The ultimate miner
You have progressed a long way and have become quite a successful miner. At this stage there are few that can compete against you in the mining profession. But although being simply successful may be enough for everyone else, you still want to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming the ultimate miner. There are only a few steps left to achieving that goal so let's go.
Tech II strip miners and mining crystals
Your newest mining ship, the Covetor, brings along with it some new tools of the trade. With the Covetor, you will be able to start using the Modulated Strip Miner II mining lasers. But wait, you may remember from earlier when we compared some of the mining lasers, that the Modulated Strip Miner II has a lower base yield than the Strip Miner I, so why wouldn't you just stick with the Strip Miner I? Simple—mining crystals.
For every ore type in EVE there are two mining crystals for it, a Tech I and a Tech II version, which can only be used in the Tech II strip miners....
