--- esi_data: fitting_stats: cpu_output: 1200 high_slots: 8 low_slots: 4 med_slots: 7 powergrid_output: 420000 rig_slots: 3 group: Capital Industrial Ship hull_stats: hp_armor: 60000 hp_shield: 90000 hp_structure: 300000 name: Rorqual race: Unknown skill_requirements: - level: 1 skill_id: 28374 - level: 2 skill_id: 20533 - level: 1 skill_id: 3456 type_id: 28352 velocity: 60 faction: Outer Ring Excavations faction_group: Independent image: /28352.png last_updated: '2026-04-21T01:15:33.452419' ship_class: Capital Industrial Ship source: eve-university source_stats: armorem: 50 armorexp: 10 armorhp: 60000 armorkin: 35 armortherm: 35 bandwidth: 125 Mbit/sec bonuses: "'''Capital Industrial Ships bonuses (per skill level):'''
\n5% bonus\ \ to Mining Foreman burst effect strength and duration
\n3% bonus to Shield\ \ Command Burst effect strength and duration
\n5% reduction in fuel consumption\ \ for Capital Industrial Core
\n10% bonus to Drone hitpoints and damage
\n\ 10% bonus to Drone ore mining yield
\n6% reduction in Drone ice harvesting\ \ cycle time
\n'''Industrial Commandship bonuses (per skill level):'''
\n\ 5% bonus in Mining Foreman Burst range
\n'''Role Bonus:'''
\n400% bonus\ \ to Capital Remote Shield Booster optimal range
\n90% reduction to effective\ \ distance traveled for jump fatigue
\n\u2022 Can fit Capital Industrial\ \ Core
\n\u2022 Can fit Clone Vat Bay
\n\u2022 Can operate 'Excavator'\ \ Drones
\n\u2022 Can fit 3 Command Burst modules
\n\u2022 Can\ \ fit one Pulse Activated Nexus Invulnerability Core module
\n50% bonus to\ \ command and mining foreman burst area of effect range
\n5x penalty to Entosis\ \ Link cycle time
\n200% bonus to Cargo Scanners range
\n\u2022 Can\ \ connect to Mobile Phase Anchor deployables, providing 100 points of power" capacitor: 67,500 GJ cargohold: "40,000 m\xB3" class: Capital Industrial Ship cpu: 1200 dronebay: "8,800 m\xB3" externallinks: '' extrahold: "300,000 m\xB3" extrahold2: "1,000,000 m\xB3" extrahold2type: Ship Maintenance Bay extrahold3: "40,000 m\xB3" extrahold3type: Fleet Hangar extrahold4: "10,000 m\xB3" extrahold4type: Fuel Bay extraholdtype: Mining Hold faction: Outer Ring Excavations grouping: Capital Industrial Ships highlights1: Can Use Command Bursts highlights2: "1,000,000m\xB3 Ship Maintenance Bay" highlights3: "40,000 m\xB3 Fleet Hangar" highlights4: Can Compress Ore highs: 8 hulltype: Rorqual Class inertia: 0.07 info: 'The Rorqual was conceived and designed by Outer Ring Excavations in response to a growing need for capital industry platforms with the ability to support and sustain large-scale mining operations in uninhabited areas of space. The Rorqual is notably capable of using a capital 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 Rorqual able to use the powerful and logistically impressive capital compressors. Additionally, the Rorqual is able to fit a capital tractor beam unit, capable of pulling in cargo containers from far greater distances and at far greater speeds than smaller beams can. It also possesses a sizeable drone bay, jump drive capability and the capacity to fit a clone vat bay. This combination of elements makes the Rorqual the ideal nexus to build deep space mining operations around. Due to its specialization towards industrial operations, its ship maintenance bay is able to accommodate only industrial ships, mining barges and their tech 2 variants.' lows: 4 mass: 800000000 maxlockedtargets: 7 maxvelocity: 60 mediums: 7 powergrid: 420000 quote: What you started with a single rock can end with an empire of our own. quote_attribution: CEO Afait Assette reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Capital Industrial Ships|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Spaceship Command|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Industrial Command Ships|III}} *** {{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}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Capital Ships|II}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Spaceship Command|V}} **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Capital Industrial Reconfiguration|I}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Mass Production|IV}} **** {{RequiredSkill|Mass Production|V}} ***** {{RequiredSkill|Industry|III}} * {{RequiredSkill|Capital Ships|II}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Spaceship Command|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}} * {{RequiredSkill|Jump Drive Operation|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|V}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Warp Drive Operation|V}} *** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|I}} ** {{RequiredSkill|Science|V}}' scanres: 75 mm sensortype: Magnetometric sensorvalue: 115 points shieldem: 0 shieldexp: 50 shieldhp: 90000 shieldkin: 40 shieldtherm: 20 shipid: 28352 shipimg: Rorqual.jpg shipname: Rorqual sigradius: 11,500 m structurehp: 300000 targetrange: 200 km totaltraintime: 88d 20h 56m 54s volume: 14500000 warpspeed: 1.5 AU/s warptime: 77.63 s source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Rorqual tech_level: Tech 1 title: Rorqual type_id: 28352 validation_score: 1.0 --- Rorqual
## Summary
Before the Citadel Expansion the Rorqual was mostly a toy for Mining Foreman Bursts and ore compression in the field. Nowadays (As of April 2018) it's a serious weapon for the industrial backbone of major nullsec alliances and also sees use as a PvP ship as well, using its high drone damage and capital tank to good effect.
## Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Rorqual for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
## Tactics
Avoid using the Rorqual for mining command bursts - command bursts give the pilot a weapons timer, which inhibits his ability to refit off his Mobile Depot.
## Notes
Rorquals are a group of whales of the family Balaenopteridae though the name is commonly used for fin whale or Balaenoptera physalus species. • Rorquals cannot enter High Security Space.