Saturday, December 18, 2010

The mighty Orca

Well Carraig naTairbhe is the proud owner of a space brick - the Mighty Orca. It is full of stuff, some of it useful, some of it less so. So lets start positive:
  • It is big. Really big. As long as you plan to fly smaller ships then it acts as a nice carrier;
  • It has a nice buffer tank - I think it has 102k EFT before I switch on any modules (242k with modules);
  • It can sport three full loads of light drones (armour, shields and ECM);
  • It CAN use warfare links, three of them.
The down side:
  • You can't use the Orca as a taxi, ie, you can't park one player inside it while another flies it;
  • The Corporate Hangars are different when characters in different corporations look at them, this stops you being able to use it as a base for characters when they are from different corps;
  • You can always jettison the load though, have the other character pick it up and use the fitting service;
  • When you launch a ship from the ship maintenance bay, it comes out with 35%? shields.
I have the Ship maintenace bay filled with:
  • A Catalsyt Salvaging Destroyer
  • A Helios cov ops
  • The Echelon frigate for hacking
  • An atron fit for speed
  • Space for an Ishtar
  • I need to find another cruiser for gas mining after a missed opportunity in exploration

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