Sara Finn
Amarr
Order of the Blessed Sisters of Amarr
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Posted - 2007.01.14 21:43:00 -
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I put this in another post, but what the hell, I'm hoping someone other than me likes this idea, as I'm not a big fan of the ORE ships and like to see a little more utility and flavour to our beloved mining vessels.
Racial Mining Vessels: In response to the success of the ORE ships and the depletion of resources in the Core Systems, the 4 Empires have designed new mining ships. All ships are a little bigger than Cruisers and can mine just as well as the Covetor (unless noted). All ships have increased overall hitpoints over the Covetor and have a couple of more slots than the Covetor (racially balanced ofcourse), and also the same sized drone bay (unless otherwise noted). All ships are T1 and priced above the Covetor.
Anole -- In response to the State's vast hunger for ore and minerals and it's equally dwindling supply, Ishkone has used it's research on the Buzzard project and adapted it to a mining ship. Utilizing a Covert Ops cloaking devices to a ship that can mount 2 Strip Miners, has given the State the ultimate stealth miner, so that it may embark on clandestine mining operations deep within Guristas or Gallente space.
Inanna -- Creodron has taken the Covetor, ripped it apart and inserted its own hard-coded drone technology. The result is a ship that only has 2 Strip Miner hard-points, but the largest drone bay of all mining ships (expandable with skills) and with mining drone bonuses. With maxed-out skills, the Inanna would be the best miner of the bunch, and would have the best offense, capable of putting out Heavy drones in its defense. It would have the weakest armour and sheild of the bunch though.
Deacon -- Viziam utilizing its customary imgination has taken a Covetor hull, made it bigger and put some very impressive armour plating on it. The thinking behind this is give the miner a superior defense and he will be able to take care of himself in some of the Empire's less-than-hospitible places. This ship would have the largest number of low slots and best defenses of the bunch.
Zephyr -- The Thukker tribe has taken a bit of a different tact from the others and adapted solar panels to a very small and (electronically) unsofisticated design. The result is a ship that utilizes less of its onboard power the better the pilot is familiar with its system. This will ultimatley decrease the signature radius (with maxed skills reducing it to a small frigate like a probe) making it hard to detect. This ship will also be the fastest and most manuverable mining ship (that's not saying much though  ). |