I'm glad they haven't been added at all there the jove are op they spy on all four races so basically a jove would be a Madrugar with a blaster thats a scout with scaners that have a radius of the map.

No

It would be a Sentinel with Profile 0
Scan Precision 0
And dual wield Combat Rifle and Rail Rifle at once
With a turret installation on their back like a turtle (of course it's railgun their AI OP yo)

And the GM's would laugh

No wonder the Amarr lost

Not really.....Jove would never make infantry combat units.....their population is currently primarily in cryostasis and the ones that are awake are physically probably not able to engage in direct combat with other ground based units.....

Also given Jovian technological superiority they would never need to take the surface of planets as they have their own space and probably no interest in controlling our own.

If they did make ground based equipment it would be suits make for 5 foot tall soldiers, unless they too use our immortal cloning tehniques and use nanite bodies....

Primarily use laser weapons, with shields and armour functioning far beyond any of the known races ability to replicate.

Actually...

GÇ£ThereGÇÖs something coming right towards me!GÇ¥ Thumgar screamed, putting the CLAW into full automatic and spraying rounds wildly in front of him. Vlad spanned his rifle left and right, desperately seeking a target but finding none. More machine gun bursts illuminated the cavern wall as the other soldiers shouted and fired their silenced weapons into the shadows. Just as Vlad took a breath to speak, he saw ThumgarGÇÖs CLAW inexplicably throw itself from his hands. The giant man appeared to freeze for a moment, then dropGÇögently, as if hands were guiding himGÇöface down onto the ground.

Then Vlad felt itGÇöa draft of air on the back of his neck that shouldnGÇÖt have been thereGÇöand reacted solely on instinct. In one fluid motion, he thrust the rifle backwards as hard as he could, and felt the stock slam into a man. Ignoring the strange sounding grunt, Vlad whirled 180 degrees to his left, unsheathing the KriGÇÖTak in mid-spin with his right hand and exploding forward in a lunge. There was nothing in front of him that his eyes could see, but VladGÇÖs senses told him otherwise. His left forearm caught something heavy on its way up to block an invisible counterstrike, but his right handGÇöclenching the knife tightly and keeping the blade parallel to the groundGÇöcontinued unobstructed in a wide arc until it punctured something thick, right where a manGÇÖs rib cage would be.

An ear-piercing howl filled the cavern as a Jovian soldier materialized at the hilt of the knife. Just as Vlad commanded his wrist to twist the blade, he felt something strike his lower back, and then all of the muscles in his body went numb. Panic overwhelmed him as he fell backwards, completely paralyzed. He did not feel himself hit the ground, but saw the silhouette of a second Jovian standing over him a moment later.


Also

Viola took a few hesitant steps forward. The Jovian was slender, and stood less than 180 centimeters tall. His entire body, save for his head and hands, was covered in an armored suit. She began to feel uncomfortable at the sight of those bottomless orbs staring through her.



Granted, 5 ft is technically less than 180cm (it's actually 152cm), it seems to be odd wording if it was meant to portray the Jove as midgets.

Personally, I think CCP has redacted the original lore entry on the Jove over the years.

You take 200 Sub Capital Ships against a Titan and frigates with tech 10,000 years more advanced.....yeah you'd probably lose too...and at the time we were the most power military force in the cluster of the four empires.

Rodger, that really odd... I wouldn't have though the Jove would have had the capacity to field soldier......and how the hell does a hyper advanced soldier die to a knife of some sort.

the Jovians have basically admiteed that we are getting up to their technology level faster than they could have imagined. our carriers may have been able to fall to one of their frigates ten years ago, but als, those days are gone. we are getting closer to their tech very quickly.

The Jove soldier didn't die, just got injured.

And the Jove only lost 1/3 of the much smaller fleet they used to repel the Amarrians.

Hmm thats odd I never heard that we managed to inflict casualties on the Jove Fleet.

Do we know how large it was?

The Jove soldier didn't die, just got injured.

And the Jove only lost 1/3 of the much smaller fleet they used to repel the Amarrians.

No, we are unfortunately not.

The most significant increase in ship capability in the past 200 years has been the introduction of the capsuleer, with the second most significant arguably being Fullere-based technology (Tech 3) adapted from the sleepers, and third the Morphite-based (Tech 2) enhancements that began just under a decade ago. (T2 and T3 technology is obviously fairly new still)

Even the now abundance of T2 vessels, and the increasing number of T3, the technology is still limited, and by all accounts STILL lacking in many ways compared to what the Jovians were capable of two centuries ago.

It's only been mentioned that it was smaller, but not by how much (no actual numbers given)

It seems like most of the losses on the Jove side were larger ships

read the post by the CPM in the topic called 'Bye Bye Jove'

Just read those chronicles. They're short reads, 20 min tops. Read one a day. You'll be an expert. Then go to the evelopedia and read entries on the major factions and corporations within them.

I love the last few chronicles involving dust.