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Skill hardwirings are a type of implant. Hardwiring gives a bonus equivalent to improving your trained level of a given skill. Often the top of the line in a given hardwiring is equivalent to training another level in that skill, though only for the bonus granted by the skill, not for satisfying prerequisites.

Note that each table entry below represents a series of hardwirings, not just one specific implant. Any series consists of different grades of that specific hardwiring giving a different bonus amount (most often 1%, 3%, 5%).

Hardwiring by affected skill area

Gunnery

For hardwires that include "(all)", the bonus affects all types of turrets, not just the racial turret otherwise featured in that set.

Summary by Slot

Out of slots 6, 8, and 10 you probably have 1 obvious choice you care about, i.e. your favorite racial turret in your favorite size.

6: +dam for racial small turret, else use a utility hardwire.
7: +tracking, -cap, or +falloff.
8: +dam for racial medium turret, else use a utility hardwire.
9: +dam, +rof, or +optimal.
10: +dam for racial large turret, else save CPU.

Summary by Skill

• Controlled Bursts: 'Lancer' Beta
• Motion Prediction: 'Gunslinger' AX
• Rapid Firing (and also Gunnery, which has the same type of bonus): 'Lancer' Delta
• Sharpshooter: 'Deadeye' ZGA
• Small/Medium/Large Energy Turret: 'Lancer' Alpha/Gamma/Epsilon
• Small/Medium/Large Hybrid Turret: 'Deadeye' ZGS/M/L
• Small/Medium/Large Projectile Turret: 'Gunslinger' SX/MX/LX
• Surgical Strike: 'Gunslinger' CX
• Trajectory Analysis: 'Deadeye' ZGC
• Weapon Upgrades: 'Gnome' KZA

Missiles

Missile hardwires include all 'Sharpshooter', all 'Snapshot', and 'Deadeye' beginning with "ZM" ('Deadeye' begining with "ZG" are hybrid turret hardwires, see above). They have 3-letter series ID's starting with "ZM".

The "ZMX" series in the database for citadel torpedos does not appear to exist in-game.

Note that the "KTA" series in slot 6 saves launcher CPU, but "KMB" fits in the same slot and boosts overall CPU, which is preferable.

Summary by Slot

6: +dam for cruise or heavier, else use a utility hardwire.
7: +dam for heavies, else range.
8: -explosion radius for cruise or smaller, else +vel for defenders (but a utility hardwire is probably preferable over that)
9: +dam for lights or rockets, else +explosion velocity.
10: +rof unless you really love FoF.

Summary by Skill

• Cruise Missiles: 'Snapshot' ZMU
• Defender Missiles: 'Snapshot' ZMD
• Heavy Assault Missiles: 'Snapshot' ZME
• Heavy Missiles: 'Snapshot' ZMH
• Missile Bombardment: 'Deadeye' ZMC
• Missile Projection: 'Deadeye' ZML
• Rapid Launch: 'Deadeye' ZMM
• Rockets: 'Snapshot' ZMR
• Standard Missiles: 'Snapshot' ZMN
• Target Navigation Prediction: 'Deadeye' ZMS
• Torpedoes: 'Snapshot' ZMT

Implants with no directly corresponding skill:

• 'Snapshot' ZMF (F.o.F. bonus to explosion radius, the skill's bonus is to damage)

Navigation

Navigation hardwires are 'Rogue'. They have two-letter series ID's ending in Y.

Mechanic

Mechanic hardwires are 'Noble' and 'Gentry', which have three-letter series ID's starting with ZET (for normal modules) and ZEX (for capital size modules), respectively. The number after the ZET/ZEX gives the slot, and the number of zeroes gives the strength.

Electronics

Electronics hardwires are 'Gypsy' and have three-letter model names beginning with K and ending in B. There are no electronics hardwires for implant slot 10.

Engineering

Engineering hardwires are 'Squire', 'Sprite', and most 'Gnome' models. 'Sprite' and 'Gnome' models enhance shield skills and have three-letter ID's beginning with K and ending in A or, for capital ship skills, X. 'Squire' models enhance the rest of the engineering skills follow a name pattern with two letters followed by a 2, 4, or 8 for strength.

Science

Science hardwires cover two different science skills, astrometrics ('Prospector', which have three-letter model names beginning with PP) and skill boosters (most of the 'Alchemist' line, which have two-letter model names ending in A).

(*) PPW, PPX, PPY, and PPZ only have one strength of implant available, requiring Cybernetics III.

Industry

Industry hardwires are 'Beancounter' for research and production, which have one-letter model names; and 'Highwall', 'Yeti', and one 'Alchemist' for mining.

Hardwiring by slot, summarized

Slot 6

Slot 7

Slot 8

Slot 9

Slot 10

Hardwiring by series, summarized