EVE Online Devs Overdeliver New Ships For Catalyst

I really thought about using a title like "CCP Devs Can't Count" or "Math is Hard" for this post. I was watching the In Focus video for Catalyst  and saw players were getting more ships than originally indicated. The segment was so out of the ordinary I embedded the segment below (If the code doesn't work for you, the segment ran from 28:34 to 33:17).

That's right, instead of the two ships indicated at the expansion's announcement on 21 October, the developers are delivering five ships in total: a new Sisters of EVE command ship and four new mining ships designed to fill in the progression gap between mining frigates and mining barges. In the interest of getting some information out, here's the latest lineup of ships players can get their hands on Tuesday.

I'm taking the ships out of order from the expansion notes because I believe the Odysseus, the newest SoE ship, was originally the highlight ship of the expansion. Here are the stats and descriptions where available.

Catalyst introduces a new exploration command ship from the Sisters of EVE: The Odysseus. It allows you to explore for longer, go further afield, and carry more loot back.

Exploration Redefined

The Odysseus has a number of unique features, including the ability to warp while cloaked, and a ship maintenance bay.

This means that the Odysseus can stay in space by itself for long periods, hidden when needed. It’s perfect for pilots who prefer solo exploration, but is also great at supporting group excursions.

Not only can it let friends refit on longer expeditions, but the unique expedition hold allows everyone in the fleet to store treasures found in relic, data, and gas sites.

Whether by yourself or supporting a larger group, you can therefore stay out for extended periods of time, and carry vast riches back.

Odysseus Skill Bonuses:

• Amarr Battlecruiser: (per skill level)
• 4% bonus to Armor Resistances
  
  
• Gallente Battlecruiser: (per skill level)
• 10% bonus to Light, Medium and Heavy Drone damage
  
  
• Expedition Command Ships: (per skill level)
• 50% bonus to Data Analyzer and Relic Analyzer optimal range
• 5% reduction in gas cloud scoop duration
• 3% bonus to the strength and duration of exploration command bursts
• 1% bonus to the strength and duration of armor command bursts
  
  
• Role Bonus:
• 100% bonus to the duration of Expedition Command Bursts
• 50% bonus to the range of command burst modules
• 50% bonus to Medium Energy Turret Optimal Range
• 50% Reduction in CPU cost of Gas Cloud Scoops
• 37.5% bonus to Scan Probe Strength
• 10+ bonus to Relic and Data analyzers
• Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device
• Can fit two command burst modules
• Cloaking reactivation delay reduced to 15 seconds
• Can fit Zero-Point Mass Entangler
• This ship can recieve bonus effects depending on the environment.

Blueprint Copies for the Odysseus can be obtained from the Servant Sisters of EVE faction member corporations for the price of 250,000 LP and 250,000,000 ISK.

• This includes The Sanctuary, Food Relief and the Sisters of EVE corporations.

The Pioneer, a new mining destroyer from Outer Ring Excavations, was the second ship originally announced.

Pioneering Industry Greatness

Level up your industry game with the Pioneer, a stepping stone between a mining frigate and mining barges.

The goal is for the cost of the Pioneer to be ten times greater than a Venture, but ten times less than a mining barge. It will therefore provide a good recovery point if a player loses their mining barge and can’t afford to replace it.

Mining For All Levels

Even rookies can obtain this new mining destroyer after only a few hours in New Eden, and fly it as Alphas, who can train the new Mining Destroyer skill to level 2.

There is even more to unlock for Omegas, who can train it up to level 5, so this vessel can scale as you level up your industrial ambitions.

Unparalleled Range and Options

The Pioneer will have the furthest mining range of any vessel, and can accommodate up to three mining lasers, giving it a unique advantage.

Pioneer Skill Bonuses:

• Mining Destroyer: (per skill level)
• 10% bonus to Mining yield
• 20% bonus to Mining range
• 5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
  
  
• Role Bonus:

• 50% bonus to Mining yield
• 25% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
  
  
• Blueprint Originals for the Pioneer can be purchased from Outer Ring Excavations (ORE) stations in Outer Ring.
  
