Imicus

Imicus The Imicus is a slow but hard-shelled frigate, ideal for any type of scouting activity. Used by merchant, miner and combat groups, the Imicus is usually relied upon as the operation's eyes and ears when traversing low security sectors. Gallente Frigate Skill Bonus: 5% bonus to drone range per level 5% increase to scan strength of probes per level 5% bonus to survey probe flight time per level
Structure Structure Hitpoints 289 HP Max Velocity 278 m/sec Inertia Modifier 4.19 Mass 997,000 kg Volume 21500 m3 Capacity 320 m3 Fitting powergrid Output 20 MW Low Slots 2 Med Slots 2 High Slots 2 CPU Output 230 tf Launcher hardpoints 0 Turret hardpoints 2 Calibration 400 points Upgrade Hardpoints 3 Capacitor Recharge time 117.19 s Capacitor Need Multiplier 0.4 % Capacitor Capacity 156.25 GJ Targeting Maximum Targeting Range 35 km Max Locked Targets 3 Magnetometric Sensor Strength 9 points Signature Radius 45 m Scan Resolution 450 mm Shield Shield Capacity 195 HP Shield Em Damage Resistance 0 % Shield Explosive Damage Resistance 50 % Shield Kinetic Damage Resistance 40 % Shield Thermal Damage Resistance 20 % Shield recharge time 625 s Armor Armor Hitpoints 344 HP Armor Em Damage Resistance 50 % Armor Explosive Damage Resistance 10 % Armor Kinetic Damage Resistance 35 % Armor Thermal Damage Resistance 35 % Drones Drone Capacity 15 m3 Drone Bandwidth 15 Mbit/sec Miscellaneous Tech Level 1 Rig Size Small		Blueprint Imicus Blueprint Required skills Primary Skill required Gallente Frigate II Spaceship Command I Material Requirements Skill / Industry Industry 1 Material / Mineral Tritanium 7,292 Pyerite 5,964 Mexallon 1,425 Isogen 1 Zydrine 1 Waste Waste Factor 10% Variations Tech I Imicus Tech II Helios

Summary

The Imicus is an awesome beginners drone-boat. It can field 3 light drones and has a pretty good bonus to scanning. Since the Crucible expansion the Imicus can now fit tech 2 probe launchers gaining an additional 5% bonus. As a newbie ship this can bring in an unprecedented starter income by either raiding radar site anomalies or by scanning down mission runners with combat-probes and Ninja Salvaging their wrecks.
Use core-scan probes for exploration
combat-scanners for fleet/roam work
deep-space probes are used in combination to pick up signatures at extreme ranges.

Faction probes can also give you an additional bonus as well but are expensive for the new player.

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Imicus 1

Imicus 2