Gas cloud harvesting: Difference between revisions

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While gas cloud harvesters can be mounted on any ship with turret slots, only the [[Venture]] and [[Prospect]] have bonuses to their use. A Venture with [[Skills:Spaceship Command#Mining Frigate|Mining Frigate]] trained to 4 has the equivalent yield to an unbonused ship with 5 harvesters. Additionally, it is far more agile than any ship that could fit 5 harvesters, and has a specialized ore hold for the gas. Thus it is by far the most common ship to use for harvesting gas.

The Prospect is another option. It has the ability to fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device, giving it more safety in the hostile environments that the more valuable forms of gas are found in. It also has a larger ore hold for the gas, and a larger regular cargo hold allowing for a mobile depot to be carried. However, it is more expensive, and harvests at the same rate as an equivalently skilled Venture.

The [[Prospect]] is another option. It has the ability to fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device, giving it more safety in the hostile environments that the more valuable forms of gas are found in. It also has a larger ore hold for the gas, and a larger regular cargo hold allowing for a mobile depot to be carried. However, it is more expensive, and harvests at the same rate as an equivalently skilled Venture.

*You will need a ship that has enough high slot turrets.

*Unlike other mining, gas cloud mining can not be performed in any type of exhumer. (They can not mount high slot turrets.)

*You will also need at least one Gas Cloud Harvester. You can only mount one harvester per trained skill level, and each one uses a turret slot.

*The [[Venture]] is the most common ship for gassing as, due to its bonuses, it has the same yield with its 2 turrets and Mining Frigate trained to 4 (with Mining Frigate 5 it gets higher yield) as an unbonused ship with 5 harvesters. Additionally it is far more agile than the ships which would be able to fit 5 harvesters. The Kronos expansion added the Prospect mining frigate. Although requiring many days of training, it offers the same gas bonuses as the Venture, allows the use of a covert ops cloak, and can carry a mobile depot in the hold for in-space refitting e.g. change one of the gas cloud harvesters for a core probe launcher. The [[Prospect]] is arguably the ideal vehicle for day-trip ninja gas harvesting in worm holes.

*The alternative is a battlecruiser or a cruiser with 5 turret slots such as a Thorax.

*Unlike regular mining there are no modules or rigs to increase yield. Ie, there are no gas equivalents to the Mining Laser Upgrade.

*A ship with gas harvesters attached appears to have nozzles coming from the body of the ship. The number of nozzles does not necessarily match the number of gas harvesters fitted.

*The Venture's ore bay can also hold gas, however other ships will probably want to fit Expanded Cargoholds in their lows as gas is bulky.

==The process of Gas Cloud Harvesting==

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 While gas cloud harvesters can be mounted on any ship with turret slots, only the [[Venture]] and [[Prospect]] have bonuses to their use. A Venture with [[Skills:Spaceship Command#Mining Frigate|Mining Frigate]] trained to 4 has the equivalent yield to an unbonused ship with 5 harvesters. Additionally, it is far more agile than any ship that could fit 5 harvesters, and has a specialized ore hold for the gas. Thus it is by far the most common ship to use for harvesting gas.
-The Prospect is another option. It has the ability to fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device, giving it more safety in the hostile environments that the more valuable forms of gas are found in. It also has a larger ore hold for the gas, and a larger regular cargo hold allowing for a mobile depot to be carried. However, it is more expensive, and harvests at the same rate as an equivalently skilled Venture.
+The [[Prospect]] is another option. It has the ability to fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device, giving it more safety in the hostile environments that the more valuable forms of gas are found in. It also has a larger ore hold for the gas, and a larger regular cargo hold allowing for a mobile depot to be carried. However, it is more expensive, and harvests at the same rate as an equivalently skilled Venture.
-*You will need a ship that has enough high slot turrets.
-*Unlike other mining, gas cloud mining can not be performed in any type of exhumer.  (They can not mount high slot turrets.)
-*You will also need at least one Gas Cloud Harvester.  You can only mount one harvester per trained skill level, and each one uses a turret slot.
-*The [[Venture]] is the most common ship for gassing as, due to its bonuses, it has the same yield with its 2 turrets and Mining Frigate trained to 4 (with Mining Frigate 5 it gets higher yield) as an unbonused ship with 5 harvesters. Additionally it is far more agile than the ships which would be able to fit 5 harvesters.  The Kronos expansion added the Prospect mining frigate.  Although requiring many days of training, it offers the same gas bonuses as the Venture, allows the use of a covert ops cloak, and can carry a mobile depot in the hold for in-space refitting e.g. change one of the gas cloud harvesters for a core probe launcher.  The [[Prospect]] is arguably the ideal vehicle for day-trip ninja gas harvesting in worm holes.
-*The alternative is a battlecruiser or a cruiser with 5 turret slots such as a Thorax.
-*Unlike regular mining there are no modules or rigs to increase yield. Ie, there are no gas equivalents to the Mining Laser Upgrade.
-*A ship with gas harvesters attached appears to have nozzles coming from the body of the ship.  The number of nozzles does not necessarily match the number of gas harvesters fitted.
-*The Venture's ore bay can also hold gas, however other ships will probably want to fit Expanded Cargoholds in their lows as gas is bulky.
 ==The process of Gas Cloud Harvesting==