The Skiff is an exhumer with exceptional defensive capabilities.
Traits
Mining Barge skill bonus per level:
5% bonus to shield hit points
4% bonus to all shield resistances
Exhumers skill bonus per level:
1% bonus to Strip Miner yield
1% reduction in Ice Harvester duration
Role Bonus:
200% bonus to Strip Miner yield
66.66% reduction in Ice Harvester Duration and capacitor use
Development
The exhumer is the second generation of mining vessels created by ORE. Exhumers, like their mining barge cousins, were each created to excel at a specific function, the Skiff's being durability. With that in mind, the designers could only make space to fit one mining or ice harvesting module. To mitigate the effect this would have on its mining output, they came up with a unique loading system that allows this one module to work at triple efficiency.
Exhumers are equipped with electronic subsystems specifically designed to accommodate Strip Mining and Ice Harvesting modules.