Venture Mining
The venture is the first mining ship most players will be introduced to. It has a robust set of mining and gas harvesting bonuses, as well as a sizeable ore hold. These fittings are designed to be fully Alpha clone compatible.
Venture Mining
Mining and Extraction
Fittings
Ore Mining
The venture's bonuses make it a solid mining ship for Alpha clones. And they can even fit T2 mining lasers with the right skills.
Venture, Intro Ore
[Venture, Intro Ore] Mining Laser Upgrade I Medium Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner ML-3 Compact Mining Survey Chipset EP-S Gaussian Scoped Mining Laser EP-S Gaussian Scoped Mining Laser Salvager I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Hobgoblin I x2
Venture, Optimal Ore
[Venture, Optimal Ore] Mining Laser Upgrade II Medium Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Mining Survey Chipset II Miner II Miner II Salvager I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Hobgoblin II x2
Gas Harvesting
The venture's bonuses also make it a good Gas Harvester for Alpha clones, with its two Gas Cloud Scoops having the equivalent yield of 4 - 5 unbonused ones.
Venture, Intro Gas
[Venture, Intro Gas] Damage Control I Medium Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner ML-3 Compact Mining Survey Chipset Gas Cloud Scoop I Gas Cloud Scoop I Core Probe Launcher I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Hobgoblin I x2 Core Scanner Probe I x16
Venture, Optimal Gas
[Venture, Optimal Gas] Damage Control II Medium Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender 1MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Mining Survey Chipset II Gas Cloud Scoop I Gas Cloud Scoop I Core Probe Launcher I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Hobgoblin II x2 Core Scanner Probe I x16
Skillplans
You Can Access Venture 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 Venture
Ore Mining
If you're new to mining, give the Introduction to Mining page a read to get some background knowledge.
Mining is a pretty straightforward activity in Eve, and can be done in almost every area of space. Start by finding an asteroid belt or mining anomaly. Once there, use your survey scanner to see how much ore is in the rocks around you, pick one, activate your mining lasers, and either orbit the rock or soft-align to a citadel. When your ore hold is full, you can empty it as-is into a citadel, or compress the ore using a rorqual, orca, porpoise, or refinery. Note that moon ore can only be compressed in a rorqual or orca.
Gas Harvesting
If you're new to gas harvesting, give the Gas Section of the Introduction to Mining page a read to get some background knowledge.
Gas can be found throughout New Eden, in 2 broad categories split between normal and wormhole space. Gas clouds spawn as Cosmic Signatures, and as such need to be scanned down before they can be accessed. Lowsec gas clouds can be harvested safely, while those found in all wormholes and most areas of nullsec have some risk-generating mechanic. Gas clouds are large objects, and usually only a handful are present per signature. This combined with the short range of your Gas Cloud Scoops means you'll mostly find yourself inside the clouds you're harvesting. Besides all that the idea is pretty much the same as mining. Note that gas can only be compressed by an Industrial Command Ship or Capital Industrial Ship.
Characteristics of Your Venture
Defensive Capabilities
The venture is a frigate, and as such it lacks sufficient tank or damage to defend itself against players or all but the lowest level rats. It does however have a rare +2 bonus to Warp Core Strength, meaning you can still warp off even when under the effects of 2 Warp Disruptors or 1 Warp Scrambler.