Rapier

 

Ship Database

Rapier

Ship Database▸Recon Ships▸Rapier

Minmatar Republic Recon Ships Bellicose Class Can Use Covert Ops Cloak HIGHLIGHTS RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES EVE Online Ships Overview EXTERNAL LINKS Rapier on zKillboard Rapier on EVE Workbench Rapier on Janice Rapier on EVE Ref

Liberation was won in Pator's light, but it is secured in the shadows he casts. – Head of RSS Adrand Allsvert 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. SHIP BONUSES Minmatar Cruiser bonuses (per skill level): 10% bonus to missile damage 10% bonus to Target Painter effectiveness Recon Ships bonuses (per skill level): 60% bonus to Stasis Webifier optimal range 20% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement Role Bonus: 80% reduction in Cynosural Field Generator liquid ozone consumption 50% reduction in Cynosural Field Generator duration • Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator • Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds Required Skills Minmatar Cruiser V29d 15h 6m Spaceship Command II47m Minmatar Destroyer III8h 53m Minmatar Frigate III8h 53m Spaceship Command I8m Recon Ships I50m Cloaking IV6d 6h 51m CPU Management IV1d 1h 8m Signature Analysis V5d 22h 13m CPU Management I8m Spaceship Command V5d 22h 13m Electronics Upgrades V11d 20h 26m CPU Management II47m Power Grid Management II47m Training Time what's this? 61d 11h 23m 20s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations Huginn Huginn Recon Ships Bellicose Class 5 (1/4) 6 4 750 MW 400 tf 240 m/sec 315 m³ ,Bellicose Bellicose Standard Cruisers Bellicose Class 4 (4/0) 5 4 780 MW 400 tf 260 m/sec 315 m³ Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 750 MW CPU 480 tf Capacitor 1,180 GJ High 4 Launchers 3 Turrets 1 Medium 6 Low 4 Rig 2   Medium Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 230 m/sec Inertia Modifier 0.59 Warp Speed 4.0 AU/s Base Time to Warp 9.03 s what's this? 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 40 m³ Drone Bandwidth 40 Mbit/sec Targeting Max Tgt. Range 100.00 km Max Locked Targets 8 LADAR Sensor 24 points Sig. Radius 125 m Scan Res. 242 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 850 HP Mass 11,040,000 kg Volume 85,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 315 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 1,075 HP Armor Resistances EM 85 THR 59.375 KIN 25 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 1,480 HP Shield Resistances EM 62.5 THR 50 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

The Rapier is the Minmatar Force Recon Ship. It can fit a covert ops cloak, and warp while cloaked. It can use both covert ops cynos and normal ("hard") cynos. It shares a web range bonus and a (little-used) target-painting bonus with the Huginn.

The Rapier can perform well as a "hunter" for a black ops fleet, able to strike from hiding, pin a target down, and pop a covert cyno to bring in stealth bombers and black ops battleships. Less glamorously, it also sees use as a hard cyno ship to help move other ships around New Eden. Since the Rapier can light hard cynos, its presence implicitly threatens an escalation in a fight, potentially drawing out escalations from opponents; this fact and its relatively weaker tank compared to the Huginn tend to make the Huginn preferred for direct PvP gang combat.

Skills

As a mid-sized Tech 2 ship, the Rapier deserves strong fitting skills and support skills. Recon Ships should be trained to IV before a pilot undocks a Rapier, and training the skill to V makes a big difference to the web range and the CPU available for fitting.

Tactics

The Rapier's bonus to web range does not increase the range of warp disruptors or warp scramblers, and webbing a target without pointing it can actively speed up the target's escape by reducing its align time. For a hunting Rapier, therefore, the limiting factor on attack range can sometimes be point range rather than web range, and for this role it might sometimes be worth investing in a faction or abyssal warp disruptor rather than (or before) special webs.

Notes

You can write additional notes for Rapier here.

Patch history

[show]A long, long time ago...
Version 22.02 - Release 2025-03-12.1 (Patch Notes) The warp speeds of all ships have been adjusted to bring them all together for similar sizes of ships. Warp speed reduced from 4.5 AU/s to 4.0 AU/s October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1 Every Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship now warps faster than before. Warp Speed increased from 3.3 AU/s to 4.5 AU/s (+1.2 AU/s)

