About ships, parts and their upgrades

Hello everyone.

I started playing EVE 2 days ago, now on break for family and holidays but if all goes according to plan monday i’m back to space :slight_smile: .

I have been mining, i’m just exploring what i can do in the game and in every game i played where i could do it i always enjoyed farming resources, using those for personal use but also selling them, i guess that selling even the most basic materials/resources will not be an issue on EVE.

I’m going to link a screenshot here, it shows the current ship that i am using the venture, and i was wondering what pieces can i get to it, can i buy shields or armor reinforcements? Can i increase the CPU power or capabality?
I really don’t know what to buy or to upgrade for this ship :frowning: this is one of the things that overwhelms me in a way, i have no idea what to get for my ship.

I have been curious about this subject, i guess that i can do combat missions against npc enemies? What do those consist off is it killing the enemies and the mission is done or do i have to loot them? For combat missions what kind of ships are more appropriate? Oh i had to edit this, how many ships are there on EVE Online and are there more to be added in the future?