Caldari ships reflect their origins in a dispassionate corporate culture, one more concerned with ends than the means necessary to reach them. They are almost exclusively shield tanks and favor the use of missiles and, to a lesser extent, railguns. Caldari fleet tactics are usually based upon the principle of destroying their target from a long distance; maintaining this distance in a prolonged battle can prove troublesome, however, as Caldari ships tend to be heavier, slower, and less maneuverable than their counterparts among the other races.