It should have a module that creates a dimensional shift, when the module is activated bumpers pass right through. Once activated your lasers pass right through the rocks your trying to mine for the duration its activated for as well.
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Same goal is accomplished. Either way, you still aren’t getting anything mined…
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Adding to the above reply you also assume these people are not AFK when they are mining. 
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Aren’t those the new FOBs and NPC miners?
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These things emerged first and are not emerging from moon mining. Mercoxit mining is only a taste of what could come around.
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Like a swarm of angry bees?
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Me too. A second Rorq is a bad idea, but I’d like to see something like Triglavian Exhumer - a Trixhumer!
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here, Ill just say it, let Rorquals fly in high sec
lolz
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Capitals and Super Capitals should be allowed in high-sec, anyway space is space size restrictions just does not sit right with me.
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I can see the Rorqual being allowed being its an industrial capital, even the JF and freighter are capitals and can fly in hi sec empire. carriers and super carriers and dreads? Titans? I can see why Concord keeps them in low sec, null sec.
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Only if it cant use any capital ship specific gear… no excavators, no industrial core, no PANIC, no capital reps.
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I hope not.
The game doesn’t really need more completely safe ships in highsec.
Rorquals have absolutely monster tank available to them, even without PANIC, however PANIC makes them 100% completely invulnerable to any non war based aggression in highsec, and characters would just fly them from NPC Corps, making them completely immune from any form of attack.
PANIC sends resists to 100% across the board for shields:
By comparison, the same character in her Anshar has near 1 million EHP, but can still be killed if aggressors are smart.
So I hope there is no way Rorquals are ever allowed in highsec. They should never be completely safe.
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Only thing is a tamed down rorqual that requires 3 or 4 copilots in one ship each doing a job, Captain/Navigator, 3 turret gunners/miners and possibly an engineer. Each gunner/miner is just that for both mining or offense, captain navigates and moves through the ore belt to get his gunners the into the right positions for their guns. Engineer holds it all together modulating the shields to where the captain needs them, be that against NPC attacks, roid storms or debris or player attacks.
Mines less than a current rorqual can mine slightly but is allowed in high sec because of teamwork.
Other than that go look at the NO picture above.
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Could you could make using a Rorqual in highsec an illegal act and result in a permanent suspect timer?
Hmmm…
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Meeeeh, I would not put Popquals in high sec mainly because I would like them pop in null and low. I would like them more poping with hp nerf also.
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A last resort trick could be to let a Orca deploy a excavator drone.
Way more yield, but cost 1 Billion and more and can be popped without even going criminal.
EDIT : wrong ship name, corrected from rorqual to orca
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They already can.
The Orca however, one excavator wouldn’t really help. The ship received a huge buff not that long ago and mines fine with 5 T2 mining drones. 1 excavator wouldn’t mine as well as the current 5 x T2s.
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The mechanic you suggest here is being developed very similar to your suggestion, just not here in EvE. If you want empire police enforcement while mining on a large multi crew ship your wish will likely come true in 2022 in another Space Opera game currently under development. You wont really need the protection because there will be no default landing where you mine, all resources must be scanned down. Your friends in an equally large Explorer will chart out a path to newly discovered star systems with asteroid belts that actually go all the way around a planet or even the sun. If you are first on the resource, only you will mine it until someone else finds it. No gates to get camped either so you can deliver your haul.
However, the sky scraper sized ship you will fly is easily found on long range scan. As you approach more populated space, your flight path can be interdicted at any point. You will want a buddy in a scan capable scout to chart the way through via your own customized flight path.
That would be great. 2022 you say? Only 4 more years and its vaporware till then? Wow, I should totally wait that long for this and then its not even Eve?!! Come on man.
My mom had a saying in german years ago but it doesnt translate well: if nothing where something than cowshit would be butter.
Wouldn’t mind seeing a barge addition to the expedition line of ORE ships. You’d have the prospect and endurance, and then perhaps two barge versions as well? Maybe even with black ops capabilities!