Finally got back to fully playing EVE after my winter break in sunny California. There was a change to alpha skills during this time, making this new pioneer ship now more value to new and alpha players.
This skill was limited to level 2, now at 3 allows 3 gas scoops increasing your collection by 50%. Using 2 scoops it takes a venture 50 minutes to harvest a full load.
Note: This section was edited for erroneous data, sorry guys!
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Assuming you are willing to risk losing this ship the cost of 3 scoops is about 15 million ISK. The ship is either free with the mission John described above or you can buy one at Jita for 4.4 million. Although I see they are found as low as, 3.5 elsewhere.
Gas prices are down at the current time, but they should rebound by spring of this year.
| Gas | Price | 500 units | 800 units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viridian Myko | 100,000 | 50,000,000 | 80,000,000 |
| Lime Myko | 90,000 | 45,000,000 | 72,000,000 |
| Golden Myko | 85,000 | 42,500,000 | 68,000,000 |
| Amber Myko | 75,000 | 37,500,000 | 60,000,000 |
| Vermillion Myko | 70,000 | 35,000,000 | 56,000,000 |
| Azure Myko | 40,000 | 20,000,000 | 32,000,000 |
However remember, this ship makes you a bigger target. Gankers will be searching those gas sites using probes to find you. My advice is to work at this only during low server population or when there is an event distracting the other players elsewhere.
Mine Safe 