---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 350
    high_slots: 4
    low_slots: 2
    med_slots: 4
    powergrid_output: 420
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Industrial Command Ship
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 3000
    hp_shield: 6000
    hp_structure: 8000
  name: Porpoise
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 29637
  type_id: 42244
  velocity: 100
faction: Outer Ring Excavations
faction_group: Independent
image: /42244.png
last_updated: '2026-04-21T01:12:14.992192'
ship_class: Industrial Command Ship
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 3000
  armorkin: 35
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: 50 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: "<b>Industrial Command Ships bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n5% bonus\
    \ to ship cargo and ore hold capacity<br>\n2% bonus to Mining Foreman Burst effect\
    \ strength and duration<br>\n10% bonus to Drone hitpoints, damage and ore mining\
    \ yield<br>\n5% reduction in Drone ice harvesting cycle time<br>\n5% bonus in\
    \ Mining Foreman Burst range<br>\n'''Role Bonus:'''<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can fit Medium\
    \ Industrial Core<br>\n400% bonus to Remote Shield Booster optimal range<br>\n\
    90% reduction in powergrid requirements for Command and Mining Foreman Burst Modules<br>\n\
    90% reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can\
    \ use 2 Command Burst modules<br>\n100% bonus to Tractor Beam range<br>\n50% bonus\
    \ to Tractor Beam velocity<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can connect to Mobile Phase Anchor\
    \ deployables, providing 35 points of power"
  capacitor: 3,500 GJ
  cargohold: "500 m\xB3"
  class: Industrial Command Ship
  cpu: 350
  dronebay: "125 m\xB3"
  extrahold: "50,000 m\xB3"
  extrahold2: "5,000 m\xB3"
  extrahold2type: Fleet Hangar
  extrahold3: "4,800 m\xB3"
  extrahold3type: Fuel Bay
  extraholdtype: Mining Hold
  faction: Outer Ring Excavations
  grouping: Industrial Command Ships
  highlights1: Can Use Command Bursts
  highlights2: "50,000 m\xB3 Mining hold"
  highlights3: "5,000 m\xB3 Fleet hangar"
  highs: 4
  hulltype: Porpoise Class
  inertia: 1.5
  info: 'When new lower-mass wormhole connections began appearing across Anoikis in
    late YC116, ORE tasked the engineers at its advanced Outer Ring Development labs
    with creating a mining foreman vessel capable of passing through these gateways
    and exploiting the unspoiled riches available within. Creating such a compact
    ship while preserving much of the utility of the larger Orca and Rorqual designs
    proved a significant challenge, but the end result was a ship that had great potential
    for capsuleer mining operations in all areas of space.


    The Porpoise can use a medium industrial core to substantially increase its industrial
    capabilities, while empowering its defenses during deployment in a static configuration.
    A key element of the industrial capacity unlocked by activating an industrial
    core is the ability to use compressor modules, with the Porpoise also having this
    capability, although limited to using medium gas and asteroid ore compressors.


    The Porpoise is a smaller, more mobile and more affordable mining foreman platform
    that is perfect for supporting mining operations in dangerous space. It is capable
    of providing support to its allies through mining foreman bursts, remote shield
    boosters and survey scanners. The Porpoise also enjoys strong bonuses to mining
    drones, allowing it to pull in its own share of the ore in any mining operation.'
  lows: 2
  mass: 4500000
  maxlockedtargets: 5
  maxvelocity: 100
  mediums: 4
  powergrid: 420
  quote: Control the gears of production and you control the forces that govern life.
  quote_attribution: UCF Organizer Sumalee Daeng
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Industrial Command Ships|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|ORE Hauler|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Mining Director|I}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Leadership|I}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Mining Foreman|V}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Leadership|I}}'
  rigs_size: medium
  scanres: 90 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 20 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 6000
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 42244
  shipimg: Porpoise.jpg
  shipname: Porpoise
  sigradius: 300 m
  structurehp: 8000
  targetrange: 50 km
  totaltraintime: 19d 13m 34s
  variations: ''
  volume: 400000
  warpspeed: 3.5 AU/s
  warptime: 9.36 s
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Porpoise
tech_level: Tech 1
title: Porpoise
type_id: 42244
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/42244.png" alt="Porpoise" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Porpoise-class Industrial Command Ship is the most affordable and mobile mining foreman platform ever released in New Eden. This new ship fills the hole at the bottom of the mining foreman ship progression line. Although it shares a group with the larger and more expensive Orca, the Porpoise is as cheap as a faction battlecruiser.

Its improved agility and warp speed also make it the best choice for providing coverage of mining groups in more dangerous space where lower-cost ships minimize exposure to loss for the operation. The Porpoise is also light enough to travel through small-ship wormhole connections.

The Porpoise has the ability to equip a Medium Industrial Core in a high slot to amplify the power of Command Bursts. The Porpoise can also activate in-space compression modules for ore and gas while the core is active. Care should be taken when activating the Porpoise's core because it will prevent you from warping away for its entire 75 second cycle duration.
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## Notes

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The Porpoise benefits from Medium Drone Mining Augmentor I rigs significantly more than barges or other ships, due to the hull's drone bonuses. Though not explicitly stated in-game, the Porpoise is immune to Micro Jump Field Generators.