The timeline involving the Guri Malakim in EVE Online took another step forward with the latest news article published yesterday. The Angel Cartel is receiving a new destroyer.
As pilots continue to feverishly seek out and piece together Guristas design data, reports of fragmentary ship designs now being recovered from high-ranking Angel Cartel operatives illustrate an ongoing high-priority Salvation Angels initiative concurrent with Guristas efforts already underway.
Given the equal parts played by these underworld elements in the Guri Malakim raids this past May which saw the extraction of ancient data and technology from derelict Jove Observatories across the cluster, there can be little question that some manner of shared ambition has compelled the Guristas and the Cartel to pursue new designs.
I can't find the proof, but I believe the unnamed destroyer will be the first new non-limited Angel Cartel ship created by the developers since the launch of EVE in 2003. At the very least, the first ship added since the introduction of the Dramiel, Cynabal, and Machariel. Looking at the existing ships, I believe the new ship will have bonuses much like the Thrasher and Catalyst. My guess is the bonuses will wind up similar to the below:
- Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):
- 7.5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret damage
- Minmatar Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):
- 10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret tracking speed
- Role Bonus:
- 75% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret optimal range
- 25% bonus to warp speed and warp acceleration
With two major pirate factions down, a destroyer for the Serpentis is obvious from the lore. I just wonder how CCP will introduce new ships for the Blood Raiders and Sansha's Nation.
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