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General Info

• Special Ability: 5% bonus to Small Hybrid Turret damage and Remote Sensor Dampener effectiveness per skill level.

This is a basic T1 setup for use in a PvP-BASIC Hydra gang.

The maulus is an excellent electronic warfare platform. With its bonus to sensor dampeners, many ships will be dead before they can establish lock. Teaming up with an ECM ship such as a griffin can create a truly deadly combination for 2 tech 1 frigates.

Unlike most electronic warfare frigates, the maulus is actually capable of dealing significant damage with blasters and light drones, however in PvP-BASIC this is generally not effective (blaster range is too short, and you will lose your drones the first time the fleet emergency warps out of a fight). When fitting a maulus for PvP-BASIC, your focus should be on maximising the effectiveness of your sensor dampeners.

Remember to bring both types of scripts as you may be directed to change them by the FC or EWO.

Setup

Stats (All level V)

• Speed: 869 m/s
• DPS: 34 (Plutonium Charge S)
• Turret Optimal + Falloff: 7 + 6.3 (Plutonium Charge S)
• Dampener Optimal + Falloff: 38 + 75
• Effective HP: 1,601
• Autonomy: stable at 59%
• Targeting Range: 62km

Lowslot

• Capacitor Power Relay I
• Capacitor Power Relay I (damps are very cap intensive, however with good skills you may be able to swap one of these for a Nanofiber or Signal Amplifier)

Midslot

• 1MN Afterburner
• Remote Sensor Dampener I
• Remote Sensor Dampener I

Hislot

• 125mm Railgun I
• 125mm Railgun I
• Salvager I or Small Remote Armor Repair System I (offline)

Drones

• Light Armor Maintenance Bot x 2

Cargo

1000 units of hybrid charges - try to choose an ammo type that gives you an optimal range over 6km (to stay outside smartbomb range).

• Targeting Range Dampening and Scan Resolution Dampening scripts for sensor dampeners.
  
• Spare Light Armor Maintenance Bots.

Rigs

While optional, some students may want to rig their frigates.

For the maulus, the following rigs may be useful:

• Small Inverted Signal Field Projector I (increases dampener effectiveness)
• Small Particle Dispersion Projector I (increases EWAR optimal range)
• Small Ionic Field Projector I (increases targeting range)
• Small Capacitor Control Circuit I (increases capacitor regen rate - may allow you to swap out a Capacitor Power Relay for something else)
• Small Auxiliary Thrusters I (increases ship max velocity)

Due to the high calibration requirement of the dampener strength rig, fitting 2 of it will leave you unable to fit a 3rd rig, although this will give you the highest possible dampener effectiveness.

Example EFT Cut & Paste

[Maulus, T1 Hydra]
Mark I Generator Refitting: Capacitor Power Relay
Mark I Generator Refitting: Capacitor Power Relay

Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters
Indirect Scanning Dampening Unit 
Indirect Scanning Dampening Unit 

125mm 'Scout' I Accelerator Cannon, Antimatter Charge S
125mm 'Scout' I Accelerator Cannon, Antimatter Charge S
Small Remote Armor Repair System I /OFFLINE

[empty rig slot]
[empty rig slot]
[empty rig slot]

Hobgoblin I x 2