battleship_(eve_online)
A type of spaceships from the EVE Online.
Large, durable but slow vessels designed for heavy duty engagement.
Battleships (BSs, rarely BBs from US Navy terminology) are the biggest, heaviest sub-capital combat ship (EVE Online)s in EVE Online. They are correspondingly expensive, with even the cheapest battleship hulls selling for hundreds of millions of ISK. Tech 1 battleships are standard tools in higher-level PvE combat, are used in some large fleet doctrines in PvP combat, and are sometimes also used for solo or small gang PvP.
There are two classes of Tech 2 battleships: Marauder (EVE Online)s, which are specialized for mission-running, and Black Ops battleships, which can either transport fleets of stealthy ships across long distances using covert cynosural fields or open the door for friendly capital ship (EVE Online)s to join a fight.
All battleships also come equipped with a Frigate (EVE Online) Escape Bay, enabling battleship pilots to stay in a fight after their battleship explodes.
All battleships (except Praxis) have a role bonus known as the "battleship role bonus": 100% bonus to Shield Extender hitpoints, 50% bonus to Armor Plate hitpoints, 5% Additional bonus to Reinforced Bulkhead hitpoints.
Battleships use large weapons that are poor against small targets like frigates. All battleships (except Marshal) have a drone bay, allowing them to use drones to engage and kill enemies that they cannot hit with ship weapons.
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