Development The mining barge was designed by ORE to facilitate advancing the mining profession to a whole new level. Each barge was created to excel at a specific function, the Procurer's being durability. With that in mind, the designers could only make space to fit one mining or ice harvesting module. To mitigate the effect this would have on the ship's mining output, they came up with a unique loading system that allows this one module to work at triple efficiency. Mining barges are equipped with electronic subsystems specifically designed to accommodate Strip Mining and Ice Harvesting modules.
SHIP BONUSES
Mining Barge bonuses (per skill level): 5% bonus to ship shield hitpoints 2% reduction in Strip Miner and Ice Harvester duration Role Bonus: 150% bonus to Strip Miner yield 60% reduction in Ice Harvester duration and activation cost 50% bonus to drone damage and hitpoints
Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects.
Drones
Drone Capacity
50 m³
Drone Bandwidth
25 Mbit/sec
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
30.00 km
Max Locked Targets
5
Magnetometric Sensor
10 points
Sig. Radius
150 m
Scan Res.
440 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
5,500 HP
Mass
10,000,000 kg
Volume
100,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
350 m³
Ore Capacity
12,000 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
5,000 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
60
THR
35
KIN
25
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
6,000 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
20
KIN
40
EXP
50
Summary
Of the mining barges, the Procurer has the biggest tank whilst being in the middle for ore hold size and last for yield, thus making the Procurer most useful for mining in austere environments. It may be also noted that this is a good choice to have with a hauler while still having good defense with out a combat ship.
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
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 BYOM program.
