Designed for commando and espionage operation, its main strength is the ability to travel unseen through enemy territory and to avoid unfavorable encounters.
Developer: CreoDron
The Helios is CreoDron's answer to the Ishukone Buzzard. After the fall of Crielere, the once-cordial relations between the Gallente Federation and the Caldari state deteriorated rapidly and, for a while, it seemed as if war might be brewing. It was seen by certain high-ranking officers within the Gallente navy as being of vital importance to be able to match the Caldari's cloaking technology in an effort to maintain the balance of power.
SHIP BONUSES
Gallente Frigate bonuses (per skill level): 5% bonus to ship max velocity when using Cloaking Devices
15% reduction in warp drive capacitor need
Covert Ops bonuses (per skill level): 20% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement
10% bonus to Core and Combat Scanner Probe strength
10% reduction in Survey Probe flight time
Role Bonus: 10+ bonus to Relic and Data Analyzer virus strength
• Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator
• Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds
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
5 m³
Drone Bandwidth
5 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
47.50 km
Max Locked Targets
6
Magnetometric Sensor
22 points
Sig. Radius
49 m
Scan Res.
390 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
809 HP
Mass
1,271,000 kg
Volume
23,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
175 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
528 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
50
THR
35
KIN
45
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
281 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
20
KIN
50
EXP
50
Summary
Skills
It is essential to train Cloaking to IV in order to use the Covert Ops Cloaking Device II.
If you intend to develop long term scouting skills, which will require fast accurate scans in a ship that's so nimble it warps almost instantly, it will become essential to train the Covops and Scanning skills to V.
Tactics
Scanning, learn how to scan quickly and effectively by 'Play Hunting' mission ships in High Sec
Explore Wormholes, with 'Bookmark Breadcrumbs' so you develop skills using probes to navigate
Practice 'Punting', where you can drop a tight scan formation on a gate, so you can punt your fleet onto an enemy
But most of all, practice, practice and practice even more the art of re-cloaking in less than the cycle of one second, it will make you almost immortal
Notes
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Patch History
A long, long time ago...
Version 19.05 - Build: 1913030 - 2021-06-22.1 - Enter the Portal (Patch Notes)
Added 1 High Slot (current total: 3)
Changed the 5% bonus to Small Hybrid Turret damage to -15% capacitor need to initiate warp per level.
Changed the 10% bonus to Scout Drone thermal damage to 5% bonus to cloaked velocity per level
