[Arak Koba]

It really does seem the only economical way to use remote mining is with large sats. Unless you perhaps put remote mining equipment on an outpost starbase to help defray maintenance costs, there doesn't seem to be any reason to use remote mining modules on any ship chassis.

Even if you put a remote miner on an escort chassis without any engines or other components, and then build the ship on the spot, it just doesn't make up for the maintenance cost.