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Deep Reach Hydro Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Deep Reach Hydro Miner, a non-nuclear variant of the Deep Reach Offworld Miner that uses only batteries and hydrogen thrusters (i.e., no nuclear reactors). Deep Reach Hydro Miner is a vanilla small-grid design without mods or DLC, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for large mining projects.

Designed as a high-capacity vertical miner that operates in space or on a moon's surface, the Deep Reach Hydro Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 36 drills that are optimally spaced and stores ore in 10 large cargo containers. Fully loaded with ore and/or ice, the payload capacity of this miner is 766 tons (including 25 tons more for ice and ammo) using 1-1-1 realistic settings. The tested lift capacity of this ship exceeds the carrying capacity of all available storage, i.e., 10 cargo containers, 36 drills, connector, and cockpit, and requires the additional thrust of the four (4) large hydrogen thrusters for lift when fully loaded. As with the other Deep Reach versions, this ship will easily pass through an 8-block wide by 4-block high large-grid opening.

Hydrogen gas reserves are contained within eight (8) hydrogen tanks, and nine (9) O2/H2 generators allow for remote replenishment of the hydrogen gas stores giving the Deep Reach Hydro Miner remarkable range, even when fully loaded.

NOTE: Ingame scripts (in advanced settings) must be enabled for the autolevel script to function while in a moon's gravity well!

NO MODS, NO DLC, NO ROTORS/PISTONS; SURVIVAL READY AND PROJECTOR BUILDABLE!

STATISTICS
Tested Gross Mass: 979 tons (using cobalt ore on a moon; there is no limitation in zero-g space)
Empty Mass: 187.6 tons
PCUs: 21,492
Blocks: 1,038

CTRL-1 CONTROLS
{1} Drills
{2} Spotlights ON/OFF
{3} Camera Down
{4} Run AutoLevel
{5} Stop AutoLevel
{6} Batteries AUTO/RECHARGE
{7} Connector, Docking, Switch Lock
{8} Small Hydrogen Thrusters ON/OFF
{9} Large Hydrogen Thrusters ON/OFF

CTRL-2 CONTROLS
{1} Gatling Turrets ON/OFF
{2}
{3}
{4} Ore Detector ON/OFF
{5} Antenna ON/OFF
{6}
{7}
{8} Spotlights ON/OFF
{9} Marker Lights ON/OFF

Note: Remember to clear away stone and/or ice by selecting the drills {1} and right-clicking your mouse as you descend into an asteroid or moon's surface; select {2} for the spotlights and {3} for the downward camera view. Once you hit an ore deposit, left-clicking your mouse will collect ore.