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===Basic Description===
 
 
 
A module that boosts the speed of the ship when activated for closing down a target, or escaping an enemy. They can also be used to help boost your transveral speed against an enemy and therefore make it harder for bigger ships in particular to score a [[Turret Damage|successful hit]] against you.
 
 
 
Afterburners take up a medium power slot on your ship fitting.
 
 
 
There are different sizes of Afterburner based on basic ship hull size. A rough guide :
 
 
 
* 1MN = Frigate size
 
* 10MN = Cruiser/Battle Cruiser
 
* 100MN = Battleship+
 
 
 
 
 
===Drawbacks===
 
 
 
* Extra capacitor consumption as it cycles
 
 
 
* Longer ship alignment speeds whilst it is active.
 
 
 
* Afterburners don't provide anywhere near as much of a speed boost as a Microwarpdrive, (roughly 100% boost rather than 500% depending on variations) but come with less penalties.
 
 
 
 
 
===Advantages vs a Microwarpdrive ===
 
 
 
* Considerably less skill and fitting requirements
 
 
 
* They can still be used in Mission deadspaces that interfere with warp fields.
 
 
 
* They don't have a penalty to Capacitor size
 
 
 
* They don't have a penalty to ship signature size whilst active.
 
 
 
* They aren't affected by your ship being Warp Scrambled.
 

Revision as of 07:41, 22 February 2010