eve-wiki-content/content/ships/capitals/tech-1/rorqual.md

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esi_data	faction	faction_group	image	last_updated	ship_class	source	source_stats	source_url	tech_level	title	type_id	validation_score
fitting_stats group hull_stats name race skill_requirements type_id velocity cpu_output high_slots low_slots med_slots powergrid_output rig_slots 1200 8 4 7 420000 3 Capital Industrial Ship hp_armor hp_shield hp_structure 60000 90000 300000 Rorqual Unknown level skill_id 1 28374 level skill_id 2 20533 level skill_id 1 3456 28352 60	Outer Ring Excavations	Independent	/28352.png	2026-04-21T01:15:33.452419	Capital Industrial Ship	eve-university	armorem armorexp armorhp armorkin armortherm bandwidth bonuses capacitor cargohold class cpu dronebay externallinks extrahold extrahold2 extrahold2type extrahold3 extrahold3type extrahold4 extrahold4type extraholdtype faction grouping highlights1 highlights2 highlights3 highlights4 highs hulltype inertia info lows mass maxlockedtargets maxvelocity mediums powergrid quote quote_attribution reqskills scanres sensortype sensorvalue shieldem shieldexp shieldhp shieldkin shieldtherm shipid shipimg shipname sigradius structurehp targetrange totaltraintime volume warpspeed warptime 50 10 60000 35 35 125 Mbit/sec '''Capital Industrial Ships bonuses (per skill level):'''<br> 5% bonus to Mining Foreman burst effect strength and duration<br> 3% bonus to Shield Command Burst effect strength and duration<br> 5% reduction in fuel consumption for Capital Industrial Core<br> 10% bonus to Drone hitpoints and damage<br> 10% bonus to Drone ore mining yield<br> 6% reduction in Drone ice harvesting cycle time<br> '''Industrial Commandship bonuses (per skill level):'''<br> 5% bonus in Mining Foreman Burst range<br> '''Role Bonus:'''<br> 400% bonus to Capital Remote Shield Booster optimal range<br> 90% reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue<br> • Can fit Capital Industrial Core<br> • Can fit Clone Vat Bay<br> • Can operate 'Excavator' Drones<br> • Can fit 3 Command Burst modules<br> • Can fit one Pulse Activated Nexus Invulnerability Core module<br> 50% bonus to command and mining foreman burst area of effect range<br> 5x penalty to Entosis Link cycle time<br> 200% bonus to Cargo Scanners range<br> • Can connect to Mobile Phase Anchor deployables, providing 100 points of power 67,500 GJ 40,000 m³ Capital Industrial Ship 1200 8,800 m³ 300,000 m³ 1,000,000 m³ Ship Maintenance Bay 40,000 m³ Fleet Hangar 10,000 m³ Fuel Bay Mining Hold Outer Ring Excavations Capital Industrial Ships Can Use Command Bursts 1,000,000m³ Ship Maintenance Bay 40,000 m³ Fleet Hangar Can Compress Ore 8 Rorqual Class 0.07 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. 4 800000000 7 60 7 420000 What you started with a single rock can end with an empire of our own. CEO Afait Assette * {{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}} 75 mm Magnetometric 115 points 0 50 90000 40 20 28352 Rorqual.jpg Rorqual 11,500 m 300000 200 km 88d 20h 56m 54s 14500000 1.5 AU/s 77.63 s	https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Rorqual	Tech 1	Rorqual	28352	1.0

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.