EVE New Citizens Q&A

Thought I'd make this to help with doing PI on a trial account.

Currently on day 5 of my trial, and after looking at the slick planetary management interfaces, I knew I had to give it a try. I trained up remote sensing, bought my command center, had my industrial from the mission and then when I was all ready I discovered trial accounts cannot train the industrial skill, which is a true shame because how else can you deploy a 1000 m3 command center without an industrial? I think its silly that you can train planetary interaction skills on a trial account, but there is no way for you to use them.

But after checking out all the gallente ships + some special editions, it appears there are some (unintended) extreme solutions. The primae can haul command centers without any skill requirements, for the unaffordable price of 22 million isk.
The one reasonable solution is to get the exequorer with 3 Type-D Altered SS Expanded Cargo modules. That gets you to 1005 m3, just barely enough to haul a CC. The cruiser costs 5m + ~300k for the 3 cargo expanders, still expensive but manageable.

Hope this can be of help to someone out there.

Choosing the appropriate ship/expanded cargo combinations will give similar options for the other races.

Amarr get the widest choice owing to their numerous low slots.

The rigs are called small cargohold optimizations and require astronautics rigging to fit (rigs, though, can be used without the skill, so long as someone with the skill installs them).

Once those are on, any old expanded cargohold modules should be adequate to get you above 1000m3. Expanded Cargohold IIs will take you to 1600.

Just a note on the primae it was a one time gift that was given when pi was first released which is why they are so pricey compared to other Indy ships.