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===Gang Links===

You can equip and use 3 gang links on the Orca at the same time. However, the Orca only has 3 high slots so a tractor beam would have to replace one gang link. This is also going to depend on what you’re using the ship for – a mining support ship is going to have different high slots than an exploration platform (more on that later). Additionally, you get a bonus to mining gang links with each level of ~~industrial command ship~~ skill, on top of the bonuses you would get from the Mining Director skill, Warfare Link Specialist, and the Mining Foreman Mindlink implant.

You can equip and use 3 [[warfare links|gang links]] on the Orca at the same time. However, the Orca only has 3 high slots so a tractor beam would have to replace one gang link. This is also going to depend on what you’re using the ship for – a mining support ship is going to have different high slots than an exploration platform (more on that later). Additionally, you get a bonus to mining gang links with each level of {{sk|Industrial Command Ships}} skill, on top of the bonuses you would get from the {{sk|Mining Director}} skill, {{sk|Warfare Link Specialist}}, and the Mining Foreman Mindlink [[implant]].

Since the ship only gets bonuses to mining gang links, we’ll focus on those for now.

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===Tank===

The Orca has a really nice tank. Out of the box, it has 10,750 shields, 6,900 armor, and '''46,000''' hull. Add your skills on top of that, like ~~mechanic level 5~~, and this thing can actually be hull buffer tanked. In fact, doing nothing but adding a Damage Control II to the ship will give you a huge buffer to ward off attacks. With a ~~DCUII~~ in a lowslot and a shield tank in 3 or 4 midslots, over ~~170kEHP~~ can be achieved. If you really want to go crazy, you can get the thing over 270,000 EHP with good skills. You cut into your tank significantly by going with 2 cargo expanders in the lows (granting over 90k m3 in your cargohold with rigs though) so a ~~DCU~~ is generally recommended.

The Orca has a really nice tank. Out of the box, it has 10,750 shields, 6,900 armor, and '''46,000''' hull. Add your skills on top of that, like {{sk|Mechanics|V}}, and this thing can actually be hull buffer tanked. In fact, doing nothing but adding a Damage Control II to the ship will give you a huge buffer to ward off attacks. With a Damage Control II in a lowslot and a shield tank in 3 or 4 midslots, over 170,000 EHP can be achieved. If you really want to go crazy, you can get the thing over 270,000 EHP with good skills. You cut into your tank significantly by going with 2 cargo expanders in the lows (granting over 90k m3 in your cargohold with rigs though) so a Damage Control Unit is generally recommended.

==Uses for the Orca==

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 ===Gang Links===
-You can equip and use 3 gang links on the Orca at the same time.  However, the Orca only has 3 high slots so a tractor beam would have to replace one gang link.  This is also going to depend on what you’re using the ship for – a mining support ship is going to have different high slots than an exploration platform (more on that later).  Additionally, you get a bonus to mining gang links with each level of industrial command ship skill, on top of the bonuses you would get from the Mining Director skill, Warfare Link Specialist, and the Mining Foreman Mindlink implant.
+You can equip and use 3 [[warfare links|gang links]] on the Orca at the same time.  However, the Orca only has 3 high slots so a tractor beam would have to replace one gang link.  This is also going to depend on what you’re using the ship for – a mining support ship is going to have different high slots than an exploration platform (more on that later).  Additionally, you get a bonus to mining gang links with each level of {{sk|Industrial Command Ships}} skill, on top of the bonuses you would get from the {{sk|Mining Director}} skill, {{sk|Warfare Link Specialist}}, and the Mining Foreman Mindlink [[implant]].
 Since the ship only gets bonuses to mining gang links, we’ll focus on those for now.
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 ===Tank===
-The Orca has a really nice tank.  Out of the box, it has 10,750 shields, 6,900 armor, and '''46,000''' hull.  Add your skills on top of that, like mechanic level 5, and this thing can actually be hull buffer tanked.  In fact, doing nothing but adding a Damage Control II to the ship will give you a huge buffer to ward off attacks. With a DCUII in a lowslot and a shield tank in 3 or 4 midslots, over 170kEHP can be achieved.  If you really want to go crazy, you can get the thing over 270,000 EHP with good skills.  You cut into your tank significantly by going with 2 cargo expanders in the lows (granting over 90k m3 in your cargohold with rigs though) so a DCU is generally recommended.
+The Orca has a really nice tank.  Out of the box, it has 10,750 shields, 6,900 armor, and '''46,000''' hull.  Add your skills on top of that, like {{sk|Mechanics|V}}, and this thing can actually be hull buffer tanked.  In fact, doing nothing but adding a Damage Control II to the ship will give you a huge buffer to ward off attacks. With a Damage Control II in a lowslot and a shield tank in 3 or 4 midslots, over 170,000 EHP can be achieved.  If you really want to go crazy, you can get the thing over 270,000 EHP with good skills.  You cut into your tank significantly by going with 2 cargo expanders in the lows (granting over 90k m3 in your cargohold with rigs though) so a Damage Control Unit is generally recommended.
 ==Uses for the Orca==