---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 290
    high_slots: 3
    low_slots: 3
    med_slots: 5
    powergrid_output: 20
    rig_slots: 2
  group: Covert Ops
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 528
    hp_shield: 281
    hp_structure: 809
  name: Helios
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 5
    skill_id: 3328
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 12093
  type_id: 11172
  velocity: 330
faction: Gallente Federation
faction_group: Empire
image: /11172.png
last_updated: '2026-04-20T03:06:54.752363'
ship_class: Covert Ops
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 528
  armorkin: 45
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: 5 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: "<b>Gallente Frigate bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n5% bonus to ship\
    \ max velocity when using Cloaking Devices<br>\n15% reduction in warp drive capacitor\
    \ need<br>\n'''Covert Ops bonuses (per skill level):'''<br>\n20% reduction in\
    \ Cloaking Devices CPU requirement<br>\n10% bonus to Core and Combat Scanner Probe\
    \ strength<br>\n10% reduction in Survey Probe flight time<br>\n'''Role Bonus:'''<br>\n\
    10+ bonus to Relic and Data Analyzer virus strength<br><br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Cloak\
    \ reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds<br>\n60% bonus to warp speed and warp\
    \ acceleration"
  capacitor: 218.75 GJ
  cargohold: "175 m\xB3"
  class: Covert Ops
  cpu: 290
  dronebay: "5 m\xB3"
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: ''
  extraholdtype: ''
  faction: Gallente Federation
  grouping: Covert Ops
  highlights1: Can Use Covert Ops Cloak
  highlights2: ''
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 3
  hulltype: Imicus Class
  inertia: 4.142
  info: 'Designed for commando and espionage operation, its main strength is the ability
    to travel unseen through enemy territory and to avoid unfavorable encounters.


    The Helios is CreoDron''s answer to the Ishukone Buzzard. After the fall of Crielere,
    the once-cordial relations between the Gallente Federation and the Caldari state
    deteriorated rapidly and, for a while, it seemed as if war might be brewing. It
    was seen by certain high-ranking officers within the Gallente navy as being of
    vital importance to be able to match the Caldari''s cloaking technology in an
    effort to maintain the balance of power.'
  launchers: 0
  lows: 3
  mass: 1271000
  maxlockedtargets: 6
  maxvelocity: 330
  mediums: 5
  powergrid: 20
  quote: Their ignorance is just as valuable as our intelligence.
  quote_attribution: Vice Admiral Foriana Revelli
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Frigate|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Covert Ops|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Electronics Upgrades|V}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|CPU Management|II}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|II}}'
  scanres: 390 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 22 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 281
  shieldkin: 50
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 11172
  shipimg: Helios.jpg
  shipname: Helios
  sigradius: 49 m
  structurehp: 809
  targetrange: 47.5 km
  tech: 2
  totaltraintime: 23d 23h 27m 40s
  turrets: 2
  variations: '{{Ship|Imicus}}, {{Ship|Imicus Navy Issue}}'
  volume: 23000
  warpspeed: 5 AU/s
  warptime: 7.3 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Helios
tech_level: Tech 2
title: Helios
type_id: 11172
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/11172.png" alt="Helios" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Skills

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 It is essential to train Cloaking to IV in order to use the Covert Ops Cloaking Device II.
 Astrometrics IV, Astrometric Acquisition III, Astrometric Pinpointing III and Astrometric Rangefinding III make a good skills base for scanning.
 If you intend to develop long term scouting skills, which will require fast accurate scans in a ship that's so nimble it warps almost instantly, it will become essential to train the Covops and Scanning skills to V.
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## Tactics

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 Scanning, learn how to scan quickly and effectively by 'Play Hunting' mission ships in High Sec
 Explore Wormholes, with 'Bookmark Breadcrumbs' so you develop skills using probes to navigate
 Practice 'Punting', where you can drop a tight scan formation on a gate, so you can punt your fleet onto an enemy
 But most of all, practice, practice and practice even more the art of re-cloaking in less than the cycle of one second, it will make you almost immortal
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## Notes

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In ancient Greek mythology, Helios was the god associated with the Sun, or a personification of the Sun: in ancient Greek, helios was the word for the Sun. Some writers treated Helios as the son of the titan Hyperion, while other writers considered Hyperion and Helios to be different names for the same deity.
## Patch History