Faction items

Faction Items are named items that drop from specific factions. They generally have high meta values and may have greater attributes and/or lower resource requirements than Tech 2 items.

Empire Items

Three of the racial empires in the game have Empire items. They have extremely high meta values and may be higher quality items then their Tech 2 equivalents. These items share the icons of other items, but can be identified based on their names. The naming formula for Empire Items is [Empire Prefix] [Item Type]. Example: Amarr Navy Adaptive Nano Plating, Gallente Navy 100MN Afterburner.

The Empire Item prefixes are: Amarr, Amarr Navy; Gallente, Gallente Navy; and Caldari, Caldari Navy. There are no Minmatar faction specific named items.

Insignias

NPC Empire Pilots commonly drop insignias that can be looted when their ships are destroyed. These insignias identify the rank of the pilot and may be traded to NPC corporation LP stores for some Loyalty Point items.

Other Factions

Two NPC factions have specific faction named items. They have extremely high meta values and may be higher quality items then their Tech 2 equivalents. These items share the icons of other items, but can be identified based on their names. The naming formula for Faction Items is [Faction Prefix] [Item Type]. Example: Ammatar Navy Armor Kinetic Hardener, Khanid Navy Armor Thermic Hardener.

The Faction Item prefixes are: Ammatar, Ammatar Navy; and Khanid, Khanid Navy.

Insignias

Some NPC Faction Pilots may drop insignias that can be looted when their ship are destroyed. These insignias identify the rank of the pilots and may be traded to NPC corporation LP stores for some Loyalty Point items.

Pirate Faction Items

Pirate Faction Items share icons with normal items, but are identifiable based on the naming convention used to label them.

The naming convention for Pirate faction items is: [Pirate Faction prefix] [item type]. Example: Domination 100MN Afterburner, True Sansha Armor EM Hardener.

The prefixes are: "Dominion" for Angels; "Dark Blood" for Blood Raiders; "Dread Guristas" for Guristas, "True Sansha" for Sansha's Nation, and "Shadow Serpentis" for Serpentis.

Dog Tags

An NPC pirate may drop dog tags when their ship is destroyed. The tag name includes a substance that conveys the rank and may be traded at NPC corporation LP stores for some Loyalty Point items.

Dog tags are traded in NPC corporation LP stores for some Loyalty Point items.

Pirate Officer Items

There are several Pirate Officers who drop unique items. These items have high meta values and are often better than their Tech 2 counterparts.

Pirate Officer items share icons with non-named items, but can be identified by their naming convention. The naming convention for Pirate Faction Items is: "[Pirate Officer's First Name]'s Modified [item name]". Examples: Mizuro's Modified 100MN Afterburner, Brynn's Modified 100MN Afterburner

Pirate Officer items are approximately equivalent in quality to the follow Deadspace items, using the A-, B-, C-, and X- Type labels found in the Deadspace item naming convention. The following table shows the equivalencies between the items. (C-Type items are the lowest relative quality, X-Type items are the highest relative quality)