The Harvester.

Late last week I completed the first goal for 2010 with Armand. After some long training Armand has become the ultimate harvester. There is no asteroid or ice belt or gas clouds that he can't collect.

Relevant skills at level V:

• Mining
• Ice Harvesting
• Gas Cloud Harvesting
• Refinery / Refinery Efficiency
• Mining Drone Operations

Relevant skills at level IV:

• Mineral processing from Arkonor to Veldspar
• Deep Core Mining
• Mining Upgrades
• Exhumers

This means that I can use any tech 2 harvester and all tech 2 crystals.

Along the way I got the necessary skills to fly an Orca, but don't have the money to buy one right now. Nevertheless having Mining Foreman V comes in handy in small groups without an Orca to boost the fleet.

Next up is Dante with hybrid weapons. Small and Medium Blasters/Railguns are done. I have one more day to go on Sharpshooter V before I can do Large Railgun Spec. Then is another 8 days for Motion Prediction V before tackling Large Blaster Spec.