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How to deal with low T3 cargohold if doing solo Explo via refits?
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Aine Morchet
Beautiful Space
#1 - 2014-07-17 21:36:25 UTC
So I was planning on doing solo exploration in a T3, carrying a mobile depot, and refitting between a travel/scan/hack fit and a combat fit.

However with only 270 m3 cargo, is this possible? Cloak is 100m3, 2 subs (or 3 for null) is 80m3, mobile depot is 50m3, so that's already 230 m3, then you have probe launcher, MWD and analyzers to go up to 255 m3. 15m3 isn't even enough for ammo, much less picking up loot.

Is there a way to pull this off or do I have to have an alt running around with me?
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2014-07-17 22:05:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Zhilia Mann
Aine Morchet wrote:
So I was planning on doing solo exploration in a T3, carrying a mobile depot, and refitting between a travel/scan/hack fit and a combat fit.

However with only 270 m3 cargo, is this possible? Cloak is 100m3, 2 subs (or 3 for null) is 80m3, mobile depot is 50m3, so that's already 230 m3, then you have probe launcher, MWD and analyzers to go up to 255 m3. 15m3 isn't even enough for ammo, much less picking up loot.

Is there a way to pull this off or do I have to have an alt running around with me?


Expanded cargoholds on your scan fit.

Edit: I'm actually serious. I used to do this with my Tengu even before the mobile depot came out. I wouldn't carry a nullifier with me since I was usually low sec but I did stash four or five around in stations near my most likely null entrances. Remember, in your combat fit you don't have to carry everything with you; it stays in station/depot while you run a site. It's only your scan fit that gets encumbered with all the stuff you have to carry.
Aerie Evingod
Midwest Miners LLC
#3 - 2014-07-17 22:45:24 UTC
What 3 subs? Just leave your scanning subsystem on.

You don't need to pack extra prop mods. Fly legion or proteus and you can fit so you don't need ammo.
Aine Morchet
Beautiful Space
#4 - 2014-07-17 23:08:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Aine Morchet
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Aine Morchet wrote:
So I was planning on doing solo exploration in a T3, carrying a mobile depot, and refitting between a travel/scan/hack fit and a combat fit.

However with only 270 m3 cargo, is this possible? Cloak is 100m3, 2 subs (or 3 for null) is 80m3, mobile depot is 50m3, so that's already 230 m3, then you have probe launcher, MWD and analyzers to go up to 255 m3. 15m3 isn't even enough for ammo, much less picking up loot.

Is there a way to pull this off or do I have to have an alt running around with me?


Expanded cargoholds on your scan fit.

Edit: I'm actually serious. I used to do this with my Tengu even before the mobile depot came out. I wouldn't carry a nullifier with me since I was usually low sec but I did stash four or five around in stations near my most likely null entrances. Remember, in your combat fit you don't have to carry everything with you; it stays in station/depot while you run a site. It's only your scan fit that gets encumbered with all the stuff you have to carry.


Ah ok. I didn't think about dumping off everything while in the combat fit. Do you actually leave a depot out in space while running a site, or leave it in a secure container?


Aerie Evingod wrote:
What 3 subs? Just leave your scanning subsystem on.

You don't need to pack extra prop mods. Fly legion or proteus and you can fit so you don't need ammo.


Its because its an arty loki and I need the webs :p (yes I know its a generally bad PvE ship but its what I can fly and I'll be in BR/sansha space).
RadiantShadow
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2014-07-19 13:14:48 UTC
So I do this in a tengu, I assume a loki would be similar, outfit your travel fit for max lows with a interdiction nullifier and covert reconfiguration then head on out. Cargo expanders as mentioned above.

When I find the site that I am going to run, I deploy the mobile depot into space, refit into my combat fit and then transfer everything from my cargo hold into the mobile depot that I do not need to run the site. go run the site, come back refit, scoop the depot and on to the next until I run out of ammo.

Disclaimer, I am not sure if this is tengu specific or not, but I travel with I think a dissolution sequencer because it gives me an extra low slot which means that I can carry extra missiles. Problem being is that there are a few sites I can not scan down unless I have the emergent locus analyzer, so I carry one just in case I need it....