Tech I Role Reference

All Tech I ships are different, but some have similar purposes. This reference sheet is meant to give you an idea of how different ship roles are covered by different races, and what type of Tech II ships they correspond to. For a more detailed guide to the bonuses and stats of the ships, try the ship type quick reference. For a simple list of all the ships sorted by race and class, use the ships matrix.

Some Tech I ships can be given expensive upgrades by faction navies. For example, upgrading the Omen produces an Omen Navy Issue. These "faction ships" can be purchased at LP Stores or the market, and are not listed on this page.

Other Tech I ships not listed on this page might be found at the Pirate Faction Ships or Special Edition Ships pages.

The approximate costs given are very approximate. The true cost may be half as much, or twice as much. Bear in mind that the number quoted is the approximate cost of the hull, and does not include fittings or insurance. As a rule of thumb, the cost of a Tech II ship is at least 10 times greater than that of a Tech I ship, and sometimes much greater.

Frigates

Each race has seven different Tech I frigates. This is the smallest type of ship aside from the shuttle. Each type of frigate is associated with a specialized class of Tech II ships.

Race	Noobship	Attack	Support	Disruption	Exploration	Racial Weapons	Combat	Navy
Amarr	Impairor	Executioner	Inquisitor	Crucifier	Magnate	Tormentor	Punisher	Imperial Navy Slicer
Caldari	Ibis	Condor	Bantam	Griffin	Heron	Kestrel	Merlin	Caldari Navy Hookbill
Gallente	Velator	Atron	Navitas	Maulus	Imicus	Tristan	Incursus	Federation Navy Comet
Minmatar	Reaper	Slasher	Burst	Vigil	Probe	Breacher	Rifter	Republic Fleet Firetail
Tech II	-	Combat Interceptors Tackling Interceptors	-	Electronic Attack Ships	Covert Ops	Stealth Bombers	Offensive Assault Frigates Defensive Assault Frigates	-

Approximate cost: 500,000 ISK except for the navy frigates, which are closer to 10,000,000 ISK

Destroyers

Destroyers are frigate-killers, but tend to perform badly against larger ships. All of the gunship destroyers have eight high slots, making them very useful salvaging ships. They are also very good at running level 1 security missions.

Race	Gunship	Racial Weapons
Amarr	Coercer	Dragoon
Caldari	Cormorant	Corax
Gallente	Catalyst	Algos
Minmatar	Thrasher	Talwar
Tech II	Interdictors	-
Tech III	Tactical Destroyers

Approximate cost: 1,000,000 ISK

The Dragoon and Algos specialize in drones, and the Corax and Talwar specialize in missiles.

Cruisers

Cruisers are larger and slower than frigates, but smaller, faster and cheaper than battlecruisers and battleships. They are good at running level 2 security missions.

Race	Support	Disruption	Attack	Combat
Amarr	Augoror	Arbitrator	Omen	Maller
Caldari	Osprey	Blackbird	Caracal	Moa
Gallente	Exequror	Celestis	Thorax	Vexor
Minmatar	Scythe	Bellicose	Stabber	Rupture
Tech II	Logistics Cruisers	Force Recon Combat Recon	Heavy Assault Cruisers	Heavy Interdictors Heavy Assault Cruisers
Tech III	Strategic Cruisers

Approximate cost: 5,000,000 ISK to 10,000,000 ISK

The Gallente Heavy Interdictor is based on the Thorax hull, not the Vexor hull.

Battlecruisers

Battlecruisers use medium equipment, like cruisers, but are more versatile and powerful. These are the largest ships that can enter Class 1 wormholes. They are good at running level 3 security missions.

Race	Combat I	Combat II	Attack
Amarr	Prophecy	Harbinger	Oracle
Caldari	Ferox	Drake	Naga
Gallente	Brutix	Myrmidon	Talos
Minmatar	Cyclone	Hurricane	Tornado
Tech II	Command Ships	Command Ships	-

Approximate cost: 40,000,000 ISK to 80,000,000 ISK

The Oracle, Naga, Talos, and Tornado can fit large-sized weapons at a reduced fitting cost. They are like cruisers with battleship-sized guns.

