--- esi_data: fitting_stats: cpu_output: 500 high_slots: 6 low_slots: 5 med_slots: 5 powergrid_output: 1300 rig_slots: 2 group: Heavy Assault Cruiser hull_stats: hp_armor: 3000 hp_shield: 3000 hp_structure: 1500 name: Bestla race: Unknown skill_requirements: - level: 5 skill_id: 3333 - level: 1 skill_id: 16591 type_id: 74316 velocity: 300 faction: Minmatar Republic faction_group: Empire image: /74316.png last_updated: '2026-04-21T00:50:22.448737' ship_class: Heavy Assault Cruiser source: eve-university source_stats: armorem: 90 armorexp: 10 armorhp: 3000 armorkin: 25 armortherm: 67.5 bandwidth: 20 Mbit/sec bonuses: "'''Heavy Assault Cruiser Bonuses'''
\n10% bonus to Heavy Missile and\ \ Heavy Assault Missile Explosion Velocity
\n10% bonus to Light Missile, Heavy\ \ Missile and Heavy Assault Missile launcher Rate of Fire
\n'''Minmatar Cruiser\ \ Bonuses'''
\n10% bonus to Light Missile, Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault\ \ Missile Damage
\n10% bonus to Shield Booster and Armor Repairer ammount
\n\ '''Role Bonuses'''
\n500% bonus to Stasis Webifying Drone stasis Webifier effectiveness
\n\ 500% bonus to Stasis Webifying Drone hitpoints
\n50% bonus to Statis Webifying\ \ Drone max velocity
\n\u2022 Can fit Assault Damage Controls" capacitor: 1,500 GJ cargohold: 660 {{m3}} class: Heavy Assault Cruiser cpu: 500 dronebay: 125 {{m3}} externallinks: '' extrahold: '' extraholdtype: '' faction: Minmatar Republic forumlinks: '' grouping: Special Edition Heavy Assault Cruisers highlights1: Alliance Tournament Prize Ship highlights2: '' highlights3: '' highlights4: '' highs: 6 hulltype: Bestla Class inertia: 0.47 info: 'The Bestla was originally the product of a development program that involved the eccentric and often clashing talents of Tapio Histvaari, Core Complexion''s Chief of Missile Systems Development, and Hildara Rostavik, Core''s Lead Designer of Autonomous Weapons. The program was an effort to cram as much missile firepower as possible into the Bestla heavy assault cruiser, and its Geri assault frigate counterpart, while also supporting the sophisticated control routines and bandwidth to operate stasis webification drones with massively uprated systems. Despite serious personality clashes between the Caldari missiles expert Histvaari and Minmatar drone designer Rostavik, the Bestla was brilliantly redesigned from its basic Rupture-hull format into an incredibly advanced, and incredibly expensive, heavy assault cruiser. While the performance of the Bestla''s missiles and stasis drones was far above anything achieved in combination in such a compact format, the Republic Fleet balked at the prospect of paying for whole squadrons made up of the Bestla and the similarly expensive Geri. Although a few Bestlas are maintained by elite special tasks units of the Republic, a significant number of the initial production run were donated as prizes to the Independent Gaming Commission''s Alliance Tournament XVIII by the Minmatar when the Republic became the principal sponsor of the event in YC124.' launchers: 4 lows: 5 mass: 11650000 maxlockedtargets: 7 maxvelocity: 300 mediums: 5 powergrid: 1300 reqskills: '*{{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Cruiser|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Destroyer|III}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Frigate|III}} **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}} * {{RequiredSkill|Heavy Assault Cruisers|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Energy Grid Upgrades|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Science|I}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|II}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Capacitor Management|IV}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|III}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Weapon Upgrades|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Gunnery|II}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}' scanres: 340 mm sensortype: LADAR sensorvalue: 22 shieldem: 75 shieldexp: 50 shieldhp: 3000 shieldkin: 40 shieldtherm: 60 shipid: 74316 shipimg: Bestla.jpg shipname: Bestla sigradius: 120 m structurehp: 1500 targetrange: 80 km tech: 2 totaltraintime: '' turrets: 2 variations: '' volume: 960003 warpspeed: 4.5 AU/s warptime: 7.59 s wikireferences: '' source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Bestla tech_level: Tech 2 title: Bestla type_id: 74316 validation_score: 1.0 --- Bestla
## Summary
The Bestla and the Geri are the alliance Tournament XVIII prize ships. A total of 140Alliance Tournament XVIII Prizes & Weekend Schedule of each ship where rewarded.
## Skills
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## Notes
Bestla is comparable to Rupture, Broadsword, Muninn and Mimir.
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