The thing to remember about the Caldari ships is that they love their missles. Their ships are also shield heavy and light on the armour. They favour keeping their opponents at range usually, so again Railguns are their prefered variant of Hybrid Weapon. The Caldari also seem to have more space set towards the utilisation of ECM Warfare, though this may be a byproduct of their heavier dependence on Mid-Level slots.

So without further pause….the frigates.

Bantam - This is the standard Caldari mining frigate, It will do the basics in the way of hauling and get you some minor rocks to process. Easy to fly, no launcher slots, but it does have a small drone bay which has its uses, Caldari Frigate skill of 2. This is also one of the two frigates of the Caldari that does not give a bonus to missles.

Condor - This ships is deisgned to be the fast frigat, designed to keep up with those who choose to run. It’s also easy to fly with a skill level of 2 in Caldari frigates, but its fast - 375 m/sec. It has no drone bay but can fit 2 turrets and 1 launcher, which can cause a frightening amount of damage, especially when using kinetic missles - the Caldari ones, as you get a bonus for these.

Griffin - The Griffin is a mid-slot heavy frigate designed for fleet support roles, she comes equipted with 2 launcher slots and 1 turret (again you get a missle bonus for kinetic missles to supplement this). Thsi ship does have a small drone bay. This ship gives a bonus to ECM Jammer technology by lowering the amount of power needed per tick. AGain she’s an easy ship to fly with a required skill level of 2.

Heron - This design of frigate again features more heavily on the support roles for the fleet. With the usual missle bonus and a bonus aimed at astrometrics (scanners), 2 launchers, 1 turret, another small drone bay. The Heron is tougher to destroy and faster than the Griffin. Caldari frigate skill of 2 to fly this vessel.

Kestrel - My favourite Caldari vessel. This is the missleboat frigate, she has 4 launcher slots, good shields, no drone bay, average speed and a good cargo capacity. Its the launchers though that make this a force to be reckoned with. Ok, so initially you’ll be at close range with 4 rockets but once you start getting standard missle launchers on it, you will be laughing. A bit harder to fly, but worth it - Caldari Frigates skill of 3.

Merlin - This ship is meant to be the multi-purpose combat frigate but doesn’t have the much desired missle bonus, she has 2 launchers and 2 turrets, a whole pile of shields, some reasonable armour, adequate shields, good high and mid level slots, but very poor low level ones, there is no drone bay and it doesn’t hold much in the way of cargo capacity. The skill bonuses for this vessle though are featured towards shield resistances and turret optimal ranges.

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