Asteroid Mining
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* Warning!!! - small ships will quickly fill up and not be big enough to fullfill contracts - most silicon contracts are 100 tons plus | * Warning!!! - small ships will quickly fill up and not be big enough to fullfill contracts - most silicon contracts are 100 tons plus | ||
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You will most probably have to turn off gravity anchor and match speed of an asteroid to be close enough for lond enough time. | You will most probably have to turn off gravity anchor and match speed of an asteroid to be close enough for lond enough time. | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 9 June 2013
There are currently 2 systems with asteroids orbiting a planet, Vulcan and Veritas.
You are able to maneuver your ship with a special laser to heat and melt/explode an asteroid so as to harvest rare minerals from it
- Warning!!! - small ships will quickly fill up and not be big enough to fullfill contracts - most silicon contracts are 100 tons plus
- Do not do asteroid mining with a small ship unless you have a warehouse to unload and store the minerals
You will most probably have to turn off gravity anchor and match speed of an asteroid to be close enough for lond enough time.
Left click mouse button on asteroid when close enough to activate laser and maneuver ship to keep beem on the asteroid
Not all the asteroids are valuable, the good ones will be labeled by there type
You will have to experiment with how much laser input is required to achieve best results
Several new minerals are available for research on your space station or sale at the contract boards
- Silicon - needed for your Electronics Factory
- Magnesium - can be sold on the market
Other minerals such as Iron, Carbon, Uranium and Aluminium are got from various asteroids aswell
