Help-newbie-Mining remotely

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Hunkpapa:
I have scanned the forums and still cannot figure out how to mine(extract resources)from asteroids and planets w/o establishing a colony.

Please tell me what needs to be constructed and what needs to be constructed to transport 'it' to the locations.

Thank you.

You need to build a ship with Robo-Miners on it. Then just leave it around planet.

(and prepare to be disapointed. You may find the ship costs more to maintain than it produces)

[ February 09, 2003, 17:45: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[capnq]

See the Frequently Asked Questions thread {link}, section 4.6 Remote Mining

[couslee]

Another consideration when building a remote mining ship is that it uses supplies. Would be a real good idea to wait on building these until you have solar collectors, and a ship large enough to hold a number of extraction components (of the same type)

[DavidG]

Originally posted by couslee:
Another consideration when building a remote mining ship is that it uses supplies.

And if it runs out of supplies?? Who cares, it keeps on mining. (At least that is what I noticed in a recent P&N game)

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Hunkpapa:
I have scanned the forums and still cannot figure out how to mine(extract resources)from asteroids and planets w/o establishing a colony.

Please tell me what needs to be constructed and what needs to be constructed to transport 'it' to the locations.

Thank you.

A through treatment of the concept is available here: (click)

[couslee]

Originally posted by DavidG:

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Originally posted by couslee:
Another consideration when building a remote mining ship is that it uses supplies.

And if it runs out of supplies?? Who cares, it keeps on mining. (At least that is what I noticed in a recent P&N game)

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Then what is the point in having it use supplies? perhaps it's a bug find. I might do a single remote mining ship test in my current game, once I get far enough in the tech tree to do it. (tis a new game )

[Ed Kolis]

Well, it does make the ship consume a lot of maintenance on the way home when the asteroids are depleted...