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Zephyr

The Zephyr is a unique starship design, relying almost entirely on solar winds for sublight propulsion.

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The Syndicate Prototype Exploration Ship

The Zephyr is a unique starship design, relying almost entirely on solar winds for sublight propulsion. Super-light sails allow it to ride the torrents of photons streaming through space, and its barebones construction gives it a tiny sensor footprint and almost negligible mass.

Originally conceived by the ascetic Intaki polymath Valsas en Dilat as a demonstration of minimalist starship design, it was never intended as a commercial venture. The recent discovery of the uncharted Sleeper Territories and their myriad wormholes has brought the Zephyr new attention - its mass makes it an ideal exploration vessel.

Valsas remains adamant that the Zephyr never sees mass production, but at the close of YC111 he authorized the Intaki Syndicate to distribute a single hull to every registered capsuleer.

Blueprint

Everything it takes to build one.

DWG-2078 Scale - Sheet 1 of 1

Drafting Zephyr

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Fitting

Slots, hardpoints and the resources a fit spends

High
1
Mid
0
Low
0
Rig
0

0

Turret hardpoints

0

Launcher hardpoints

Calibration 1
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Defense

Hit points and resistances per layer

LayerHP EM Therm Kin Exp
Shield 260 s recharge1000% 20% 40% 50%
Armor 15050% 35% 35% 10%
Structure 20033% 33% 33% 33%
Total450
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Systems

Capacitor, targeting and navigation

Capacitor

Capacity GJ 250
Recharge s 375

Targeting

Range km 35
Locked targets 2
Signature m 25
Magnetometric pts 6

Navigation

Velocity m/s 300
Align time s 3.5
Inertia x 1,000
Warp speed AU/s 5
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Bonuses

Per skill level, then role

Role bonus

  • · Can fit Prototype Iris Probe Launcher
  • · Will not be targeted by Sleeper Drones in Wormhole Systems
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Issuing authority

The faction that builds the ship

The Syndicate

Formed by Intaki exiles from the Gallente Federation during the Caldari-Gallente War. The Syndicate has slowly grown in stature and influence and now serves as an important link between the empires and the illegal elements in the outer regions. Syndicate space is a pirate haven, but still retains enough civility to allow pretty much anyone to travel there to do business. The Syndicate markets are always chockfull of contraband goods and illegal wares that are hard or impossible to come by elsewhere. Each Syndicate station is an autonomous entity, but they cooperate on security and information issues. The unofficial leader of the Syndicate is Silphy en Diabel, a former Sister of EVE that returned to Syndicate space to save her family's fortune. Since then she's turned out to be just as resourceful and ruthless as her late father.

Vessel
Zephyr
Class
Prototype Exploration Ship
Builder
The Syndicate
Tech
-
Length
-
Drawing
DWG-2078
SDE
3607705

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