You'll flip over the Orca!

Updated:11/10/08
Alright well I don't know if all of you have heard and read the devblogs, so if not I'll be giving you the links and summarizing some of the recent goodies and tweaks CCP is about to put out!

Recently this blog put out by CCP Chronotis gave us some details on what the much anticipated Orca (so called mini Rorqual) will look like!

There is much argument on the Eve-O Forums (thread here), and the stats he's given are still not final.

In brief:

• Skill Requirements: (update: just heard these are very likely to change to exclude Mining Barge 5 and to include Mining Director 1)
  
• Industrial Command Ships 1 (new)
• Spaceship Command 5
• Mining Barge 5
• Mining Foreman 5
• Mining Director 1 (change that was bad boooooo! lol)
  


• Ship bonuses:
  • 250% bonus to range of tractor beams (70km)
  • 100% bonus to tractor beam velocity (1km/s)
  • 500% bonus to survey scanner range (138km)
  • Can fit Gang Assist modules
  • Industrial Command Ships skill bonus: 3% bonus to mining foreman links & 5% bonus to cargo per level

• Fitting:
  
• 3 high (no hardpoints)
  
• 4 mid (changed from 3)
  
• 2 low
• 3 rigs
  
• 430 CPU
• 960 Power grid (changed from 940)
  
• 400 Calibration


• Other Stats:
• 46,000 structure HP
• 6,900 armor HP
• 10,750 shield HP (added 1000)
  
• 75 m3 drone bay w/ 50mb bandwidth (change from 50/25YES!)
• 30,000 m3 base cargo
• 40,000 m3 corporate hangar (changed from 30,000 m3)
• 400,000 m3 ship maintenance bay
  

This is a screen shot with all the stats from the test server with all the stats and BPO stats. It was originally taken and posted

by some player on the forums, would love to cite which but I can't find it now.

Orca BPO estimated to cost 1 Billion ISK.
Orca cost estimated to build 400 million in capital ship components. This is stated from early design by CCP it can and already has been changing. Expect to flip at least a billion isk for one.