With October quickly approaching, CCP has released a bit more information about the Alliance Tournament ship prizes, the Caedes, and the Rabisu. Let’s take a closer look!
CAEDES
The Caedes is a Blood Raider Cov Ops frigate that takes the strengths of the Cruor frigate, and adds cov ops functionality. In terms of strategy, this ship seems likely to be a great candidate for sneaking up on an important target, and draining their cap before they knew what hit ‘em. Don’t take our word for it though, let’s dazzle you with some stats:
Caedes
Amarr Frigate Bonus per level:
- 20% bonus to Energy Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer drain amount
- 25% bonus to Small Energy Turret falloff range
Minmatar Frigate Bonus per level:
- 20% bonus to Stasis Webifier range
- 20% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement
Covert Ops Bonus per level:
- 10% bonus to Core and Combat Scanner Probe strength
- 25% bonus to Energy Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer falloff range
Role Bonus:
- 400% bonus to Small Energy Turret damage
- 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
- No targeting delay after Cloaking Device deactivation
- Energy Nosferatu fitted to this ship will drain targeted ship’s capacitor regardless of your own capacitor level
Slot layout: 4H, 3M, 5L; 1 turret
Fittings: 60 PWG, 190 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 500 / 800 / 550
Base shield resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 0 / 20 / 40 / 60
Base armor resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 50 / 35 / 25 / 30
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 500 / 217.5s / 2.3
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 375 / 3.6 / 1,200,000 / 5.99s
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 10 / 30
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 42.5km / 650 / 7
Sensor strength: 22 Radar
Signature radius: 35
Cargo Hold: 170m3
Corpse Bay: 60m3
The Caedes sports one less turret than a Cruor, but has 5 low slots instead of 4. The 400% bonus to Small Energy Turret damage, as well as the 25% bonus to Small Energy Turret Falloff more than makes up for having one less turret, and will make it a bit easier for the pilot to pick their battles. With the bonus to Relic and Data Analyzer strength, the Caedes could actually serve as a good exploration ship as well, for those lucky enough to obtain one. You may have also noticed that the Caedes has an added bay called the “Corpse Bay”, and it is exactly what it sounds like: a bay for storing the bodies of your foes. Corpse collectors will rejoice, as they could potentially hold 30 corpses in a Caedes without even touching the cargo hold!
RABISU
The Rabisu would compliment the Caedes well in a fleet, being the Blood Raiders’ Logistics Cruiser offering with the added capability of using a cov ops cloak. This added functionality makes the Rabisu only the 2nd cloaking logistics cruiser in Eve, as well as the first with bonuses for armour repping.
Rabisu
Amarr Cruiser Bonus per level:
- 35% bonus to Energy Nosferatu optimal range and falloff
- 20% bonus to Energy Nosferatu drain amount
Minmatar Cruiser Bonus per level:
- 20% bonus to Logistic Drone transfer amount
- 20% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement
Logistics Cruisers Bonus per level:
- 20% bonus to Remote Armor Repairer optimal and falloff
- 15% reduction in Remote Armor Repairer activation cost
- 2% reduction in Remote Armor Repairer cycle time
Role Bonus:
- 85% reduction in Remote Armor Repairer powergrid requirements
- 85% reduction in Energy Nosferatu CPU requirements
- 100% bonus to Remote Armor Repairer optimal and falloff
- Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds
- Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator
- Energy Nosferatu fitted to this ship will drain targeted ship’s capacitor regardless of your own capacitor level
Slot layout: 6H, 3M, 6L; 5 turrets
Fittings: 1025 PWG, 330 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1700 / 3000 / 3000
Base shield resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 0 / 20 / 70 / 87.5
Base armor resistances (EM/Therm/Kin/Exp): 50 / 35 / 62.5 / 80
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 3250 / 720s / 4.51
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 250 / 0.52 / 13,000,000 / 9.37s
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50 / 75
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 65km / 400 / 10
Sensor strength: 19 Radar
Signature radius: 70
Cargo Hold: 470m3
Corpse Bay: 200m3
Of note is the Rabisu’s ability to only fit 3 Mid slot items, which may limit fitting options somewhat. That said, the Rabisu is designed to rely less on a team of logistics cruisers cap chaining, and moreso on its ability to drain the power of its foes and, in an emergency, its allies as well. A fleet of armour tanked cov ops ships would do well to bring a Rabisu with them as support if they’re so lucky to have one available, as just one could mean the difference between victory and defeat. The Rabisu also features a corpse bay much like the Caedes’, only larger. With 200m3 of corpse storing ability, Eve Taxidermists can bring along a whole 100 corpses along with them. Maybe the corpse bays are a hat tip to the covert nature of the Caedes and Rabisu, that they clean up the scene of the crime so that there’s no trace left? We may never know.
Along with the PLEX prizes being offered, these ships will be a welcome addition to the winner’s ship hangar. Keep your eyes peeled for more AT news as the tournament date draws nearer!
