Boosting Porpoise
The porpoise is an introductory-level industrial command ship. It roughly matches the combat capabilities of a T1 battlecruiser at about double the cost, and has only limited compression capabilities. What it does have though is a 5,000 m3 fleet hangar, a 50,000 m3 ore hold, decent mining boost, tractor beam, and drone bonuses, as well as a 400% bonus to remote shield booster range. Industrial command ships are designed to provide a host of utility to mining operations, and the porpoise is the role's entry-level contender.
Boosting Porpoise
Mining and Extraction
Fittings
Boosting Fits
Porpoise, Porpoise Intro
[Porpoise, Porpoise Intro] Drone Damage Amplifier II Damage Control II Mining Survey Chipset II Large Ancillary Shield Booster Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Medium Industrial Core I Medium Murky Compact Remote Shield Booster Mining Foreman Burst II Mining Foreman Burst II Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium EM Shield Reinforcer II Medium Thermal Shield Reinforcer II Hornet II x5 Vespa II x5 Hornet EC-300 x5 Salvage Drone I x5 Navy Cap Booster 150 x81 Mining Equipment Preservation Charge x1000 Mining Laser Field Enhancement Charge x1000 Mining Laser Optimization Charge x1000 Active Shielding Charge x1000 Shield Extension Charge x1000 Shield Harmonizing Charge x1000 Mobile Depot x2 Mobile Tractor Unit x1 Heavy Water x12000 Shield Command Burst I x2 Medium Asteroid Ore Compressor I x1 Medium Gas Compressor I x1 'Vehemence' Compact Medium EMP Smartbomb x1
Porpoise, Porpoise Optimal
[Porpoise, Porpoise Optimal] Drone Damage Amplifier II Damage Control II Mining Survey Chipset II Large Ancillary Shield Booster Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Medium Industrial Core II Medium Murky Compact Remote Shield Booster Mining Foreman Burst II Mining Foreman Burst II Medium Processor Overclocking Unit I Medium EM Shield Reinforcer II Medium Thermal Shield Reinforcer II Hornet II x5 Vespa II x5 Hornet EC-300 x5 Salvage Drone II x5 Navy Cap Booster 150 x81 Mining Equipment Preservation Charge x1000 Mining Laser Field Enhancement Charge x1000 Mining Laser Optimization Charge x1000 Active Shielding Charge x1000 Shield Extension Charge x1000 Shield Harmonizing Charge x1000 Mobile Depot x2 Mobile Tractor Unit x1 Heavy Water x12000 Shield Command Burst II x2 Medium Asteroid Ore Compressor I x1 Medium Gas Compressor I x1 Medium EMP Smartbomb II x1
Skillplans
You Can Access Porpoise Skillplans Here
Completing a ship's skillplan ensures that you meet the requirements to fit it, and have the necessary support skills to be effective whilst using it.
Flying Your Porpoise
Boosting
Boosting is the porpoise's primary role, and can be summed up as providing buffs to the mining ships around it. Note that Industrial Cores significantly increase the range and effectiveness of your command bursts, at the cost of fuel and being locked in place for the duration of its cycle.
If boosting publicly you'll want to find a roughly central spot on the ore field, call out your command burst range in fleet, then activate and leave them on.
Boosting for your alts is a bit easier, simply keep your porpoise close to them and keep your command bursts active. Note that boosting on a public grid while outside of standing fleet (thus denying friendlies the benefits of your boosts) is considered bad form, and should be avoided.
Within your ship's cargo you may notice two Shield Command Bursts as well as a mobile depot for refitting. When combat is expected it may be helpful to exchange your Mining Foreman Bursts for these modules, giving bonuses to the shield stats of ships around you.
The standard charges for Mining Foreman Bursts are Mining Laser Optimization (yield increasing) and Mining Equipment Preservation (mining crystal wear reduction). You also have Laser Field Field Enhancement (mining range increasing) charges if desired. The standard charges for Shield Command Bursts are Shield Harmonizing (resistance increasing) and Shield Extension (HP increasing). You also have at your disposal Active Shielding (increased local and remote repair effectiveness) charges.
Compression
The secondary role of industrial command ships is offering compression capabilities. The porpoise can offer Asteroid Ore (note that excludes Mercoxit and Moon Ore), and Gas compression to ships within the respective modules' ranges. These modules can only be used while your ship's Industrial Core is active. Because of the porpoise's restricted high slot layout, you'll need to replace a module (probably the Remote Shield Booster) with a compressor to utilize it. Because of how expensive the modules are, it's recommended to leave unused compressor modules in station until needed.
Combat Support
Supporting mining operations in combat is a tertiary role of industrial command ships. Along with the aforementioned Shield Command Bursts, the porpoise receives a host of combat bonuses both with and without an Industrial Core active. Notably, the porpoise can utilize its Remote Shield Booster out to significant range, and to fairly good effect. The ship's defensive capabilities are discussed in the section below, but suffice it to say the porpoise is capable of handling rats on its own and can support other mining ships in PvP.
Characteristics of Your Porpoise
Defensive Capabilities
Industrial command ships were designed with a combat role in mind, and as such the porpoise has decent tank and gets several bonuses to its drones both with and without and Industrial Core active. With the module active, the porpoise can tank between 525 and 550 EHP/s cold (or up to 834 EHP/s with fully heated mid slots) with its Large Ancillary Shield Booster, though note that this represents what's known as "burst tank," as once the module is out of Capacitor Boosters it becomes all but useless until the 60 second reload cycle is up. The porpoise can also bring bear between 300 and 325 DPS with a full flight of Vespas.
All in all, the porpoise is more than capable of handling rats, and can also support itself and the ships around during low-intensity PvP.