One of the things that separate the Rorqual from the other mining platforms is its ability to compress ore, allowing it to carry way more ore than it’s cargo hold would suggest. Having said that lets look at the traits. Being a capital ship, it requires far more skills than both the Porpoise and the Orca do and unless you are training to become a capital pilot, the training investment might not be worth it. operation of a Rorqual is somewhat more complex than a Porpoise and Orca but its ability to boost a mining fleet is surpassed by none. The Rorqual is a capital ship that can only be used in space with 0.3 security or less. Fitting an Orcaīelow you can see an Orca fitting that is designed for high sec operations. If you take a chance with the more expensive mining drones an Orca can outperform a barge. In fact, at max skills, the ore yield of an Orca with 5 Tech II drones and mining rigs is about the same as a semi-tanked Procurer. The only stage where the Porpoise could be better than the Orca is for wormhole operations were ship mass is an important factor.Īnd like the Porpoise, the Orca can take part in resource gathering by using drones with an even greater bonus than the Porpoise. Below are the traits of the ship.įrom these traits, you can see that the Orca outranks the Porpoise on all accounts and has a greater ore hold than the Porpoise. The skills needed to fly a porpoise is Industrial Command Ship I, Mining Director I, Ore Industrial III, Spaceship Command V, Mining Foreman V and Leadership I. The Porpoise is the beginner level mining foreman platform which requires the least investment of ISK to get. There are three ships in Eve Online that are dedicated as a mining foreman platform, the Porpoise, Orca and Rorqual.
You only need Leadership I and Mining Foreman I to be able to start using these modules, with the Tech 2 variant needing Leadership V, Mining Foreman V and Mining Director I.įinally, you need a ship that is able to use the Mining Foreman Burst modules. Mining Laser Optimization Charges which reduce the cycle time and capacitor use of mining modules by 15%.
Mining Laser Field Enhancement Charges which increase the range of Mining and Survey modules by 30%. Mining Equipment Preservation Charges which reduce the crystal volatility by 15%. The three Mining Foreman Burst Charges are: