eve-wiki-content/content/ships/heavy-assault-cruisers/tech-2/ishtar.md

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esi_data	faction	faction_group	image	last_updated	ship_class	source	source_stats	source_url	tech_level	title	type_id	validation_score
fitting_stats group hull_stats name race skill_requirements type_id velocity cpu_output high_slots low_slots med_slots powergrid_output rig_slots 340 4 6 4 740 2 Heavy Assault Cruiser hp_armor hp_shield hp_structure 1600 1400 2300 Ishtar Unknown level skill_id 5 3332 level skill_id 1 16591 12005 175	Gallente Federation	Empire	/12005.png	2026-04-20T03:29:50.489328	Heavy Assault Cruiser	eve-university	armorem armorexp armorhp armorkin armortherm bandwidth bonuses capacitor cargohold class cpu dronebay externallinks faction grouping highs hulltype inertia info launchers lows mass maxlockedtargets maxvelocity mediums powergrid quote quote_attribution reqskills scanres sensortype sensorvalue shieldem shieldexp shieldhp shieldkin shieldtherm shipid shipimg shipname sigradius structurehp targetrange tech totaltraintime turrets variations volume warpspeed warptime 50 10 1600 83.75 67.5 125 Mbit/sec <b>Heavy Assault Cruisers bonuses (per skill level):</b><br> 5000m bonus to Drone operation range<br> 5% bonus to Sentry Drone optimal range and tracking speed<br> '''Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):'''<br> 7.5% bonus to Heavy Drone max velocity and tracking speed<br> 10% bonus to Light, Medium, and Heavy Drone hit points and damage<br> 5% bonus to Sentry Drone hit points and damage<br> '''Role Bonus:'''<br> 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty<br> • Can fit Assault Damage Controls 1,400 GJ 560 m³ Heavy Assault Cruiser 340 375 m³ Gallente Federation Heavy Assault Cruisers 4 Vexor Class 0.565 While not endowed with as much pure firepower as other ships of its category, the Ishtar is more than able to hold its own by virtue of its tremendous capacity for drones and its unique hard-coded drone-control subroutines. Touted as "the Ishkur's big brother," the Ishtar design is the furthest CreoDron have ever gone towards creating a completely dedicated drone carrier. At various stages in its development process plans were made to strengthen the vessel in other areas, but ultimately the CreoDron engineers' fascination with pushing the drone carrier envelope overrode all other concerns. 0 6 10600000 7 175 4 740 Robotic superiority ready for your command. CreoDron marketing department * {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Cruiser|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Destroyer|III}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Frigate|III}} **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}} * {{RequiredSkill|Heavy Assault Cruisers|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Energy Grid Upgrades|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|II}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Science|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Weapon Upgrades|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Gunnery|II}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Capacitor Management|IV}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|III}} 294 mm Magnetometric 23 points 0 50 1400 85 60 12005 Ishtar.jpg Ishtar 145 m 2300 60 km 2 63d 9h 37m 40s 4 {{Ship|Guardian-Vexor}},{{Ship|Vexor Navy Issue}},{{Ship|Vexor}} 115000 4.0 AU/s 8.3 s	https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Ishtar	Tech 2	Ishtar	12005	1.0

Summary

The Ishtar can deal some serious drone damage and maintain a good tank. Though only cruiser-sized, the Ishtar has the bandwidth to field a full flight of heavy or sentry drones, and it has a 375 drone bay, allowing it to carry several different drone flights for tactical flexibility.

Pilot should note that the Ishtar is not exactly a straight upgrade from its base hull, the Vexor. The Ishtar has more bonuses, but all of those bonuses apply to drones of one kind or another, while the Vexor has one bonus to drones and one bonus to hybrid turrets. The Vexor's damage ceiling in a blaster brawling fit is very high. What the Ishtar offers beyond the Vexor's capabilities is the capacity to use full flights of heavy or sentry drones.

With no turret bonuses, the high slots on the Ishtar can be used for capacitor warfare or salvaging, or fitted with projectile turrets for additional (unbonused but capacitor-free) DPS.

Skills

The Ishtar is primarily a drone boat. It deserves T2 drones, and since most of its DPS comes from drones, decent drone skills are required to fly the ship to its full potential. Like other HACs, the Ishtar has tight fitting requirements, and pilots should brush up their fitting skills; like other HACs, it should also be given a T2 tank.

Tactics

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Notes

In Mesopotamian mythology, Ishtar was the goddess of love and war. Also known as Astarte. ## Patch history