Would you use this giant remote miner?

[Arkcon]

Remote mining isn't very economical in standard SE4. I don't normally make mining bases, but I dunno they're kinda fun. Kinda scifi. I like the idea of ships prospecting for minerals, or rads, and shipping the stuff back home.

Sometimes I just put 2-3 miners and 1 rad extract or 2 on a battle station, with shields and weapons. Then, the base pays for it's own maintenance, with some bonus early on. Think -- the Bespin Cloud City.

The only problem is essentially wasting research on base construction, I don't really have another use for battle station or starbase. I do it most often if ruins give Base Construction.

[ July 21, 2003, 19:44: Message edited by: Arkcon ]