Fair enough, Orca is a 3 week train, but that doesn’t account for any support skills. Is losing a 700M ship (which new players have a hard time to pay for) to a gank better than a T1 Industrial? Yeah it is useful, but like @Cristl said its SMB is only a tiny part of its use. A transport ship that could easily be worth 10-20 times of its T1 cargo isn’t really a solution for the nomadic new player. Also a 3 week investment in Training time is pretty long for a new player, as it requires you to stop any other progression through Skills during which is maybe the time you decide to stay or go.
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