show advanced ships	Amarr	Caldari	Gallente	Minmatar
Corvettes Impairor Ibis Velator Reaper [show]Frigates Executioner ▪ Inquisitor ▪ Tormentor ▪ Crucifier ▪ Punisher ▪ Magnate Condor ▪ Bantam ▪ Kestrel ▪ Griffin ▪ Merlin ▪ Heron Atron ▪ Navitas ▪ Tristan ▪ Maulus ▪ Incursus ▪ Imicus Slasher ▪ Burst ▪ Breacher ▪ Vigil ▪ Rifter ▪ Probe Navy Faction Frigates Imperial Navy Slicer ▪ Crucifier Navy Issue ▪ Magnate Navy Issue Caldari Navy Hookbill ▪ Griffin Navy Issue ▪ Heron Navy Issue Federation Navy Comet ▪ Maulus Navy Issue ▪ Imicus Navy Issue Republic Fleet Firetail ▪ Vigil Fleet Issue ▪ Probe Fleet Issue Assault Frigates Vengeance ▪ Retribution Hawk ▪ Harpy Ishkur ▪ Enyo Wolf ▪ Jaguar Covert Ops Anathema ▪ Purifier Manticore ▪ Buzzard Nemesis ▪ Helios Cheetah ▪ Hound Electronic Attack Ships Sentinel Kitsune Keres Hyena Interceptors Crusader ▪ Malediction Crow ▪ Raptor Taranis ▪ Ares Claw ▪ Stiletto Logistics Frigates Deacon Kirin Thalia Scalpel [show]Destroyers Coercer ▪ Dragoon Cormorant ▪ Corax Catalyst ▪ Algos Thrasher ▪ Talwar Navy Faction Destroyers Coercer Navy Issue Cormorant Navy Issue Catalyst Navy Issue Thrasher Fleet Issue Command Destroyers Pontifex Stork Magus Bifrost Interdictors Heretic Flycatcher Eris Sabre Tactical Destroyers Confessor Jackdaw Hecate Svipul [hide]Cruisers Arbitrator ▪ Augoror ▪ Omen ▪ Maller Blackbird ▪ Osprey ▪ Caracal ▪ Moa Celestis ▪ Exequror ▪ Thorax ▪ Vexor Bellicose ▪ Scythe ▪ Stabber ▪ Rupture Navy Faction Cruisers Augoror Navy Issue ▪ Omen Navy Issue Caracal Navy Issue ▪ Osprey Navy Issue Exequror Navy Issue ▪ Vexor Navy Issue Scythe Fleet Issue ▪ Stabber Fleet Issue Heavy Assault Cruisers Zealot ▪ Sacrilege Eagle ▪ Cerberus Ishtar ▪ Deimos Vagabond ▪ Muninn Heavy Interdiction Cruisers Devoter Onyx Phobos Broadsword Logistics Cruisers Guardian Basilisk Oneiros Scimitar Recon Ships Curse ▪ Pilgrim Falcon ▪ Rook Arazu ▪ Lachesis Huginn ▪ Rapier Strategic Cruisers Legion Tengu Proteus Loki [show]Battlecruisers Prophecy ▪ Harbinger ▪ Oracle Ferox ▪ Drake ▪ Naga Brutix ▪ Myrmidon ▪ Talos Cyclone ▪ Hurricane ▪ Tornado Navy Faction Battlecruisers Harbinger Navy Issue ▪ Prophecy Navy Issue Drake Navy Issue ▪ Ferox Navy Issue Brutix Navy Issue ▪ Myrmidon Navy Issue Hurricane Fleet Issue ▪ Cyclone Fleet Issue Command Ships Damnation ▪ Absolution Vulture ▪ Nighthawk Astarte ▪ Eos Claymore ▪ Sleipnir [show]Battleships Armageddon ▪ Apocalypse ▪ Abaddon Scorpion ▪ Raven ▪ Rokh Dominix ▪ Megathron ▪ Hyperion Typhoon ▪ Tempest ▪ Maelstrom Navy Faction Battleships Apocalypse Navy Issue ▪ Armageddon Navy Issue Scorpion Navy Issue ▪ Raven Navy Issue Megathron Navy Issue ▪ Dominix Navy Issue Tempest Fleet Issue ▪ Typhoon Fleet Issue Black Ops Redeemer Widow Sin Panther Marauders Paladin Golem Kronos Vargur [show]Carriers Archon Chimera Thanatos Nidhoggur Supercarriers Aeon Wyvern Nyx Hel [show]Dreadnoughts Revelation Phoenix Moros Naglfar Navy Faction Dreadnoughts Revelation Navy Issue Phoenix Navy Issue Moros Navy Issue Naglfar Fleet Issue Lancer Dreadnoughts Bane Karura Hubris Valravn Force Auxiliaries Apostle Minokawa Ninazu Lif Titans Avatar Leviathan Erebus Ragnarok [show]Freighters Providence Charon Obelisk Fenrir Jump Freighters Ark Rhea