# Orca High Sec **URL:** \ **Category:** PvE Ships & Modules\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173 "2018-06-07T00:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/1 "2018-06-07T00:42:54Z")
Anyone got a link for a solo mining fit that can jump back and forth between ice and ores that is a good tank ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/2 "2018-06-07T00:45:37Z")
That depends. You play on mining AFK? Because there is no tank against a Machariel… ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/3 "2018-06-07T00:49:56Z")
no I will be watching, I listen to music and mine ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/4 "2018-06-07T00:50:59Z")
It was a rhetorical question. It doesn’t matter if you AFK mine or not, there’s no getting away from a Machariel in an Orca. An Orca is not a solo mining ship… ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/5 "2018-06-07T00:53:20Z")
I only Hi Sec mine and I got defenders, I just need one that can jump back and forth between ice when it pops then back to ores ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/6 "2018-06-07T00:55:25Z")
Well, that’s simple. The Orca can’t fit any mining lasers, only mining drones, and you can only use 1 ice mining drone, or 5 ore mining drones. And fleet boosts don’t work on drones. So, that’s the extent of your options. 1 ice mining drone and 5 ore mining drones. Fit the rest of the ship for tank… ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/7 "2018-06-07T00:57:11Z")
ok thank you ---
**Author:** ![Whitehound](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/whitehound/32/59604_2.png) [@Whitehound](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Whitehound)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/8 "2018-06-07T01:00:04Z")
```nohighlight [Orca, Orca, mining] Damage Control II Reinforced Bulkheads II 500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Adaptive Invulnerability Field II Adaptive Invulnerability Field II EM Ward Field II Thermal Dissipation Field II Mining Foreman Burst II Mining Foreman Burst II Mining Foreman Burst II Small Tractor Beam I Salvager I Salvager I Large Transverse Bulkhead II Large Drone Mining Augmentor II Large Drone Mining Augmentor II Ice Harvesting Drone II x2 Mining Drone II x5 Hobgoblin II x5 Mining Laser Field Enhancement Charge x5000 Mining Laser Optimization Charge x5000 Mining Equipment Preservation Charge x5000 ``` This is what I’ve been wobbling around with. It’s 388k eHP and the mining yield depends on which drones you use and your skills. The mining yield isn’t actually that bad, but it’s no match against an exhumer. My skills on my Orca pilot aren’t maxed yet. So it’s 1154.8 m3 per minute with 5x T2 Mining Drones. And one ice every 78s. Just to give you some numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/9 "2018-06-07T01:08:49Z")
awesome thank you ---
**Author:** ![Jenne\_Wain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jenne_wain/32/71483_2.png) [@Jenne\_Wain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jenne_Wain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/10 "2018-06-07T01:28:40Z")
Just by way of comparison, here’s another (but similar) option that I use. [Orca, Drone Miner] Reinforced Bulkheads II Damage Control II Drone Navigation Computer II Adaptive Invulnerability Field II Adaptive Invulnerability Field II 500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive ML-3 Scoped Survey Scanner Mining Foreman Burst II Mining Foreman Burst II Shield Command Burst I Small Tractor Beam I Salvager I Prototype Cloaking Device I Large Drone Mining Augmentor I Large Drone Mining Augmentor II Large Drone Mining Augmentor II Hobgoblin II x5 ‘Augmented’ Mining Drone x5 ‘Augmented’ Ice Harvesting Drone x1 I never use this for solo ice, simple because an exhumer is faster, but I do use this for solo ore all the time. 300k EHP, so less than @Whitehound, but enough for quiet Hisec. I’ve got good skills and those are expensive drones, but I get \>1600 m3/minute with this. The cloak is of course optional, but if I need to briefly go AFK for some reason (grabbing a beverage, running to the bathroom, etc.) it’s handy to pull the drones and cloak up instead of docking up. ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/11 "2018-06-07T01:31:17Z")
Interesting fit, I will try it sometime ---
**Author:** ![Kigori](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kigori/32/513113_2.png) [@Kigori](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kigori)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/12 "2018-06-07T01:40:39Z")
You only have to Tank until Concord shows up, right? How quick can a Mach take down a well tanked Orca? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Askiras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alpha_askiras/32/51661_2.png) [@Alpha\_Askiras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alpha_Askiras)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/13 "2018-06-07T02:16:54Z")
A mach will bump the orca to prevent it from warping. While the orca is stuck, other pilots will log on in catalysts and use 800 dps catalysts to burn down the orca pretty quickly ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/14 "2018-06-07T02:23:13Z")
You don’t gank an Orca with a Machariel, you bump it. A good Mach pilot can keep an Orca permanently bumped. Long story short, you will get absolutely zero units of anything mined as long as that Machariel is there. ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/15 "2018-06-07T03:13:49Z")
Jenne, I dont have enough PG for that fit, what are you using to boost it, I got 20 available but need 100, the total is 1380 for my Orca ---
**Author:** ![Jenne\_Wain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jenne_wain/32/71483_2.png) [@Jenne\_Wain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jenne_Wain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/16 "2018-06-07T03:22:59Z")
> [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](#): > > Jenne, I dont have enough PG for that fit, what are you using to boost it, I got 20 available but need 100, the total is 1380 for my Orca Hmm, I can fit that without implants, but in looking at the applicable skills in PYFA, most of mine are 4 or 5 so I’ve got 1.5k MW PG. A Inherent Implants ‘Squire’ Power Grid Management (slot 6 implant) can add some PG for you if you want to fit it until you train up the skills. Sorry about that- I hate it when people post fits that need implants without mentioning it. I don’t need the implant, but didn’t mean to do that to you. ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/17 "2018-06-07T03:24:01Z")
How did you get yours up to 1.5? I mean what skills do I need to boost to that. ---
**Author:** ![Jenne\_Wain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jenne_wain/32/71483_2.png) [@Jenne\_Wain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jenne_Wain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/18 "2018-06-07T03:29:39Z")
Here’s a shot of my skills from PYFA: ![2018-06-06_20-25-36](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/c/5/c515bade80e2082452aee99be7c441118f47d1e9.png) Power Grid Management 5 is probably the one that gets me there. ---
**Author:** ![Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/vezalaya_avalon/32/77357_2.png) [@Vezalaya\_Avalon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vezalaya_Avalon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/19 "2018-06-07T03:30:09Z")
Awesome, ty so much ---
**Author:** ![Jenne\_Wain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jenne_wain/32/71483_2.png) [@Jenne\_Wain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jenne_Wain)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173/20 "2018-06-07T03:30:44Z")
More than happy to help 🙂 [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/orca-high-sec/81173.md?page=2)