Composing the ship maintenance bay
So, while I am test flying my Orca, I have started sketching the fleet of ships that will fill the 400.000 m2 bay. So far it looks something like this:
A cloaky combat ship for ratting and combat sites. I am quite sure this will be one strategic cruiser with multiple fitting options.
An excellent probing ship for fast probing for useful wormhole connections and exploration sites.
One or two hacking ships for data and relic sites. It needs decent defence capabilities against hunters.
An exhumer for mining solo. Or shout it be a cloaky mining frigate? Not sure yet. (No, I will not be fleet-mining with the Orca in hostile environments).
A cloaky gas mining ship for wormhole day tripping. Maybe two.
A capsuleer-combat fit stealth bomber for opportunities that are too good to let go. Maybe two. Recent news of re-balancing will put the fitting of these on hold for now, but there is time enough before we set out to make new fittings ready for the expedition.
A fast aligning, dual-prop, cloaky frigate for scouting and bookmarking. I am going to need a lot of bookmarks in every system I park my van.
Should I bring a dedicated ship for hauling, or should I keep one in Jita and only go back and pick it up for hauling when needed? Or should a third capsuleer do the hauling? Or will the Orca be enough storage for the whole expedition? I haven’t really decided on this yet, however, transport ships take up too much space to be considered in the bay, so it would have to be a hauling-fitted cloaky frigate, I think, and that’s not much hauling space, really. Well, thinking out loud here, as you can see.
Expenses: 3,8 billion ISK*
Whereabouts: Somewhere in hisec
* Expenses will include approximated values of all assets used in this project, regardless of it being bought now or prior to the project. It is basically the total amount of ISK I am putting at risk.
