Cloud G
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So noone seems to want to blow stuff up? Oh well......
Let's start with the first....
Industry
This can be broken into 2 major parts: mining and production.
Mining is real simple. you go out to a belt, set your lasers, when your cargo hold fills up you stop. Since this is more of a basic overview, I'll keep things along the simpler side. First off, stay away from Veldspar. There are many other things to mine that have a much better yield. To that end, you can either sell the ore out right, or refine it into various minerals, and then either sell those or use them to build something.
What to mine? That depends on where you are. Hi sec or Low sec? I'll stay with Hi sec. Why Hi sec? Because there you can mine without having to worry about losing your ship. Below is a great chart of where to find minerals. Anything not shown here is in 0.0 space.
This site has a good break down of the different kinds of ore and the minerals you can get by refining.
http://eveinfo.com/ore_price/
Now, you can start out (and pretty much have to) mining in a frigate. You will want to get to the point where you can fly a hauler (cleverly named Industrial ships) and a mining barge. You'll need a hauler to move stuff from out in the belt to the station, or to a new station. They are just big, slow ships with a huge cargo hold. Mining barges can fit strip miners. With a regular mining laser you get 40 units of ore per cycle...a strip miner can suck 540 units per cycle (base stats). So it's something any miner should aspire to do.
Refining is simply taking ore (or just about anything) and melting it down into the minerals and/or components that make it. This starts to go into production as you can't build anything with raw ore, so refined minerals are always in demand. There are a few skills you'll need to refine stuff....."refining" and "refining efficiency". They will allow you to better use the stations refining array and keep the amount wasted down. (Also look into the various ore processing skills as they to keep this amount low). the other thing that will affect how much you get is the amount the station keeps for itself. The better your standing with the station's owner, the lower this will be too. Once ore is refined, you can sell the minerals or use them to build something. And that takes us into production.
Production is building stuff. Simple right? Pretty much everything in EVE is built and sold by players. There are some things that are seeded by CCP, but most is either built or looted from rats, and then sold.
In order to build something you'll need a blueprint, minerals/components, and a factory(Station module).
Blue Prints come in two flavors: Blue Print Originals(BPOs) and Blue Print Copies)BPCs. This is where science starts to enter the equation. You can research a BPO to make it more mineral efficient, and take less time to build. A BPC is just a copy of a BPO and any bonuses it may have from research. Why BPCs? They do have a limited number of uses, but chances are that somethings you're not going to be able to get a BPO....least not one that researched which can take a long long time. BPOs are perfered...but if you cannot get a hold of one, then go for a BPC.
To be continued.....

Let's start with the first....
Industry
This can be broken into 2 major parts: mining and production.
Mining is real simple. you go out to a belt, set your lasers, when your cargo hold fills up you stop. Since this is more of a basic overview, I'll keep things along the simpler side. First off, stay away from Veldspar. There are many other things to mine that have a much better yield. To that end, you can either sell the ore out right, or refine it into various minerals, and then either sell those or use them to build something.
What to mine? That depends on where you are. Hi sec or Low sec? I'll stay with Hi sec. Why Hi sec? Because there you can mine without having to worry about losing your ship. Below is a great chart of where to find minerals. Anything not shown here is in 0.0 space.

This site has a good break down of the different kinds of ore and the minerals you can get by refining.
http://eveinfo.com/ore_price/
Now, you can start out (and pretty much have to) mining in a frigate. You will want to get to the point where you can fly a hauler (cleverly named Industrial ships) and a mining barge. You'll need a hauler to move stuff from out in the belt to the station, or to a new station. They are just big, slow ships with a huge cargo hold. Mining barges can fit strip miners. With a regular mining laser you get 40 units of ore per cycle...a strip miner can suck 540 units per cycle (base stats). So it's something any miner should aspire to do.
Refining is simply taking ore (or just about anything) and melting it down into the minerals and/or components that make it. This starts to go into production as you can't build anything with raw ore, so refined minerals are always in demand. There are a few skills you'll need to refine stuff....."refining" and "refining efficiency". They will allow you to better use the stations refining array and keep the amount wasted down. (Also look into the various ore processing skills as they to keep this amount low). the other thing that will affect how much you get is the amount the station keeps for itself. The better your standing with the station's owner, the lower this will be too. Once ore is refined, you can sell the minerals or use them to build something. And that takes us into production.
Production is building stuff. Simple right? Pretty much everything in EVE is built and sold by players. There are some things that are seeded by CCP, but most is either built or looted from rats, and then sold.
In order to build something you'll need a blueprint, minerals/components, and a factory(Station module).
Blue Prints come in two flavors: Blue Print Originals(BPOs) and Blue Print Copies)BPCs. This is where science starts to enter the equation. You can research a BPO to make it more mineral efficient, and take less time to build. A BPC is just a copy of a BPO and any bonuses it may have from research. Why BPCs? They do have a limited number of uses, but chances are that somethings you're not going to be able to get a BPO....least not one that researched which can take a long long time. BPOs are perfered...but if you cannot get a hold of one, then go for a BPC.
To be continued.....