Editing Orientation Guide - First Week (section)

=== Phase IVb: Astero ===

The Astero is a versatile exploration ship that also has impressive combat bonuses and is quick to align (<2 seconds when properly fitted). Skills required to fly an Astero can be trained very quickly, but it’s also one of the most expensive frigates in the game. One of the strongest Astero bonuses is that it, just like Covert Ops frigates, can use a Covert Ops Cloaking Device. It is not recommended to use an Astero without a CovOps cloak, therefore Alpha clones are discouraged from flying this ship.  Also, the Astero cannot fit Interdiction Nullifier modules and is surpassed in scanning ability by Covert Ops Frigates once Covert Ops IV is trained. 

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!Skill
!Clone
!Required for
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|Amarr Frigate III
|style="text-align:center;"|𝛂
|Astero
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|Gallente Frigate III
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|Astero
|}