Ships & Modules

So being bored out of my mind having to spend the holiday in a cabin in the woods without access to my precious gaming rig, I decided to do a quick re-visit to which ship is the fastest in EvE. No, I'm not talking about warp speed. I'm not talking about alignment either. I'm talking about raw, unadulterated velocity. Being without access to a proper gaming PC, or even a proper Internet connection, I had to resort to PYFA–which I might add works excellently on the my Mac.

If you look at the basic ship stats, the Minmatar Claw immediately sticks out as the fastes ship in EvE, closely followed by the Malediction and the pirate faction Dramiel of the Angel Cartel. The Claw clocks in at 480 m/s, the Mally at 470 m/s, with the Dram following closely at 460 m/s, only 20 m/s slower then the quickest of the three.

However base stats are boring, and everybody fits some kind of prop mod to make the ship go faster. That often changes things drastically. So to compare the two ships, I came up with these basic rules:

1. assume all skills are at Level V
2. use the best prop mod that fits within the limits of the CPU and powergrid (expensive, but money's no object here)
3. fill the low slots with Overdrive Injector System II
4. fill the rig slots with Auxiliary Thrusters II and I as needed, until all calibration is used up

Applying said rules to PYFA and the fittings look like this:


[Claw, Pure Speed]

Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II

Gistii A-Type 5MN Microwarpdrive
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Small Auxiliary Thrusters II
Small Auxiliary Thrusters II


The Mal looks just about identical. Albeit it has an extra mid-slot, it makes no difference as only one of the mid-slot are used on both inty fits. The Dram, however, is a different beast.


[Dramiel, Pure Speed]

Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II

Gistii A-Type 5MN Microwarpdrive
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Small Auxiliary Thrusters II
Small Auxiliary Thrusters I
Small Auxiliary Thrusters I


The major difference between the fits is that while the inties have room for an extra injector, the Dram has an extra rig slot that can be utilized. It still cannot fit two T2 thrusters without losing the last rigt slot, so instead it has to make due by fitting two T1 thrusters and one T2 thruster, however that makes all the difference.

Fitted up, the Dram now takes the lead over the Claw by 182 m/s. While the Claw still can fly at a hefty 5939 m/s with its prop mod on, the Drammy ramps it all the way up to 6121 m/s.

So there you have it, right?

Nope!

There's one ship that's very easy to miss among all the others. It hasn't got nearly the same base speed as the ones mentioned above, but what it lacks in Max Velocity, it gains by a whopping 20% boost to afterburner velocity. I'm of course talking about a certain Sansha's Nation* faction frigate, the Succubus. While it has only got a 340 m/s max velocity, the boost to afterburners begs for it to be tested out. However that means the fit has to be changed slightly with a 10MN afterburner instead of an MWD.

Here's the fit:


[Succubus, Pure Speed]

Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II
Overdrive Injector System II

Corelum A-Type 10MN Afterburner
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Small Auxiliary Thrusters II
Small Auxiliary Thrusters I
Small Auxiliary Thrusters I


Looking at the stats, this ship now clocks in at a whopping 6499 m/s. If I'm not totally mistaken, this is currently the fastest ship in EvE, at least if you don't use implants, boosting or drugs.

Here are all the velocities listed for reference:


Claw
Maximum velocity: 480 m/s
Fitted Max. velocity: 5939 m/s

Malediction
Maximum velocity: 470 m/s
Fitted Max. velocity: 5693 m/s

Dramiel
Maximum velocity: 460 m/s
Fitted Max. velocity: 6121 m/s

Succubus
Maximum velocity: 340 m/s
Fitted Max. velocity: 6499 m/s


I realize you could fit Ancillary Current Router rigs, and do other neat tricks to fit a higher level prop mod, however I've yet to find such a ship that still won't run out of powergrid. I'm still curious as to whether you would get different results by off-grid boosting, implants or drugs. If anyone has alternative fits like that, I'd love to see them, becuase I didn't really get into any of that! :)

* Thanks for correcting Jonas Kanjus. It's easier to spot things like that when in-game, but alas I'm far away from that computer.

[Malediction, fast]
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core

50MN Digital Booster Microwarpdrive
Ahremen's Modified Cap Recharger
Chelm's Modified Cap Recharger

[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]

Small Ancillary Current Router II
Small Ancillary Current Router II

12717 cold.

Edit: apparently with HG snakes and Zor.

Edit: 13353 with Quafe Zero. C6 Black Hole just to be ridiculous hits 26705.

Fit, please! Claiming to know the fastest ship in EvE is serious business! ;)


Nice one! PYFA tells me this ship will fly 9737 m/s.


Pure awesome! Yeah I actually tried fitting the Svipul kind of like that, but I failed. This one works, however, and PYFA tells me it'll zoom around at 9858 m/s. Not bad at all!

Edit: Based on the same philosophy, here's my next contribution:


[Claw, Pure Speed II]

Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core
Navy Micro Auxiliary Power Core

50MN Digital Booster Microwarpdrive
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Small Ancillary Current Router II
Small Auxiliary Thrusters II


This Claw runs 10881 m/s with no booster, implants or drugs. The same philosophy applied to the Succubus makes it fly at a whopping 7238 m/s using an MWD instead of an AB. I tried making it work with a 100MN AB, but that didn't work, sadly.

I tried making an omen navy that goes up to 18 km/s but it won't go faster than 17058 m/s. Also note that this fit is not boosted by secondary effects other than implants and booster.
[Omen Navy Issue, Omen Navy Issue fit]

Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector

Cormack's Modified 500MN Microwarpdrive
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Medium Auxiliary Thrusters II
Medium Auxiliary Thrusters II
Medium Auxiliary Thrusters I

Quafe Zero
High-grade Snake Alpha
High-grade Snake Beta
High-grade Snake Gamma
High-grade Snake Delta
High-grade Snake Epsilon
High-grade Snake Omega
Zor's Custom Navigation Hyper-Link

Then I was thinking, minmatar ships are usually the fastest by design, so I look around and found the Vagabond and the fastest I could go with the Vagabond is 17849 m/s. Also note that also this fit is not boosted by secondary effects other than implants and booster.
[Vagabond, Vagabond fit]

Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector
Domination Overdrive Injector

Cormack's Modified 500MN Microwarpdrive
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]
[Empty Med slot]

[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]
[Empty High slot]

Medium Auxiliary Thrusters II
Medium Auxiliary Thrusters II

Quafe Zero
High-grade Snake Alpha
High-grade Snake Beta
High-grade Snake Gamma
High-grade Snake Delta
High-grade Snake Epsilon
High-grade Snake Omega
Zor's Custom Navigation Hyper-Link

Gods and demons I miss the old days..... with barely any faction mods, claws could do 30km+ with Vagas right behind.....

Scott Manley on YT once got a Dramiel up to 20 km/s

Source

Cheap fit


10005 m/s cold, no boosters .. cheap ... not cap stable ... tweak around with it speed drops to about 9500 to get it going cap stable ..

now something to make u cry :



12.9 km/s unboosted/no implants
26 km/s snake set + zor + quafe + heat
64,6 km/s bring it into c6 black hole with a friend in loki for fleet boosts

thats the fastest thing ive sofar come up with .. poke me if i missed some hull that can go faster in that enviroment .. also poke me if anyone actualy fits one and undocks it .. not to mention taking it into wh .. :))

in the meanwhile ill cruise around in the cheap ass punisher