Titans
Titan
The Titan class starship was introduced as part of the Red Moon Rising expansion in December 2005. Titans are a super-capital class of starship, the largest in New Eden. They are built by alliances, due to their massive cost and sovereignty requirements. Costs for the construction of a Titan are said to be around sixty billion ISK, without taking into consideration the cost of modules, including their Doomsday device. Titans can only be constructed in sovereignty level 4, 0.0 systems at capital shipyards, and require roughly a 2 month build time.
The first player owned Titan was unveiled on September 26th, 2006 by the late Ascendant Frontier (ASCN) alliance. Coincidently, the same Titan became the first Titan destroyed on December 12th, 2006 when it came under assault by a Band of Brothers (BoB) capital fleet. Most Titans have fallen to conventional fleets involving capital support, however one Titan has fallen to a non-capital supported fleet.
Titans are hotly debated among the EVE community due to their influence in 0.0 warfare. Many believe their powerful Doomsday device and jump portal arrays make defensive gameplay, in combination with cynojammers, too strong. Many have also debated whether or not the ability to kill hundreds of battleships should be left to the activation of one weapon. But with great power comes great responsibility, and some Titans have fallen due to irresponsible usage of such a powerful weapon. The Doomsday device cooldown allows a 30 minute window for an opposing fleet to tackle and destroy the Titan before suffering another Doomsday. Because most Titans are not fit with capital class weapons, they are left defenseless after a Doomsday without a proper support fleet.
Because of today's changing alliance landscape, many alliances employ multiple Titans to wipe out entire fleets by using their Doomsday devices simultaneously. Even the most hardened battleship can fall after two Doomsdays. There is estimated to be over 100 Titans in existence today, with many alliances having more than one.
Roles
- Logistical (Jump Portal, Corporate Hanger, Clone Vat)
- Combat (Doomsday weapons)
- Fleet Booster