Battleships

Battleships are the largest subcapital ships in the game. They can fit stronger tanks and larger weapons than most smaller ships, but are slow and often have difficulty hitting small targets. They are good at running level 4 security missions.

Race	Attack	Combat I	Combat II
Amarr	Apocalypse	Armageddon	Abaddon
Caldari	Raven	Scorpion	Rokh
Gallente	Megathron	Dominix	Hyperion
Minmatar	Typhoon	Tempest	Maelstrom
Tech II	Marauders	Black Ops	-

Approximate cost: 150,000,000 ISK to 200,000,000 ISK

The Minmatar Black Ops is based on the Typhoon hull, and the Minmatar Marauder is based on the Tempest hull.

Industrials

Industrials are used for transporting goods. They have large cargo holds, but next to no combat ability. Their capacities can be increased with cargo expanders and the relevant racial industrial skills. Each race has a fast, strong industrial, and a slower industrial with a larger cargo hold.

Race	Fast	Large
Amarr	Sigil	Bestower
Caldari	Badger	Tayra
Gallente	Nereus	Iteron Mark V
Minmatar	Wreathe	Mammoth
Tech II	Blockade Runners	Deep Space Transports

In addition to these all-purpose industrials, there are four specialized industrials. These ships have very large cargo bays, but the bays can only be used to hold one class of item.

Race	Ship	Special Bay
Gallente	Epithal	Planetary commodities
Gallente	Kryos	Minerals (e.g. tritanium)
Gallente	Miasmos	Ore (e.g. veldspar)
Minmatar	Hoarder	Ammunition and charges

Approximate cost: 500,000 ISK to 1,500,000 ISK

Freighters

Freighters are enormous dedicated transport ships. Even the Fenrir, the smallest of the freighters, has a base cargo capacity of 435 000 m3. All freighters have extremely limited powergrid and CPU, and have only 3 slots for modules (all low slots).

Race	Freighter
Amarr	Providence
Caldari	Charon
Gallente	Obelisk
Minmatar	Fenrir
Tech II	Jump Freighters

Approximate cost: 1,300,000,000 ISK

Mining Barges

Mining barges are ships produced by ORE. They are the only ships capable of fitting strip miners and ice harvesters. Tech II barges are called Exhumers.

Tech	Defense	Capacity	Yield
Tech I	Procurer	Retriever	Covetor
Tech II	Skiff	Mackinaw	Hulk

Some older sources of information will assert that the Mackinaw can mine two blocks ice for the cost of one, and that the Skiff gets a large bonus to mining mercoxit asteroids. As of the last installment of the Inferno expansion in late 2012, this is no longer the case.

Approximate cost: 20,000,000 ISK to 30,000,000 ISK

Other ORE Ships

Aside from its mining barges, ORE has produced a number of other special industrial ships.

Tech I	Tech II	Role
Venture	Prospect	Mining frigate
Noctis	-	Salvaging industrial ship
Orca	-	Mining support ship
Rorqual	-	Capital mining support ship

Capital Ships

Capital ships are enormous, very expensive ships that students of Eve University are forbidden to fly without the permission of a director. The exception being carriers. They are too big to use stargates, and instead use jump drives to get from system to system. They cannot enter high security space.

Race	Dreadnought	Carrier	Supercarrier	Titan
Amarr	Revelation	Archon	Aeon	Avatar
Caldari	Phoenix	Chimera	Wyvern	Leviathan
Gallente	Moros	Thanatos	Nyx	Erebus
Minmatar	Naglfar	Nidhoggur	Hel	Ragnarok

Dreadnoughts deal incredible amounts of damage to stationary targets. Carriers and Supercarriers are mobile bases that carry both ships for their fleetmates and special Fighter drones. Titans use the capital-ship-killing doomsday devices, and can "bridge" an entire fleet to a cynosural field.

Special Ships

These ships were gifted to players that were active at certain points in EVE's history.

Ship	Purpose	Year gifted
Apotheosis	Shuttle	2008
Zephyr	Wormhole exploration	2009
Echelon	Hacking	2010
Gnosis	Combat battlecruiser	2013
Leopard	Fast shuttle	2013