Ships & Modules

I just bought a new Orca for 650m ISKish +/- 50m and I am looking for Orca fitting and can't find them on the forums.

I searched on Google and found 3 or 4 pages, which I may not have saved.


Does anyone have some they can share without taking too much time?

(I don't want to take their time...)

Yes, Maybe fix it for
1. Hauling,
2. Mining Boost
3. Ship Hangar
4. Ship Repair
fits

do they rly vary,

high
2 mining links 1 tank link
medium
2x lse
2x invul
low
DC
Bulkhead
rigs
3x Bulkhead

around that is what i would use in highsec. The other choice would probably be agility and warpspeed rigs and lows

Depends what you want to do with it, I'd go with a well tanked one for use in highsec, particularly if you're hauling or boosting while also mining on another account..
[Orca, Breeze Block]

Mining Foreman Link - Laser Optimization II
Siege Warfare Link - Shield Harmonizing II
Small Tractor Beam I

2x Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
2x Large Shield Extender II

Reinforced Bulkheads II
Damage Control II

3x Large Transverse Bulkhead I or 3x Large Core Defense Field Extender I

All skills 5 the TB fit is 387k EHP against blasters, the CDFE fit 289k EHP.

Fit cargo expanders and rigs at your own risk, gankers love it when you do as it makes you real easy to pop.

You need a Power Diagnostic System and max fitting skills (which you should have anyways when flying an Orca) to fit it. Yes, it does drastically reduce your EHP compared to a bulkhead fit since you lose both hull and shield HP (can't fit any extenders), but reducing your travel time and allowing you to align more quickly should more than offset this.

Keep in mind, this fit was before the current wave of hisec suicide ganks. I have no idea if this fit would save you from a typical gank squad or not.

Use an Ancillary Current Router as one of your rigs. More power than the PDS and it allows you to keep that bulkhead in the lowslot (and the reinforced bulkhead II gives more structure HP than the T1 transverse bulkhead rig).

Shield extenders are a bit of a waste on Orcas anyway since they don't do as much for your tank as inuvlns, so not being able to fit them isn't that big of a deal.

Yes, the web trick will work. It has the same effect as pulsing a MWD, which is to suddenly drop your top speed to your current speed or below. Just make sure that your escort is in your corporation or they'll get CONCORDed.


I haven't seriously played around with tavel-fit Orcas since I've been back, but that seems like a good compromise. I never fit mine for max cargo anyways. I'm just surprised that I don't see more people fitting MWDs to reduce travel time instead of trying to gank-proof themselves. The best defense is always to minimize the opportunity for someone to attack you.

2 T2 cargo rigs
1 T1 cargo rig

Mining link - laser opt T2
Tractor beam T2
Improved cloaking device T2

100mn AB T2
Adaptive invulns T2
XL ancillary shield booster

T2 D/C
T2 Reactor control T2

The pulse trick works great with 100mn AB.
MWD is not what you want to be using. Leave your sig alone!

If doing hauling/solo/mission runner fit just switch out the Reactor control and Mining link for Salvager and inertia stablizer.

Cargo rigs are a must! You want 50k m3 hauling without expanders in the lows. It makes it so you can move fitted BS's.
Maybe you build them and can't fly them. Maybe you flip on market. You want that 50k m3 so no item is out of reach for you to haul it where you want it. (( Without a freighter! ))
Cargo rigs also have draw back to armor. Instead of hull like the cargo expanders. Orca is a hull tanker.

Mindlink increases bonus of mining links by 25% and replaces 2% yield bonus from Mining Foreman skill with fixed 15% (so it's 5% more than Mining Foreman V gives you). Sounds quite useful if you are serious about having mining booster. In fact I will get one in... 1d 14h and 53m :)