Armor Repair System

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A low slot, active module that uses capacitor to repair armor on 6 second intervals.

The repair to capacitor ratio is 1.5 to 1 (for a plain Tech 1 Armor Repair). It's more efficient than a Shield Booster (which has a 1 for 1 ratio), while having the same repair per second (10 HP per second for a Small sized). It does, however, have a longer cycle, thus may be more vulnerable to Volley Damage.

Armor repair (or any repair for that matter) operates on a different principle than other Armor modules. Rather than just giving you a static bonus to your maximum HP, or reducing the damage you take from a specific type of damage... it converts capacitor into HP. This creates two possibilities not present with other tanking modules:

1. Your HP is renewable. If you defeat one enemy, and no longer have weapons fire pouring in... you can restore your health, given time.

2. It is theoretically possible to make your Tank invincible by having a higher repair per second than the damage per second the enemy is doing. This is not possible by adding armor plates since armor, unlike shields, doesn't automatically regenerate over time.

Armor Repair Systems can save you ISK - lots of ISK. They allow your ship to self-repair its armor, rather than spend loads of money at a Starbase's Repair Shop. The trade-off is time. While the Repair Shop does the job instantly, an Armor Repair System completes the task over a period of time. How much time depends on your related skill level and the attributes of the specific unit. Also a core component of a ship's tank.

Contents 1 Varieties 1.1 Small 1.2 Medium 1.3 Large 1.4 Capital

Varieties

Only the more common varieties are listed here. See the articles on item families for more complete details.

Small

Main article: Small Armor Repairer Family

	Name	Meta Level	Armor HP Repaired	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage
Tech I	Small Armor Repairer I	n/a	60 HP	5 tf	5 MW
	Small I-a Polarized Armor Regenerator	1	63 HP	4 tf	5 MW
	Small Inefficient Armor Repair Unit	2	66 HP	4 tf	5 MW
	Small Automated I Carapace Restoration	3	69 HP	4 tf	5 MW
	Small 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I	4	72 HP	4 tf	5 MW
Tech II	Small Armor Repairer II	5	80 HP	6 tf	6 MW

• Activation cost: 40 Energy; Activation Duration: 6 seconds

Medium

Main article: Medium Armor Repairer Family

	Name	Meta Level	Armor HP Repaired	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage
Tech I	Medium Armor Repairer I	n/a	240 HP	25 tf	150 MW
	Medium I-a Polarized Armor Regenerator	1	252 HP	22 tf	150 MW
	Medium Inefficient Armor Repair Unit	2	264 HP	23 tf	150 MW
	Medium Automated I Carapace Restoration	3	276 HP	20 tf	150 MW
	Medium 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I	4	288 HP	21 tf	150 MW
Tech II	Medium Armor Repairer II	5	320 HP	28 tf	172 MW

• Activation cost: 160 Energy; Activation Duration: 12 seconds

Large

Main article: Large Armor Repairer Family

	Name	Meta Level	Armor HP Repaired	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage
Tech I	Large Armor Repairer I	n/a	600 HP	50 tf	2000 MW
	Large I-a Polarized Armor Regenerator	1	630 HP	47 tf	2000 MW
	Large Inefficient Armor Repair Unit	2	660 HP	48 tf	2000 MW
	Large Automated I Carapace Restoration	3	690 HP	49 tf	2000 MW
	Large 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I	4	720 HP	46 tf	2000 MW
Tech II	Large Armor Repairer II	5	800 HP	55 tf	2300 MW

• Activation cost: 400 Energy; Activation Duration: 15 seconds

Capital

	Name	Meta Level	Armor HP Repaired	CPU Usage	Powergrid Usage
Tech I	Capital Armor Repairer I	n/a	9600 HP	75 tf	125000 MW

• Activation cost: 2400 Energy; Activation Duration: 30 seconds