Unprobeable ships can be quite useful. The most useful reasons in my opinion are:
- Unprobeable ship to run missions.
- Unprobeable snipers.
- Unprobeable ships with Ganglinks.
So how do you make a ship unprobeable? It’s decided by the equation:
1.08 > Signature Radius/Sensor Strength
So if you divide your Signature Radius by your Sensor Strength it has to be less than 1.08. Why this magical number of 1.08? A prober with max skills and all the best probing gear (faction probes, implants etc.) can probe a target that small.
T3s are probably the easiest ships to do this with. A tengu can run missions with this fit without being probed:
[Unprobeable Tengu]
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Power Diagnostic System II
Large Shield Booster II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
Heat Dissipation Field II
Conjunctive Gravimetric ECCM Scanning Array I
Conjunctive Gravimetric ECCM Scanning Array I
Conjunctive Gravimetric ECCM Scanning Array I
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Heavy Missile Launcher II, Scourge Heavy Missile
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Tengu Defensive – Amplification Node
Tengu Electronics – Dissolution Sequencer
Tengu Engineering – Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Tengu Offensive – Accelerated Ejection Bay
Tengu Propulsion – Intercalated Nanofibers
Signature Radius: 150m
Sensor Strength: 195
150/195 = 0.77 (2 decimal places)
So clearly this is unprobeable.
A word of warning: Your drones can be probed, even if your ship is unprobeable but you are using drones, they can be probed. Check in EFT first with your skills before thinking your ship is unprobeable.
