Newbie Mining Questions

[Wardad]

I have never built the remote miners for two reasons.
a. The maintainance cost of a mining ship exceeds the return.
b. I want resources when it's time to colonize that planet.
(note: planets can be created from asteroids).

Some players have placed the remote miners on a large SAT and avoid paying the maintenance.

My quickest fix for more minerals is to upgrade to level 2 miner facilities. Level 2 takes one turn to build, and level 3 takes two turns usually. I don't bother researching mining above level 3 because there are better enhancements.

The next best fix is in the computer research. Good infrastucture enhancements and a ships computer too.


UPGRADES HAPPEN!!!

[DirectorTsaarx]

I've found the best strategy for remote miners is to put them on a space station/base station/starbase hull. Assuming you have at least cruiser hulls, you can put a spaceyard component on a cruiser with (IIRC) 5 engines; move that to an asteroid sector, and build a mining base. The base works better than a ship because of the 50% maintenance bonus for bases. Not to mention that you can cram a LOT of mining components on the larger bases...