1 we don ' t know which profession will be most profitable yet . we won ' t know this tell near the end of beta 2 even a single Orion is probably going to take more than 1 player to work . If you ' re going to drop a bunch of money on top tier ships , then you should make sure to join an Org with plans to work together , professionwise . 3 Crucible will be a great ship , and will be really useful for fleets . There will be areas of the galaxy where lots of players are doing PvE and will need repairs and rearm while doing missions . This is a much more obtainable goal if you are trying to play solo . 4 Reclaimer is one of those ships where you won ' t have to rely on other people as much . You can just go around eating up scrap . Just remember the most scrap will be in active combat zones , and the Reclaimer is just a massssssssive target . You will probably need protection . 5 I agree with the working class fleet . I just think people don ' t recognize that the large working ships are going to take a lot of people to utilize properly . I wish CIG had created medium size workships . like Constellation sized mining ships , etc . But . I can ' t really criticise people for going big , because I also have an Orion and Hull D combo that I plan on using to make my UEC with .