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===Mining Ops===
===Mining Ops===
{{expansion past| The Orca has some disadvantages in a mining op. First, it's a pilot that could be mining, assuming they have the skills. For example, if the Orca pilot has the skills they would need to fly a Hulk, they would need to be boosting four miners to be worthwhile in terms of yield over mining themselves. This is because an Orca with full bonuses ({{sk|Industrial Command Ships|V|icon=yes}}, {{sk|Mining Director|V|icon=yes}}, Warfare Link Specialist V, Mindlink Implant) would have roughly a 25% bonus to each activated mining link.|width=90%}}


The obvious use for the ship is to support mining ops, but how?
With the November 2016 Ascension update the Orca saw a drastic change in its ability to contribute to a mining op. Off-grid boosts were eliminated in favor of the new Command Burst system, and the Orca was given drastically increased mining and defensive capabilities.


{{expansion past| The Orca has some disadvantages in a mining op. First, it's a pilot that could be mining, assuming they have the skills. For example, if the Orca pilot has the skills they would need to fly a Hulk, they would need to be boosting 4 miners to be worthwhile in terms of yield over mining themselves. This is because an Orca with full bonuses (Industrial Command Ship 5, Mining Director 5, Warfare Link Specialist 5, Mindlink Implant) would have roughly a 25% bonus to each activated mining link.|width=90%}}
Post-Ascension, the Orca has the following mining bonuses:


With the November 2016 Ascension update the Orca saw a drastic change in its ability to contribute to a mining op.  It can't provide boosts "off grid" anymore, but it can mine! 
* 10% bonus to drone hitpoints, damage and mining yield per level of {{sk|Industrial Command Ships}}
 
* 100% role bonus to drone mining yield
Now the Orca has the following mining bonuses for itself:
* 25% reduction in ice harvesting drone cycle time
 
*10% (per level of [[Skills:Spaceship_Command#Industrial_Command_Ships|Industrial Command Ships]] ) bonus to drone hitpoints, damage and mining yield
*100% bonus to drone mining yield
*-25% reduction in drone ice harvesting cycle time


According to the dev blog describing the changes to the Orca:
According to the dev blog describing the changes to the Orca:
"With both skill and role bonuses to mining drone yield, the Orca can pull in similar ore volumes to an [[Exhumer]]."<ref>Community Dev Blog: https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/mining-foreman-revolution/#ORCA</ref>
"With both skill and role bonuses to mining drone yield, the Orca can pull in similar ore volumes to an [[Exhumer]]."<ref>Community Dev Blog: https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/mining-foreman-revolution/#ORCA</ref>


Secondly, the cargo space isn’t enough to support 4 or more hulks mining a belt. Even if you fit it for max storage, it holds about 180,000 m3 of ore (remember, the ship bay only holds ships) between the cargohold, orehold, and fleet hangar.  That’s about 6 and a half full cans worth of ore. Not bad, but a large mining op will fill up 6 cans quickly.  And if the Orca has to warp back to a station to keep dumping ore, that negates the link bonuses, as they deactivate in warp. Losing a range bonus halfway through a strip miner cycle can waste a lot of ore if the asteroid drops out of range.  Not to mention that the inertia and warp speed modifiers, while faster than a freighter, will still make your hulk feel like a frigate in comparison, so constantly moving the ship isn’t a real option. A dedicated hauler is still required.
Post-Ascension, the Orca's ability to store and haul ore has been greatly increased. With {{sk|Industrial Command Ships|V|icon=yes}}, the Orca's ore hold alone can hold 187,500 m3 of ore, which is roughly equivalent to a pre-Ascension Orca's total ore capacity across all holds.
 
Ascension also added a 400% role bonus to Remote Shield Booster range, as well as the ORE Mining Director Mindlink, which boosts both Mining Foreman Bursts and Shield Command Bursts. These additions allow an Orca to better defend its fleet in the event of either unexpectedly powerful belt rats or hostile pilots.


However, the Orca has many bonuses on top of mining yield. The range burst is invaluable, as it cuts down on how often you have to move your mining ships to new targets, considering the speed of most mining vessels.  Someone who is out of range is mining zero ore.
As noted above, the bonus to Tractor Beam range makes the Orca adept at pulling in jetcans or wrecks to a central location, rather than having haulers slowboating around belts to scoop them up themselves. Or even worse, requiring mining ships to haul their own ore back to station. Instead, the Orca can serve as the single warp-in point for the mining fleet's haulers.  Another advantage of the huge range on the beam is that the orca can pull in cans when a can flipper is in the system. Don't forget that if the Hulks / miners remain within 2500m of the Orca then miners can drop the ore directly into the fleet hangar completely removing the risk of theft.


Second, the range of the tractor beam on the Orca makes it great for pulling in cans to a central location, rather than having haulers slowboating around belts to scoop them up with pitiful range tractor beams. Or even worse, requiring mining ships to haul their own ore back to station.  The orca can also tractor the rat wrecks to a central point as well.  Many mining ops have more than one hauler.  If one of them is in an orca, not only do miners get the bonuses, but the haulers can be reduced in number since they have a single warp-in point to keep offloading ore. The orca pilot can also use drones to destroy and salvage belt rats allowing miners to equip only mining drones and removing the need for someone to have a salvage module in a high slot.  Another advantage of the huge range on the beam is that the orca can pull in cans when a can flipper is in the system. Don't forget that if the Hulks / miners remain within 2500m of the Orca then miners can drop the ore directly into the fleet hangar completely removing the risk of theft.
When combined with its large drone bay and range bonus to Remote Shield Boosters, the Orca's drone damage bonus allows it to defend a mining fleet from most belt rats almost single-handedly. Further, an Orca can bring a flight of salvage drones and forgo fitting a Salvager module, freeing up a high slot.


Additional functions that you can provide are:  
Additional functions that Orcas can provide:  
*Repair ships with drones as needed
* Repair ships with drones as needed
*Store a wide variety of spare mining crystals
* Store a wide variety of spare mining crystals
*Store combat ships in the hangar, should the op be working in a lower sec area with tougher rats.   
* Store combat ships in the hangar, should the op be working in a lower sec area with tougher rats.   
*Use a survey scanner to find and mark the biggest asteroids in the belt, so that people can focus on the most profitable rocks first.
* Use a survey scanner to find and mark the biggest asteroids in the belt, so that people can focus on the most profitable rocks first.


===Hauling===
===Hauling===
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