Retriever
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The mining barge was designed by ORE to facilitate advancing the mining profession to a new level. Each barge was created to excel at a specific function, the Retriever's being storage. Although it only has space to fit two mining or ice harvesting modules, a fast loading system allows those two module to do the work of three modules. Mining barges are equipped with electronic subsystems specifically designed to accommodate Strip Mining and Ice Harvesting modules. SHIP BONUSES
Traits:
Ship Attributes
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2 (0/0) 
4 
3
110 MW 
310 tf
130 m/sec
450 m³
Summary
Of the mining barges, the Retriever has the largest ore bay--jet-can size at 27,500m3--whilst being in the middle for hit points and yield, thus making the Retriever most useful for solo mining by reducing the frequency of trips to unload. Additionally, the Retriever can fit an adequate tank to survive a suicide gank. cf. http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/p/why-was-i-ganked.html
Fitting
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Retriever for a specific or it's common role(s) can be written here.
All Gank[ed] No Tank
Modulated Strip Miner II
Modulated Strip Miner II
Survey Scanner II
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I
Medium Drone Mining Augmentor I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hobgoblin I x1
Salvage Drone I x1
Mining Drone II x3
Veldspar Mining Crystal II x2
- Has sufficient tank to survive a skilled solo ganker in 0.5 sec status or higher
- ECM drones are used as a deterrent as well as a chance to break target lock
- A singular Hobgoblin I will take care of hisec NPC pirates
Hisec Tanked (T1)
Strip Miner I
Strip Miner I
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I
F85 Peripheral Damage System I
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Mining Laser Upgrade I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hornet EC-300 x3
Hobgoblin I x1
Salvage Drone I x1
- Has sufficient tank to survive a skilled solo ganker in 0.5 sec status or higher
- ECM drones are used as a deterrent as well as a chance to break target lock
- A singular Hobgoblin I will take care of hisec NPC pirates
Hisec Tanked (T2)
Modulated Strip Miner II
Modulated Strip Miner II
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Mining Laser Upgrade II
Damage Control II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hornet EC-300 x3
Hobgoblin I x1
Salvage Drone I x1
Veldspar Mining Crystal II x1
- Has sufficient tank to survive a skilled solo ganker in 0.5 sec status or higher
- ECM drones are used as a deterrent as well as a chance to break target lock
- A singular Hobgoblin I will take care of hisec NPC pirates
Hisec Ice Tanked (T1)
Ice Harvester I
Ice Harvester I
Limited Adaptive Invulnerability Field I
F85 Peripheral Damage System I
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Ice Harvester Upgrade I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hornet EC-300 x3
Hobgoblin I x1
Salvage Drone I x1
- Has sufficient tank to survive a skilled solo ganker in 0.5 sec status or higher
- ECM drones are used as a deterrent as well as a chance to break target lock
- A singular Hobgoblin I will take care of hisec NPC pirates
Hisec Ice Tanked (T2)
Ice Harvester II
Ice Harvester II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Damage Control II
Ice Harvester Upgrade I
Ice Harvester Upgrade I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hornet EC-300 x3
Hobgoblin I x1
Salvage Drone I x1
- Has sufficient tank to survive a skilled solo ganker in 0.5 sec status or higher
- ECM drones are used as a deterrent as well as a chance to break target lock
- A singular Hobgoblin I will take care of hisec NPC pirates
Tactics
- Suicide ganking is a popular play-style and miners are prime targets; cf. Why Was I Ganked? and Suicide Ganking 101 slides
- Fit enough tank to survive the ganker's DPS long enough for CONCORD to destroy the ganker; as of Rubicon 1.2, this means surviving a Catalyst's 728.2 DPS for 25 seconds--18,205 Void damage--in a 0.5 system
- Use and keep launched ECM drones
- This lets gankers know that you are expecting them and implies you are tanked for them; this is deterrence
- This provides a chance to break the ganker's target lock for 20 seconds
- One Hobgoblin I is sufficient to destroy NPC pirates, leaving room for four ECM drones or three ECM drones and a salvage drone
- Setting drones to aggressive lets them engage your aggressor without having to target-lock first CCP Drone Guide
- Fitting expensive meta modules may compel a duo gank due to their high-value loot chance
- Trade hubs (especially Hek) and ice belt systems are popular hunting grounds for gankers
- Mine aligned to a celestial/station for faster warp-out
- Warping out when a non-mining ship enters your belt/anomaly is prudent
- Other mining ships may be scouts for gankers; it is good to know who your neighbours are and put known gankers on your contact list with terrible standing
- If attacked, overload your tank modules
- Mining in a fleet--even just two miners--provides boosts with Leadership skill and Mining Foreman
- It is impolite (and diminishes yield) to mine a rock someone else is already mining: when the rock runs out of ore, the first laser to cycle will get the last ore but the other lasers will continue to cycle (up to 3 minutes) and get nothing
Notes
This vessel qualifies for the University PYOS, BYOM, and Mining Loaner Fleet programs.
Outer Ring Excavation Ships