  
• Alpha Clones are able to train the new Mining Destroyer skill to level 2.

Now we get to what I am calling the 3 bonus ships for the expansion. First up the the tech 2 version of the Pioneer, the Outrider.

The Outrider Tech II variation of the Pioneer will be able to fit a micro jump field generator module, allowing it to reposition itself and nearby mining vessels rapidly. It is the first industrial command ship with this capability.

That doesn’t mean that the Outrider is solely a fleet mining ship. It will also have some solo mining capabilities, making it a great vessel for stealthy mining, with the micro jump drive as a form of escape.

The Outrider will be more affordable than the Porpoise, but without compression access. Furthermore, the Porpoise has stronger bonuses while using the medium industrial core.

Outrider Skill Bonuses:

• Mining Destroyer:
• 15% bonus to Mining yield
• 10% bonus to Drone hitpoints and damage
• 6% bonus to all shield resistances

• Command Destroyer:
• 5% reduction in Micro Jump Field Generator spool up time
• 2% bonus to Shield Command and Mining Foreman Burst effect strength and duration

• Role Bonus:
• 95% reduction in powergrid requirements for Command Bursts
• 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty
• 50% reduction in reactivation delay for Defender Launcher
• Can fit Micro Jump Field Generators
• Can fit one Command Burst module
• 75% bonus to tractor beam range
• 30% bonus to Tractor Beam velocity

Blueprint Copies of the Outrider can be obtained by performing Invention jobs on blueprint copies of the Pioneer.

Finally we get to the final two ships to fill out the ship tree. But instead of having a "Navy Issue", the ships are labeled "Consortium Issue" First is the latest update to the venerable Venture.

ORE Navy Mining Frigate - Venture Consortium Issue

Venture Consortium Issue Skill Bonuses:

• Mining Frigate: (per skill level)
• 5% bonus to Mining yield
• 5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
• 10% bonus to Shield Booster amount
  
  
• Role Bonus:
• 100% bonus to Mining and Gas Cloud Scoop yield
• 2+ bonus to ship warp core strength
• 50% reduction in Industrial Cynosural Field Generator liquid ozone consumption
• 50% bonus to Mining critical hit chance
• 10+ bonus to Salvage Drone salvage chance

Blueprint Copies for the Venture Consortium Issue can be obtained from Upwell Consortium member corporations LP stores for the price of 10 million ISK and 10,000 Loyalty Points.

• This includes Chemal Tech, Ducia Foundry, Eifyr and Co, Freedom Extension, Impetus, Intaki Bank, Mordus Legion, Propel Dynamics, Ytiri and Zoar and Sons corporations.
  
  
• ORE offers a 60% discount in their LP store, at a price of 4 million ISK and 4,000 Loyalty Points.

Finally we get to the "Navy" version of the new mining destroyer, the Pioneer Consortium Issue.

Pioneer Consortium Issue Skill Bonuses:

• Mining Destroyer: (per skill level)
• 10% bonus to Mining yield
• 20% bonus to Mining range
• 10% bonus to Shield Booster amount
• 5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
  
  
• Role Bonus:
• 50% bonus to Mining yield
• 50% bonus to Mining critical hit chance
• 25% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
• 10+ bonus to Salvage Drone salvage chance

Blueprint Copies for the Pioneer Consortium Issue can be obtained from Upwell Consortium member corporations LP stores for the price of 30 million ISK and 30,000 Loyalty Points.

• This includes Chemal Tech, Ducia Foundry, Eifyr and Co, Freedom Extension, Impetus, Intaki Bank, Mordus Legion, Propel Dynamics, Ytiri and Zoar and Sons corporations.
  
  
• ORE offers a 60% discount in their LP store, at a price of 12 million ISK and 12,000 Loyalty Points.

The dev blogs I saw didn't have a lot of information about the Consortium Issue ships. Probably because the developers didn't really plan to release them yet.