Keebland
30-10-2003, 01:23
The Emperor of Keebland will be mining a planet with no atmosphere.
The problem is that I don't have any mining equipment.Can you help?
Setian-Sebeceans
30-10-2003, 01:41
Sending mining equipment, for free.
imported_Eniqcir
30-10-2003, 02:51
If gravity is under .3g or 3.23m/s^2, you may want to consider the...
Colonial-class Mineral Ship
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Specs:
SCALE: Capital
LENGTH: ~900 meters
TONNAGE: 700,000 tons
ACCELERATION: Really bad.
POWER: Fusion Reactors
STANDARD CREW: 100
PASSENGERS: N/A
CARGO CAPACITY: 75,000 metric tons
CONSUMABLES: 12 months
HULL/ARMOR: 1.5 meters
MAGNETIC DEFLECTORS: 3 low-power coils.
SENSORS: Radar, Lidar, Laser spectrographs.
WEAPONS: 3 Automatic Laser Cannons, Point Diverters.
ENGINES: Main Ion Engines, with EK and Hall Effect Thrusters
SUB CRAFTS: 10 surface mining rovers, 6 cargo shuttles
MISCELLANEOUS: Equipped with high-powered cutting lasers on the underside for mining purposes.
Capable of landing on asteroids, comets, and small moons, this is the most up-to-date ship of its class. It's fleet of surface rovers, specially modified for excavation and mining, allow it to cover a huge area in a very short time. The large food stores, 100% recycling life-support system, on-board rock-crusher and sorting machines, and fleet of cargo shuttles allow it to act almost like a mobile mining colony, extracting all the usefull materials from one body, and then moving on to the next. Magnetic Deflectors and 1.5 meter thick hull plating protect the crew from dangerous radiation and micrometeorites. Point Diverters and 3 Laser Cannons help keep larger objects out of your way.
The perfect supplement to *your* Colony fleet. Practically pays for itself!
Price: $50 Billion (48779 Kilos Platinum) [+crew training: $0.5 Billion]