13m
Signature Analysis V5d 22h 13m
Covert Ops IV4d 4h 34m
Training Time what's this?
47d 23h 41m
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
10 m³
Drone Bandwidth
10 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
120 km
Max Locked Targets
7
Gravimetric Sensor
28 points
Sig. Radius
180 m
Scan Res.
220 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
872 HP
Mass
12,230,000 kg
Volume
96,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
315 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
956 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
50
THR
73
KIN
44
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
1,603 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
60
KIN
55
EXP
50
Summary
The Falcon is the caldari force recon, designed to fit a covert ops cloaking device and ECM jammers. It lacks the ECM range bonus of the blackbird, but has a superior jam strength bonus. While the Falcon has a medium hybrid damage bonus this is often completely ignored in favour of utility modules or anti-drone weapons in the high slots, since the falcon's damage is negligible at best.
The Falcon can support a shield or armor tank, usually a single plate or large shield extender. A falcon's primary defense is to pre-align and decloak at optimal jammer range, do its work and warp out and recloak if targeted by more than it can handle with its jammers.
The ability for the Falcon to suddenly decloak and cause a big swing in small fights has led many to call it overpowered in small gang warfare.
Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Falcon for a specific or it's common role(s) can be written here.
Fitting
No tagged fittings for Falcon.
Tactics
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