---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 235
    high_slots: 2
    low_slots: 3
    med_slots: 4
    powergrid_output: 44
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Frigate
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 210
    hp_shield: 800
    hp_structure: 320
  name: Skybreaker
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 55031
  type_id: 54731
  velocity: 330
faction: EDENCOM
faction_group: Independent
image: /54731.png
last_updated: '2026-04-20T03:44:26.496636'
ship_class: Frigate
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 210
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 45
  bandwidth: ''
  bonuses: '''''''EDENCOM Frigate bonuses (per skill level):''''''<br>

    6% bonus to all shield resistances<br>

    5% bonus to Small Vorton projector damage'
  capacitor: 420 GJ
  caption: Skybreaker
  cargohold: "158 m\xB3"
  class: Frigate
  cpu: 235
  dronebay: ''
  externallinks: ''
  faction: EDENCOM
  grouping: EDENCOM Frigates
  highlights1: ''
  highlights2: ''
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 2
  hulltype: Skybreaker Class
  inertia: 3.6
  info: The ''Skybreaker''-class frigate was commissioned from Upwell by the New Eden
    Common Defense Initiative while the organization was still a counter-Triglavian
    strategy group headed by Provost Marshal Kasiha Valkanir. When EDENCOM was officially
    announced as the new central command for the defense of New Eden in YC122, the
    research and development of a line of ships capable of bearing radical new weaponry
    was widely rumored following Triglavian raids on Upwell development facilities.<br><br>The
    Upwell Consortium had been working on adapting Arcing Vorton Projector weaponry
    to a ship-based form since the success of the technology as an anti-fleet weapon
    on Keepstar Citadels. The first Triglavian invasions in mid-YC121 spurred that
    effort on even before EDENCOM underwrote the project, providing access to scientists
    and engineers from the secret weapons programs of the four core empires, and even
    the SoCT.<br><br>The Skybreaker-class is intended to operate in groups as an escort
    and counter-attack frigate. With strong shielding and high-output Arcing Vorton
    Projectors, this swift little ship is a disruptive counter-force in any engagement.
  launchers: 0
  lows: 3
  mass: 967090
  maxlockedtargets: 5
  maxvelocity: 330
  mediums: 4
  powergrid: 44
  quote: An escalating threat must be met with a rapid response.
  quote_attribution: Provost Marshal Kasiha Valkanir
  race: EDENCOM
  reqskills: '*{{RequiredSkill|EDENCOM Frigate|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 609 mm
  sensortype: Gravimetric
  sensorvalue: 12 points
  shieldem: 20
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 800
  shieldkin: 50
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 54731
  shipimg: Skybreaker.jpg
  shipname: Skybreaker
  sigradius: 37 m
  structurehp: 320
  targetrange: 55 km
  tech: ''
  totaltraintime: 24m
  turrets: 1
  variations: ''
  volume: 16500
  warpspeed: 5 AU/s
  warptime: 4.83 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Skybreaker
tech_level: Tech 1
title: Skybreaker
type_id: 54731
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/54731.png" alt="Skybreaker" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Skybreaker is the EDENCOM frigate. It gets access to a Small Vorton Projector, a special turret that can fire chain lightning at ships. Vorton Projectors use missile damage mechanics to determine their damage application. The Skybreaker's weapon has similar damage application to Tech 1 Light Missiles (but less affected by target velocity), making it effective against most targets, albeit not especially hard-hitting.

The high price and low single-target damage of the Vorton Projector leaves the Skybreaker alongside most EDENCOM ships as a poorly-understood, rarely-used hull. However, thanks to its high speed and very high shield resistances, some pilots have found use for the Skybreaker as a kind of combat interceptor, as while it is less able to evade conventional weapons, its chain lightning is very effective at eliminating drones that would try to push it away.

The Skybreaker has also found a niche use in wormhole PvP: when wormhole groups try to break the "hole control" on a target wormhole by running pilots in in mass groups of frigates or even shuttles (which are bubble-immune) and then reshipping those pilots into pre-seeded combat hulls, defenders can use Small Vorton Projectors to eliminate these light ships as they arrive.
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## Skills

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Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Skybreaker for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
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## Tactics

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No sub-article about Skybreaker roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.
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## Notes

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Notes can be added here.
## Patch History