It's great to see that low-sec offers so much in terms of fun opportunities that are also lucrative. We recently found that some of the neighboring systems include Golden Mykoserocin. This is a gas cloud and they are worth a bit of ISK when you harvest. They are primarily used for drugs (or boosters).
Finding Gas
The three types of gas are all found in cosmic signatures which need to be probe scanned down in order to harvest. These do spawn in low-sec and we have already seen two spawns within a day. In almost all cases, someone was harvesting before us. Thus, they are extremely popular to harvest.
The Fitting
Originally, we fitted Gas Cloud Harvesters to our barges, but as new bros, these were not the best option. Using a
Venture was really the best option. It produces the best m3 per hour than the barges for our skillpoints and opting to go named mining scoops was worth the investment (e.g.:
'Crop' Gas Cloud Scoop). Once fitted, we were killing clouds extremely fast with the mining foreman in a
Prospect.
Protection
I cannot stress enough how important it is to have protection. We are in low-sec and already lost a few ships to the locals, which might I add, is good content to fight here and there. This is why we low-sec because unlike Null-sec, we are not in a blue donut that's entirely safe. For our protection, we went originally with a
Rook to stealth his presence and ECM jam aggressors so the fleet could warp.
But then we quickly switched to a Kitsune to help keep costs low and allow for more agility around very fast tackling aggressors that aim to tackle the harmless little miners.
We opted for a Target Painter, Missile Launchers, 3 ECM's of choice, and a MWD. Rigs entail Cap recharge and ECM enhancements. Basically, a nasty little long range ECM frig that can sustain unlimited ECM jamming that's fast and agile enough to keep the distance.
Until next time, fly safe!
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