Anshar Nomad [show]Haulers Bestower ▪ Sigil Badger ▪ Tayra Nereus ▪ Kryos ▪ Epithal ▪ Miasmos ▪ Iteron Mark V Hoarder ▪ Mammoth ▪ Wreathe Transport Ships Prorator ▪ Impel Crane ▪ Bustard Viator ▪ Occator Mastodon ▪ Prowler Shuttles Amarr Shuttle Caldari Shuttle Gallente Shuttle Minmatar Shuttle [show] Outer Ring Excavation Ships Frigates Venture Expedition Frigates Prospect ▪ Endurance Mining Barges Covetor ▪ Retriever ▪ Procurer Exhumers Hulk ▪ Mackinaw ▪ Skiff Haulers Noctis Industrial Command Ships Porpoise ▪ Orca Freighters Bowhead Capital Industrial Ships Rorqual [show]Pirate Faction Ships Angel Cartel Blood Raiders Deathless Circle Guristas Mordu's Legion Sansha's Nation Serpentis Sisters of EVE Frigates Dramiel Cruor Worm Garmur Succubus Daredevil Astero Destroyers Mekubal Tholos Mamba Cruisers Cynabal Ashimmu Gila Orthrus Phantasm Vigilant Stratios Battlecruisers Khizriel Cenotaph Alligator Battleships Machariel Bhaalgorn Rattlesnake Barghest Nightmare Vindicator Nestor Dreadnoughts Chemosh Caiman Vehement Carriers Supercarriers Revenant Vendetta Force Auxiliaries Dagon Loggerhead Titans Azariel Molok Komodo Vanquisher [show]Other Faction Ships CONCORD EDENCOM Society of Conscious Thought Triglavian Collective Upwell Consortium Frigates Echelon Skybreaker Metamorphosis Damavik Assault Frigates Nergal Covert Ops Pacifier Destroyers Sunesis Kikimora Command Destroyers Draugur Cruisers Stormbringer Rodiva ▪ Vedmak Flag Cruisers Monitor Heavy Assault Cruisers Ikitursa Logistics Cruisers Zarmazd Recon Ships Enforcer Battlecruisers Gnosis Drekavac Battleships Thunderchild Praxis Leshak Black Ops Marshal Dreadnoughts Zirnitra Freighters Avalanche Haulers Squall Transport Ships Deluge ▪ Torrent Shuttles Council Diplomatic Shuttle Apotheosis [show]Special Edition Ships Corvettes  Echo ▪  Hematos ▪  Immolator ▪  Taipan ▪  Violator Frigates  Gold Magnate ▪  Inner Zone Shipping Imicus ▪  Sarum Magnate ▪  Silver Magnate ▪  Sukuuvestaa Heron ▪  Tash-Murkon Magnate ▪  Vherokior Probe ▪  Zephyr Assault Frigates  Cambion ▪  Freki ▪  Geri ▪  Malice ▪  Shapash ▪  Utu Covert Ops  Caedes ▪  Chremoas ▪  Hydra ▪  Sidewinder ▪  Virtuoso Electronic Attack Ships  Raiju Interceptors  Imp ▪  Whiptail Destroyers  Aliastra Catalyst ▪  Inner Zone Shipping Catalyst ▪  Intaki Syndicate Catalyst ▪  InterBus Catalyst ▪  Nefantar Thrasher ▪  Quafe Catalyst Cruisers  Guardian-Vexor ▪  Opux Luxury Yacht ▪  Stratios Emergency Responder ▪  Victorieux Luxury Yacht Heavy Assault Cruisers  Adrestia ▪  Bestla ▪  Cybele ▪  Mimir ▪  Vangel Heavy Interdiction Cruisers  Fiend ▪  Laelaps Logistics Cruisers  Etana ▪  Rabisu Recon Ships  Chameleon ▪  Cobra ▪  Moracha ▪  Victor ▪  Tiamat Battleships  Apocalypse Imperial Issue ▪  Armageddon Imperial Issue ▪  Megathron Federate Issue ▪  Rattlesnake Victory Edition ▪  Raven State Issue ▪  Scorpion Ishukone Watch ▪  Tempest Tribal Issue Black Ops  Python Industrial  Miasmos Amastris Edition ▪  Miasmos Quafe Ultra Edition ▪  Miasmos Quafe Ultramarine Edition ▪  Primae Shuttles  Boobook ▪  Civilian Amarr Shuttle ▪  Civilian Caldari Shuttle ▪  Civilian Gallente Shuttle ▪  Civilian Minmatar Shuttle ▪  Goru's Shuttle ▪  Guristas Shuttle ▪  InterBus Shuttle ▪  Leopard