Help-newbie-Mining remotely

[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...

[Greybeard]

I frequently use remote mining. I make a ship with as few engines as needed to get it in place. It doesn't make any difference if the ship runs out of supplies. It just continues to produce each turn. I don't intend to ever resupply the ship...Greybeard