Cruiser

Medium-sized vessels designed to perform a broad variety of functions, Cruisers are larger and slower than frigates or destroyers but are significantly more durable. They mount fewer weapons than destroyers, 4-5 weapons instead of 8, but their power systems allow them to field larger, more damaging medium-sized weaponry. Cruisers come with a broad variety of mission profiles. While some excel at combat others are better suited to more peaceful roles such as cargo transport and mining. Four basic types exist for each major faction.

Tech I Cruisers

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Arbitrator Augoror Maller Omen	Blackbird Caracal Moa Osprey
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Celestis Exequror Thorax Vexor	Bellicose Rupture Scythe Stabber

Tech II Cruisers

Combat Recon Ships

Combat recon ships fill a more offensive role, with the same electronic warfare bonuses of the force recon, plus an additional bonus for weapons systems, but they cannot fit a covert ops cloak.

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Curse	Rook
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Lachesis	Huginn

Force Recon Ships

Force recon ships can equip the same covert cloaking module as the covert ops frigate while also having strong electronics warfare bonuses. Force recon ships also get a reduction for cynosural field generation fuel consumption. These ships are in many ways the U-Boats of Eve, as they can fly cloaked alone or in packs to catch enemies by surprise.

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Pilgrim	Falcon
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Arazu	Rapier

Heavy Assault Ships

Heavy assault ships, more often referred to as heavy assault cruisers (HAC), are designed to be good solo combat ships. Unlike battleships, HACs retain some element of speed allowing them to use this to their advantage against larger and slower opponents. The primary reason HACs are dangerous is their vastly increased damage resistances. They can take hits that would normally destroy a ship their size and keep fighting. As with the lighter assault ships, HACs are usually specially suited for certain styles of combat.

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Sacrilege Zealot	Cerberus Eagle
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Deimos Ishtar	Muninn Vagabond

Heavy Interdictors

Heavy interdictors are cruiser equivalents of the destroyer based interdictors, which combine area of effect warp disruption with the tanking capabilities of Heavy Assault Ships. Rather than using warp disrupt probes, the heavy interdictors use a module, the Warp Disruption Field Generator, which prevents all ships within its range from warping or jumping (including the heavy interdictor itself). A heavy interdictor may also load a "Focused Warp Disruption" script to the Warp Disruption Field Generator which allows it to warp scramble motherships and titans. While having the warp disruption field generator on a heavily tanked ship makes it more resilient, it also comes with some drawbacks. When activated the warp disruption field generator prevents remote assistance, increases the signature radius of the ship and reduces the effectiveness of afterburners and microwarpdrives. The agility is however effectively increased: the mass of the ship and the thrust of afterburners and microwarpdrives is significantly decreased (the thrust reduction cancels out the mass reductions in terms of speed boost). This effective increase in agility means that heavy interdictors flying at high speeds will slow down very fast once the warp disruption field generator is activated.

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Devoter	Onyx
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Phobos	Broadsword

Logistics Ships

Logistics cruisers are designed exclusively for the purpose of aiding teammates in combat. These Tech II cruisers are widely used in complexes and other NPC encounters. The role of the logistics ship is a perilous one in player combat, as most fleet commanders will prioritise a logistics ship's destruction to prevent it from repairing the rest of the fleet. Their bonuses to remote repairing and boosting, however, are considerable, and thus any group who can use logistics ships successfully can benefit greatly from them. The Alliance tournament in the summer of 2006 saw logistics ships used effectively in PvP combat. Starting with the Revelations II expansion, logistics ships have been granted stronger resistances and a number of special ship bonuses that effectively allow them to operate remote repair modules of battleship size.

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Gaurdian	Basilisk
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Oneiros	Scimitar

Faction Cruisers

Amarr Empire	Caldari State
Augoror Navy Issue Omen Navy Issue	Caracal Navy Issue Osprey Navy Issue
Gallente Federation	Minmatar Republic
Exequror Navy Issue Vexor Navy Issue	Stabber Fleet Issue
Angel Cartel	Blood Raiders
Cynabal	Ashimmu
Guristas	Sansha's Nation
Gila	Phantasm
Serpentis
Vigilant

Limited Edition Cruisers

Gallente Federation
Opux Dragoon Yacht Opux Luxury Yacht

Rare and Game Master Cruisers

Jovian Directorate
Phantom