k now on to the more anticipated cruisers in this rebalance pass. These are the faster and lighter of the fighting cruisers. They're mostly made from the former tier II cruisers, with the exception of the Thorax.

In some ways the gap between Attack and Combat cruisers mirror the gap in the frigate lines, although for cruisers we're not dividing the lines quite so sharply. These ships do have less EHP than the Combat cruisers that will be unveiled next, but you can still buffer tank them decently if you downgrade guns.

Alongside the announcement of these ships, we're also proposing some adjustment to the fitting requirements of certain medium sized turrets which will help us keep the fittings of several ships within better ranges as we go forward:
-Drop the powergrid usage of Focused Medium Pulse lasers by 5%
-Drop the powergrid usage of Heavy Pulse lasers by 10%
-Drop the powergrid usage of all cruiser sized beam lasers by 10%
-Drop the powergrid usage of all cruiser sized artillery by 10%

There will also be associated Hurricane changes connected to the Arty PG change as well as significant missile changes that will affect the Caracal (and to a lesser extent the Stabber). Those can be found in this thread.

Details of the new gun fittings:
meta Name power cpu
0 Focused Medium Pulse Laser I 115 28
1 Focused Afocal Pulse Maser I 115 25
2 Focused Modal Pulse Laser I 115 23
3 Focused Anode Pulse Particle Stream I 115 26
4 Focused Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I 115 22
5 Focused Medium Pulse Laser II 127 29
8 Ammatar Navy Focused Medium Pulse Laser 127 22
8 Dark Blood Focused Medium Pulse Laser 127 22
8 Imperial Navy Focused Medium Pulse Laser 127 22
8 True Sansha Focused Medium Pulse Laser 127 22
0 Heavy Pulse Laser I 190 33
1 Heavy Afocal Pulse Maser I 190 29
2 Heavy Modal Pulse Laser I 190 28
3 Heavy Anode Pulse Particle Stream I 190 31
4 Heavy Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I 190 26
5 Heavy Pulse Laser II 209 35
6 Joust' Heavy Pulse Laser I 171 26
8 Ammatar Navy Heavy Pulse Laser 209 26
8 Dark Blood Heavy Pulse Laser 209 26
8 Imperial Navy Heavy Pulse Laser 209 26
8 True Sansha Heavy Pulse Laser 209 26
0 Focused Medium Beam Laser I 135 30
1 Focused Afocal Medium Maser I 135 27
2 Focused Modal Medium Laser I 135 25
3 Focused Anode Medium Particle Stream I 135 28
4 Focused Modulated Medium Energy Beam I 135 24
5 Focused Medium Beam Laser II 149 32
6 Crossbow' Focused Medium Beam Laser I 122 24
8 Ammatar Navy Focused Medium Beam Laser 149 24
8 Dark Blood Focused Medium Beam Laser 149 24
8 Imperial Navy Focused Medium Beam Laser 149 24
8 True Sansha Focused Medium Beam Laser 149 24
0 Heavy Beam Laser I 225 35
1 Heavy Afocal Maser I 225 31
2 Heavy Modal Laser I 225 29
3 Heavy Anode Particle Stream I 225 33
4 Heavy Modulated Energy Beam I 225 28
5 Heavy Beam Laser II 248 37
6 Arquebus' Heavy Beam Laser I 203 28
8 Ammatar Navy Heavy Beam Laser 248 28
8 Dark Blood Heavy Beam Laser 248 28
8 Imperial Navy Heavy Beam Laser 248 28
8 True Sansha Heavy Beam Laser 248 28
0 650mm Artillery Cannon I 180 27
1 650mm Medium Carbine Howitzer I 180 21
2 650mm Medium Gallium Cannon 180 25
3 650mm Medium Prototype Siege Cannon 180 22
4 650mm Medium 'Scout' Artillery I 180 24
5 650mm Artillery Cannon II 198 28
6 650mm Medium 'Jolt' Artillery I 162 23
8 Domination 650mm Artillery 180 24
8 Republic Fleet 650mm Artillery 180 24
0 720mm Artillery Cannon I 225 30
1 720mm Carbine Howitzer I 225 24
2 720mm Gallium Cannon 225 28
3 720mm Prototype Siege Cannon 225 25
4 720mm 'Scout' Artillery I 225 27
5 720mm Artillery Cannon II 248 32
6 720mm Medium 'Jolt' Artillery I 203 26
8 Domination 720mm Artillery 225 27
8 Republic Fleet 720mm Artillery 225 27

Now onto the ships themselves:

Omen:
Cruiser skill bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret capacitor use
5% bonus to Medium Energy Turret rate of fire
Slot layout: 5 H, 3 M, 6 L (+1), 5 turrets
Fittings: 925 PWG (+195), 315 CPU (+65)
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1200(+27) / 1700(+137) / 1600(+37)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1475(+225) / 526s(+79.75s) / 2.8
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 225(+44) / 0.51(-0.05) / 11650000 / 5.6s (-0.5)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 40(+30) / 40(+30)
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 55km(+10) / 300(+7) / 6(-1)
Sensor strength: 15 Radar (+2)
Signature radius: 125
Cargo capacity: 400(-50)

Caracal:
Cruiser skill bonuses:
5% bonus Rapid Light, Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile Launcher rate of fire
10% bonus to Light, Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile Velocity
Slot layout: 5 H, 5 M, 4 L (+2), 2 turrets, 5 launchers
Fittings: 630 PWG (+100), 430 CPU (+80)
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1700(+137) / 1200(+145) / 1500(+171)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1250(+187.5) / 445s(+63.75s) / 2.8 (+0.02)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 225(+47) / 0.425 / 12910000 / 5.1s
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 10 / 10
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 57.5km / 270(+28) / 6
Sensor strength: 16 Gravimetric (+1)
Signature radius: 135 (-10)
Cargo capacity: 450

Thorax:
Cruiser skill bonuses:
5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage
7.5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret tracking speed
Slot layout: 5 H, 4 M (+1), 5 L, 5 turrets
Fittings: 820 PWG, 330 CPU (+30)
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1200(-324) / 1600(-41) / 1700(+175)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1450(+75) / 490s(+25.25s) / 2.8
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 235(+55) / 0.49(-0.0658) / 11280000 / 5.2s (-0.7)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50 / 50
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 52.5km(-2.5) / 280(+21) / 6
Sensor strength: 15 Magnetometric
Signature radius: 130(-10)
Cargo capacity: 465(+200)

Stabber:
Cruiser skill bonuses:
5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret firing speed
7.5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret falloff
Slot layout: 6 H, 4 M (+1), 4 L (+1), 4 Turrets, 2 Launchers
Fittings: 715 PWG (+15), 340 CPU (+40)
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1500(+15) / 1400(+150) / 1400(+111)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1200(+137.5) / 427.5s(+46.25s) / 2.8(+0.01)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 285(+54) / 0.5(+0.02) / 11400000 / 5.3s (+0.2)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 5 / 5
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 47.5km(+7.5) / 320(+15) / 5
Sensor strength: 13 Ladar (+3)
Signature radius: 105
Cargo capacity: 420