Pirates & Nomads update

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Originally posted by Will:

Then I had remote bases mining in four systems (4 SS, 1 BS), and ships mining in two asteroid systems (1 ES, 1 DN

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Could you give some advice on remote and asteroid mining ? In particular is it really profitable after ship maintenance costs are paid ? I suppose you could mine with satellites but you still have to pay for a ship on station to distribute the resources don't you ? And how fast does the production rate drop due to the loss of value mentioned in the description ?

If the mining is in home space you don't have to defend but wouldn't it be really awkward if any enemy came around ? All that investment down the drain...

If it is profitable I would build a space yard ship, station it at the asteroid and have at least one satellite bay. Build and launch a satellite or more per turn till you hit 100 then move on to the next. Is that how you do it ?