Main Factions

Besides shuttles and rookie ships, each race has around six frigates which can be sorted by their roles. One is a logistics frigate, which has bonuses to tools that help repair other ships, but is very weak in combat. Then there are two combat frigates, which have a great variety of specializations and differences, though all races have at least one frigate which focuses on turrets. One further frigate uses electronic warfare. Each race’s frigate lineup is completed by an unusually fast and nimble scouting/tackle frigate, and an exploration frigate with a scanning bonus.

Normal Frigates

Tech I

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Impairor
Caldari	Ibis
Gallente	Velator
Minmatar	Reaper

Tech II

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Executioner Tormentor
Caldari	Merlin Condor
Gallente	Atron Tristan
Minmatar	Slasher Rifter

Tech III

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Punisher Magnate
Caldari	Kestrel Heron
Gallente	Incursus Imicus
Minmatar	Breacher Probe

Tech IV

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Crucifier
Caldari	Griffin
Gallente	Maulus
Minmatar	Vigil

Tech V

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Inquisitor
Caldari	Bantam
Gallente	Navitas
Minmatar	Burst

Interceptors

Interceptors are used as scouts and initial tackle. For this reason, they have very high warp speed, high general speed, high agility, and high scan resolution (to lock fast). Their combat capabilities are very limited though. Besides the scout and tackle role, they are often also used for pure traveling and then called travel interceptors

Tech VI

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Executioner II
Caldari	Condor II
Gallente	Atron II
Minmatar	Slasher II

Tech VIII

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Executioner Interceptor
Caldari	Condor Interceptor
Gallente	Atron Interceptor
Minmatar	Slasher Interceptor

Tech X

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Executioner II Interceptor
Caldari	Condor II Interceptor
Gallente	Atron II Interceptor
Minmatar	Slasher II Interceptor

Assault Frigates

Assault frigates have good tanks and usually high DPS. If you get tackled by an assault frigate, you’re generally not going anywhere: they’re a pain to get rid of when properly fitted. Their disadvantage compared to interceptors is that they’re slower, and often sacrifice their micro warp drive and fit an afterburner instead to survive longer after tackling a target. Some assault frigates make decent tacklers, and they can provide decent damage in a fleet of small ships. If the fleet has larger damage-dealing ships assault frigates can lack a role, though they may still be a good defense against other small targets.

In PvE, assault frigates can take on missions and combat sites which would normally be too difficult for a frigate-sized ship.

Tech VII

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Punisher Assault
Caldari	Merlin Assault
Gallente	Incursus Assault
Minmatar	Breacher Assault

Covert Ops

Covert Ops frigates can warp while cloaked. As scouts, they can stealthily gather intelligence to find out about their enemies. They can watch enemy targets while in a cloak and provide a warp coordinate for a much larger gang of heavy-hitting ships in an organized surprise attack. Due to their extreme fragility, covert ops frigates should not generally be used in a tackling role, and are typically invisible at all times.

Tech V

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Magnate Covert Ops
Caldari	Heron Covert Ops
Gallente	Imicus Covert Ops
Minmatar	Probe Covert Ops

Stealth Bombers

Stealth Bombers are specifically engineered to fire torpedoes and represent the next generation of stealth ships. Gifted by their capable Missile Guidance Systems, these ships can fire long-range torpedoes at high velocity, which are usually used to ambush large ships.

Tech VI

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Purifier
Caldari	Manticore
Gallente	Nemesis
Minmatar	Hound

Tech IX

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Purifier II
Caldari	Manticore II
Gallente	Nemesis II
Minmatar	Hound II

Electronic Attack Frigate

Electronic Attack Frigates are basically a frigate-sized version of the combat recon ships, but their proportion of usefulness to cost varies from ship to ship.

Tech VI

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Crucifier E-War
Caldari	Griffin E-War
Gallente	Maulus E-War
Minmatar	Vigil E-War

Logistics Frigates

Logistics Frigates have substantial bonuses to logistics module use and are designed to support small ship fleets where a cruiser's slower warp speed would slow down the roam.

Tech VI

Faction	Ship
Amarr	Inquisitor II
Caldari	Bantam II
Gallente	Navitas II
Minmatar	Burst II

Pirate Factions

Faction	Ships
Angel Cartel	Dramiel
Blood Raiders	Cruor
Guristas	Worm
Mordu's Legion	Garmur
Sansha's Nation	Succubus
Serpentis	Daredevil
Sisters of EVE	Astero

Ore Faction

Tech Level	Ship
Trainer	Venture Trainer
Tech IV	Venture
Tech V	Venture II
Tech VI	Venture III