[taterbill]

"3. Ignore the remote miner components. Ships with them are costing more in maintenance than they mine, satellites, while they have no maintenance, still need to be transported to the asteroids or uninhabited planets, and that is time consuming and nets little (you need to pay maint. of the trransport ship!). Save your mouseclicks."

I totally disagree. Yes, if you put one little remote mine (minerals) component on a frigate and send it to an asteroid, you probably will spend more in maintenance than you can mine. But if you are short of organics or radioactives, remote mining, even at the lower levels, can be a life saver.

But once you have discovered larger ship hulls, put three or more remote mine components on a ship and send it to a location with 100%+ minerals, and you will more than recoup maintenance.

And choose your spots. The best place to remote mine is at a planet with multiple moons, all of which are strong in the desired resource. The percentages are summed for remote mining. Remote mine a planet with two moons, all of which are 100%+ in some resource, and you will be wallowing in resources.

Bill