Horsefly-class Miner

Overview
The Horsefly-class is the big brother of the Fly-class, which are both manufactured by Hanaan Drive Yards. The Horsefly is a good miner for its size with a decent Ore Hold and Mining speed. "A bigger and more expensive version of the Fly-class with significantly better systems given to previously proven to be reliable contractors and often also used by independant prospectors. - In-game Description"

Advantages

 * Decent Ore Hold (130m3)
 * Good mining rate (1m3/sec)
 * Good, balanced HP which means it isn‘t particularly susceptible to Hullbreakers or Shieldbreakers
 * Good Jump Range (55k)

Disadvantages

 * Slower than most small Miners
 * Easy to hit from above
 * Rather expensive for a small Miner

Strategy

 * Mine thorium, as that is usually the best material to mine (in terms of profit)
 * Avoid enemies if possible, jump away as soon as you see a hostile target indicator
 * Don‘t mine at war, as that can cost you a lot of progress

Trivia

 * Makes around 2520 Merits per run maximum