This document provides information and standard procedures for running mining fleets in EVE University (AMC Edition). It describes how fleets are formed, typical roles and their skill requirements, ship types and their mining yields, time tracking and payment procedures, fleet setup, and scouting for mining opportunities. Mining fleets require defined roles like fleet commander, booster, hauler, and miner. Payment is based on time contributed and tracked in a shared spreadsheet. Scanning and math are used to find the most profitable mining locations and asteroids.

1. All there is to know about:
Running a mining fleet
a.k.a. Feel like mining but there‘s no op? Let‘s fix this.
AMC Edition
EUNI 2014

2. OUTLINE
• How fleets are announced and formed
• Roles and support
• Time tracking
• Payment
• Fleet setup
• Scouting

3. HOW FLEETS ARE ANNOUNCED AND
FORMED
• Pay attention to OPSEC
• Fleet Advertisements are not used in the AMC
• Calls and x-up only in secure AMC channel
• Not on the approved list? Not allowed in fleet.

4. STANDARD PROCEDURES
ROLES IN MINING OPS
Role
Count Skill Requirements Training time
Fleet Commander
1
Willing to step up
0d
Booster
1
Basic Orca
Perfect Orca
60d
140d
Hauler
1
Miasmos (up to 8 miners)
Orca (up to 16 miners)
Freighter
10d
60d
60d
Miner
6+
Mining ship
Covetor
Hulk
5d
50d
90d
Scout/Picket
0-2
Eagle eyed
0d

5. SHIP TYPES
MISK/h Veldspar
Hulk (maxed)
Hulk
Mackinaw
Covetor
Retriever
Skiff
Procurer
Retriever (Low Skill)
Venture
0
Venture
Perfect Orca
Basic Orca
No Orca
3,336
2,512
2,007
5
Retriever
(Low Skill)
14,634
11,543
8,718
10
15
20
25
Procurer
Skiff
Retriever
Covetor
Mackinaw
Hulk
Hulk (maxed)
16,55
12,891
9,733
17,931
13,97
10,547
18,042
14,056
10,614
19,197
14,956
11,293
19,544
15,226
11,495
22,206
17,301
13,065
22,803
17,763
13,411

6. 2 SUPPORT IS ENOUGH
Role
Count Yield
Role
Count
Yield
Miner
6
15 MISK/h
Miner
6
15 MISK/h
Booster
1
0 MISK/h
Booster
1
0 MISK/h
Hauler
1
0 MISK/h
Hauler
2
0 MISK/h
Total
8
90 MISK/h
Total
9
90 MISK/h
11.25 MISK/h
Individual
Payment
Individual
Payment
10 MISK/h
Role
Count Yield
Role
Count
Yield
Miner
14
15 MISK/h
Miner
13
15 MISK/h
Booster
1
0 MISK/h
Booster
1
0 MISK/h
Hauler
1
0 MISK/h
Hauler
2
0 MISK/h
Total
16
210 MISK/h
Total
16
195 MISK/h
13.13 MISK/h
Individual
Payment
Individual
Payment
12.19
MISK/h

7. STANDARD PROCEDURES
FLEET MOTD
• Minimum requirements for the MOTD
• Name of the FC
• Link to spreadsheet
• Location/Belt
• Optional info in the MOTD
• Can naming scheme
• Time span
• Ore types

8. STANDARD PROCEDURES
SPREADSHEET
All AMC Ops use the AMC Buyback Spreadsheet
• http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/AMC_Buyback_Spreadsheet
• FC is accountable for the spreadsheet
• all names must be in written out completely
• Laser on/off must be entered in a timely fashion
• Spreadsheet must be accessible to all fleet members at any time
Do a proper spreadsheet
• Laziness does not pay off

9. STANDARD PROCEDURES
TIME TRACKING
Laser on hh:mm/Laser off hh:mm
• used to track contribution, entered by the FC
• hh:mm is expressed in EVE time
• not used when fleet changes belt
Dock time
• Used to condense multiple laser on/off, AFK/Dock time (e.g. lunch)
Share
• By default 1.0, players may request lower shares

10. STANDARD PROCEDURES
TIME TRACKING
DEMO sheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AorS5Qbgk9wudDlHRnJMT1ZFdVppX0
9HbUV1LTVET1E#gid=1

11. STANDARD PROCEDURES
PAYMENTS
All AMC Ops are equal shared based on contributed time
• Venture or Hulk … same time = same ISK
Usage of the AMC Buyback is encouraged but not required
• FC may opt to sell the ore to the market if this improves the payout
FC is accountable for paying the fleet members
• Direct payment vs payment after buyback completes
• Inform players about delays

12. STANDARD PROCEDURES
FLEET SETUP
Boosts are system wide
•
Highest boost in the hierarchy wins
Intact command structure required for boosts
•
Command position have to be filled
•
Wing Command skill required to fill WC positions
•
Leadership skill required to fill squad command positions
•
All pilots in command positions must be in system and undocked

13. STANDARD PROCEDURES
FLEET SETUP – FINDING
Asking in fleet chat
•
Aka “leadership 5 please x up”
Fleet composition windows
•
Only available for pilots in a command position
•
Accessed thru fleet window
•
Shows leadership skills condensed to FC – WC - L

14. STANDARD PROCEDURES
SCOUTING FOR MINING OPPORTUNITIES
Ore anomalies
•
Do the math, not all are worth it
•
High end ones are usually contested, limited life time
Ice belts
•
Not everybody can mine them
•
Highly contested, short lived
Asteroid belts
•
Yield varies, prescan if possible
•
Fleet repositioning required

15. STANDARD PROCEDURES
SCANNING BELTS
Survey Scanners vs eyeballing
•
Asteroids have different sizes
•
Giant Veldspar rock may be less then a small Plagioclase
•
High yield ores
Survey Scanner parsers
•
http://sisterofeve.ru/ssp/
•
http://evepraisal.com/