Top Gun Ship Reviews – Caldari Caracal
Hello, and welcome to Top Gun with me, Shailo Koljas. Tonight we’ll be looking at the Caracal, a cruiser class ship for the Caldari State.
Traditionally, the Caldari have favoured function over form, and it shows in the bare-bones, no-nonsense lines of the Caracal. From the long hull, to the stubby stabilising ‘wings’, to the 5 launcher mounts, the Caracal is all about one thing – raining death on your enemies, such as the Gallente. After all, who can resist blowing the Gallente out of space when they come prancing by in their latest creation?
Four million ISK gets you a basic Caracal – top speed of 187 m/s, five high slots, four medium slots and two low slots. The interior on a from-the-dealer Caracal isn’t really that special, the designers have gone for the traditional cold-forged steel look, with the occasional touch of fake wood. The dials, however, are very retro, and fit the cockpit space quite well.
Rumour has it that you can contact Pimp My Ship on Sobaseki XIX, and they’ll give you a complete overhaul for about 2 million ISK. This includes chroming your exhaust ports and launcher barrels, tinting the cameras, adding alloy rims to your afterburner, and installing a 4000W stereo system with external speakers for demonstrating your love of classical music to the Guristas. Sadly, your insurance won’t cover these upgrades, so if you get blown up, you’ll have to have it all done again.
Zero to 187 takes about four seconds, which really isn’t too bad for a ship the size of a Caracal. Don’t try pink slipping your local Merlin though, unless you’re sporting a stealth micro warp drive, as you’ll lose before you can say ‘corners like a pig’.
We gave our new Caracal over to our trusty driver, the Stag. Some say he eats nuclear warheads for breakfast, others say he’s a ghost. We know he’s a damn fine ship driver. He’ll be doing our standard 40 AU track, complete with chicanes, Gallente sentry guns and interceptors.
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Well, as you can see, the Caracal is a fine ship, though you have to watch out for that under steer on sharp turns, and be prepared to warp when you see your armour depleting.
Thank-you and good night!
