Rorqual
Description:
The Rorqual was conceived and designed by Outer Ring Excavations in response to a growing need for capital industry platforms with the ability to support and sustain large-scale mining operations in uninhabited areas of space.
To that end, the Rorqual's primary strength lies in its ability to grind raw ores into particles of smaller size than possible before, while still maintaining their distinctive molecular structure. This means the vessel is able to carry vast amounts of ore in compressed form.
Additionally, the Rorqual is able to fit a capital tractor beam unit, capable of pulling in cargo containers from far greater distances and at far greater speeds than smaller beams can. It also possesses a sizeable drone bay, jump drive capability and the capacity to fit a clone vat bay. This combination of elements makes the Rorqual the ideal nexus to build deep space mining operations around.
Due to its specialization towards industrial operations, its ship maintenance bay is able to accommodate only industrial ships, mining barges and their tech 2 variants.
To that end, the Rorqual's primary strength lies in its ability to grind raw ores into particles of smaller size than possible before, while still maintaining their distinctive molecular structure. This means the vessel is able to carry vast amounts of ore in compressed form.
Additionally, the Rorqual is able to fit a capital tractor beam unit, capable of pulling in cargo containers from far greater distances and at far greater speeds than smaller beams can. It also possesses a sizeable drone bay, jump drive capability and the capacity to fit a clone vat bay. This combination of elements makes the Rorqual the ideal nexus to build deep space mining operations around.
Due to its specialization towards industrial operations, its ship maintenance bay is able to accommodate only industrial ships, mining barges and their tech 2 variants.
Rorqual
ship bonuses:
Capital Industrial Ship bonuses (per skill level):
- 5% bonus to Mining Foreman Burst Strength and Duration
- 3% bonus to Shield Command Burst Strength and Duration
- 5% reduction in fuel consumption for Industrial Core
- 10% bonus to drone hitpoints, damage and mining yield
- -10% reduction in drone ice harvesting cycle time
Role bonus:
- 400% bonus to Remote Shield Booster optimal range
- 90% reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue
- Can fit Clone Vat Bay
- Can fit Industrial Core
- Can operate Excavator Drones
- Can fit three Command Burst modules
- Can fit one Pulse Activated Nexus Invulnerability Core
- 50% bonus to Command Burst Area of Effect Range
- 5x penalty to Entosis Link cycle time
- 900% bonus to Survey Scanner range
- 200% bonus to Cargo Scanners range
Rorqual
defenses
hitpoints | EM resistance |
explosive resistance |
kinetic resistance |
thermal resistance |
uniformity * | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shield: | 90000 | 1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.75 % |
Armor: | 60000 | 0.5 |
0.9 |
0.65 |
0.65 |
0.75 % |
Structure: | 300000 | 0.67 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
1 % |
* Threshold below which damage starts "bleeding" through to the lower level

Shield recharge time: 14400000 S
Rorqual
Fitting:
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Powergrid output: 420000 MW
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CPU output: 1200 Tf
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Calibration: 400 points
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Capacitor: 67500 GJ
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High slots: 8
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Med slots: 7
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Low slots: 4
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Turret hardpoints: 0
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Launcher hardpoints: 0
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Rig slots (size): 3 (Extra large)
Rorqual
Targeting:
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Max locked targets: 7
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Max targeting range: 200000 M
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Radar sensors: - points
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Ladar sensors: - points
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Magnetometric sensors: 115 points
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Gravimetric sensors: - points
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Signature radius: 11500 M
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Scan resolution: 75 Mm
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Scan speed: 6750 S
Structure and speed:
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Mass: 800000000 kg
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Volume: 14500000 m3
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Cargo capacity: 40000 m3
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Maximum velocity: 60
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Warp speed: 1.5
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Inertia modifier: 0.07
Required skills:
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28374 1
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20533 2
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3456 1
Recommended certificates:
- All Combat Drones
- Armor Reinforcement
- Capital Shield Tanking
- Core Spaceship Operation
- Foreman Mining Bursts
- Industrial Reconfiguration
- Jump Drive
- Magnetometric Target Management
Capacitor:
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Capacitor Capacity 67500
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Capacitor Recharge time 4500000
Structure:
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Ore Hold Capacity 300000
Fitting:
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Rig Slots 3
Drones:
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Drone Bandwidth 125
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Drone Capacity 8800
Miscellaneous:
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Heat Attenuation 0.82
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Ship Warp Speed 1
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Unused Clone Vats 0
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Power Load 0
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Fuel Bay Capacity 10000
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Capital Sized Vessel 1
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Banned in High Sec Space 1
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Jump Fatigue Multiplier 0.1
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Gate Scramble Status 0
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Entosis Assistance Impedance 0.00001
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Item Damage 0
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Maximum Active Command Relays 2
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Meta Level 0
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Maximum Operational Distance 5000
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Maximum Concurrent Operational Users 10
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Onboard Jump Drive 1
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Jump Drive Fuel Need 17887
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Maximum Jump Range 5
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Jump Drive Consumption Amount 4000
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Jump Drive Capacitor Need 0.95
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Ship Maintenance Bay Capacity 1000000
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Fleet Hangar Capacity 40000
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Maximum Jump Clones 6
Manufacturing
Base materials:
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Capital Propulsion Engine: 9
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Capital Sensor Cluster: 9
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Capital Armor Plates: 7
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Capital Capacitor Battery: 11
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Capital Power Generator: 11
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Capital Shield Emitter: 9
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Capital Jump Drive: 11
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Capital Cargo Bay: 22
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Capital Drone Bay: 6
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Capital Computer System: 33
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Capital Construction Parts: 44
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Capital Clone Vat Bay: 33
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Capital Ship Maintenance Bay: 33
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Capital Corporate Hangar Bay: 17
Manufacturing
Blueprint details:
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Blueprint: Rorqual Blueprint
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Tech level: 1
Manufacturing
Skills needed:
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Capital Ship Construction: 4
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