Ships & Modules

I am not sure on the numbers, as I haven't done much with either one, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Basically, both can be shot at, so there's no invulnerability here. If someone shoots a Depot in Highsec, he will get a suspect flag, so anyone can shoot at him without Concord intervention. If someone shoots at a Secure Container in HS, he will get a criminal flag (Concordokken).

The Mobile Depot enters a reinforcement cycle after being shot down to 25% shields (I believe 48 hours). That means, you have time to come and either defend or evacuate it, before the attacker can finish it off. If the Container is being shot at, it goes pop.

A Mobile Depot can be accessed by only yourself, while a Secure Container can be accessed by anyone who has the password (your alts, friends, spies, ...)


Not sure if the following still applies: Back in the day, I used to fly around in a Mammoth scooping up Secure Containers whole, without any repercussions, because people either forgot or didn't know how to anchor them. Don't make that mistake.


As for the question of whether people will use them to mess with you: It happens, but neither probing down and camping Depots, nor trying to bruteforce Secure Containers are very popular activities. People who are flying around with a prober anyway may bookmark your depot or reinforce it right away, at least in Highsec. In Low- or Nullsec, a Depot may attract other pilots. It's probably a good idea in that case to make a second safespot nearby and do a 5% directional scan towards your Depot, before actually warping to it. That way you can see if someone's waiting there for you. That won't protect you from either cloakers or smart people, who don't wait at your depot directly but in a safespot, ready to pounce once they get you on their scanner, though. But as I said - it's not an overly popular passtime anyway.