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Deep Reach Space Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Deep Reach Space Miner, 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 miner, the Deep Reach Space Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 36 drills that are optimally spaced, storing the ore in its 18 large cargo containers and 2 medium cargo containers. Fully loaded with ore and/or ice, the payload capacity of this miner is 1,113 tons using 1-1-1 realistic settings. Although this miner has 2 large reactors for power, it may be operated only using power from its 10-battery bank. Ion thrusters are used throughout, and the miner may be propelled using only its small thrusters if the remaining power reserves are low.

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

STATISTICS
Tested Gross Mass: 1,285 tons (1-1-1 survival)
Empty Mass: 172 tons
PCUs: 20,725
Blocks: 1,099

CONTROLS
{1} Drills
{2} Spotlights ON/OFF
{3} Camera Down
{4} Gatling Turrets ON/OFF
{5} Battery Recharge/Auto
{6} Ore Detector ON/OFF
{7} Antenna ON/OFF
{8} Connector, Docking, Switch Lock
{9} Ion Thrusters 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 the ground; 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.

NOTES FOR BUILDING WITH A PROJECTOR
As shown in the last picture, five red blocks were intentionally added to be the location of the grid pivot to simplify the projection process; the grid pivot is the projector's anchor point. Once the shipbuilding process is completed, the red blocks must be removed.