battleship (eve online)
A type of spaceships from the EVE Online.
Large, durable but slow vessels designed for heavy duty engagement.
Battleships (BSs, rarely BBs from US Navy terminology) are the biggest, heaviest sub-capital combat ships in EVE Online. They are correspondingly expensive, with even the cheapest battleship hulls selling for hundreds of millions of ISK. Tech 1 battleships are standard tools in higher-level PvE combat, are used in some large fleet doctrines in PvP combat, and are sometimes also used for solo or small gang PvP.
There are two classes of Tech 2 battleships: Marauders, which are specialized for mission-running, and Black Ops battleships, which can either transport fleets of stealthy ships across long distances using covert cynosural fields or open the door for friendly capital ships to join a fight.
All battleships also come equipped with a Frigate Escape Bay, enabling battleship pilots to stay in a fight after their battleship explodes.
All battleships (except Praxis) have a role bonus known as the "battleship role bonus": 100% bonus to Shield Extender hitpoints, 50% bonus to Armor Plate hitpoints, 5% Additional bonus to Reinforced Bulkhead hitpoints.
Battleships use large weapons that are poor against small targets like frigates. All battleships (except Marshal) have a drone bay, allowing them to use drones to engage and kill enemies that they cannot hit with ship weapons.
