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Super High Density Mining Beam
Hey Devs, how about this?
Port: Large
Range: 110m
Rate: 3.1
Heat: 0.75
Mass: 4000kg
Grid: 6
Level Reqs: -/-/-/-/13
plus Basic Miner 3
plus at least 1 level IV rare-ore badge
Beam color: white
Availability: Orion stations exclusively
Cost: Double that of HD beams
Further info:
In response to increased demand for ore as capital ship construction flourishes, Orion Heavy Manufacturing scientists have developed a cutting edge mining beam capable of a very high rate of extraction with no increased heat factor compared with the currently available High-Density mining beams.
Only miners with significant experience will be able to access this technology due to its complex operating requirements. Apparently the technology involved in producing this beam results in a much heavier mass of the beam itself. Most professional miners seem to not be phased by this, however, instead commenting that the increased range and extraction rate might in some cases allow them to more often mine from multiple asteroids simultaneously (though when queried about the location of such close proximity asteroids, the miners were silent).
It has been rumored that this technology was stolen from Tunguska Heavy Mining Concern when several top-level researchers defected to Orion after an internal conflict, but neither faction has officially responded to these allegations.
Port: Large
Range: 110m
Rate: 3.1
Heat: 0.75
Mass: 4000kg
Grid: 6
Level Reqs: -/-/-/-/13
plus Basic Miner 3
plus at least 1 level IV rare-ore badge
Beam color: white
Availability: Orion stations exclusively
Cost: Double that of HD beams
Further info:
In response to increased demand for ore as capital ship construction flourishes, Orion Heavy Manufacturing scientists have developed a cutting edge mining beam capable of a very high rate of extraction with no increased heat factor compared with the currently available High-Density mining beams.
Only miners with significant experience will be able to access this technology due to its complex operating requirements. Apparently the technology involved in producing this beam results in a much heavier mass of the beam itself. Most professional miners seem to not be phased by this, however, instead commenting that the increased range and extraction rate might in some cases allow them to more often mine from multiple asteroids simultaneously (though when queried about the location of such close proximity asteroids, the miners were silent).
It has been rumored that this technology was stolen from Tunguska Heavy Mining Concern when several top-level researchers defected to Orion after an internal conflict, but neither faction has officially responded to these allegations.
hd beams stats - Large 75m 2.8 0.75 500kg 4
Longer range - faster draw and rather heavy
BM3 badge instead of master prospector.
Overall heat rate is 4.13 which is up from 3.73 for the HD seems ok to me
I would cut the range back to 50m.
Cost should also be higher - miners are really rich ya know.
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Longer range - faster draw and rather heavy
BM3 badge instead of master prospector.
Overall heat rate is 4.13 which is up from 3.73 for the HD seems ok to me
I would cut the range back to 50m.
Cost should also be higher - miners are really rich ya know.
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wow greenwall, this is such a good idea!
Why not? I agree about the BM3 vs Master Prospector idea from PaK.
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Good idea Greenwall. +1
Definitely like this
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sure, why not, as long as they like everything else is carried in convoys.
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+1 I like it.
Minor threadjack: 20 grid version that has 20,000kg mass, 7.75 rate, 2.25 heat, and 200m range for cappies. Same reqs (8x price). Mass and rate/heat ratio makes it inefficient for anything but a cappy.
Or at least make something for a cappie, if not the above.
Minor threadjack: 20 grid version that has 20,000kg mass, 7.75 rate, 2.25 heat, and 200m range for cappies. Same reqs (8x price). Mass and rate/heat ratio makes it inefficient for anything but a cappy.
Or at least make something for a cappie, if not the above.