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Mole Space Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Mole Space Miner, a vanilla small-grid design without mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for large mining projects. Designed as a high-capacity vertical miner, the Mole Space Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 12 optimally-spaced drills, automatically ejecting waste stone, and transports ore in 4 large and 5 medium cargo containers. Power is supplied by 8 large batteries, with 4 optional small reactors for backup power and battery charging, if necessary. Four gatling guns and two thruster-deployable active decoys provide a modicum of protection in hostile environments. These features make the Mole Space Miner a perfect solution for the player who needs to get to an ore deposit, quickly extract a large quantity of ore, and get back home again in a challenging space environment.

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

STATISTICS
  - Blocks: 606
  - PCUs: 12,934
  - L × W × H: 11m × 10½m × 7m
  - Empty Mass: 85½ tons
  - Maximum Ore Mass: 330 tons (using "realistic" 1-1-1 settings)

CONTROLS-1
{1} Drills
{2} Camera Down View
{3} Spotlights ON/OFF
{4} Camera Front View
{5} Ore Detector ON/OFF
{6} Antenna ON/OFF
{7} Camera Rear View
{8} Docking Connector LOCK/UNLOCK
{9} Ion Thrusters ON/OFF

CONTROLS-2
{1} Camera Front View
{2} Gatling Guns
{3} Release Decoy 1
{4} Release Decoy 2
{5} ---
{6} Spotlights ON/OFF
{7} Marker Lights ON/OFF
{8} ---
{9} Batteries AUTO/RECHARGE

Note: Remember to clear away stone by selecting the drills {1} and right-clicking your mouse as you descend into the ground; select {2} for the downward camera view. Once you hit an ore deposit, left-clicking your mouse will collect ore.

NOTES FOR BUILDING WITH A PROJECTOR IN SURVIVAL
(See the last picture for the projector's configuration.)
1. Build a rotor frame on a powered grid; remove the large-grid rotor head and replace with a small-grid rotor head and lock rotation.
2. Stack 5 armor blocks, minimum, vertically atop the small-grid rotor head to provide sufficient clearance for building the miner.
3. Build a small-grid projector on top of the topmost armor block; for consistency, rename the projector to be "MS - Projector".
4. Load the blueprint into the projector; click on the setting to retain the blueprint after construction is complete.
5. Build the blueprint.
6. When completed, grind away the small-grid rotor head, armor blocks, and rotor frame, leaving the projector in place for future repairs.

REQUIRED PARTS FOR BUILDING IN SURVIVAL
  - 1,961 Steel Plates
  - 78 Metal Grids
  - 803 Interior Plates
  - 1,620 Construction Components
  - 324 Motors
  - 237 Large Steel Tubes
  - 222 Small Steel Tubes
  - 505 Computers
  - 41 Displays
  - 90 Bulletproof Glass
  - 164 Power Cells
  - 238 Thruster Components
  - 12 Reactor Components
  - 7 Detector Component
  - 10 Radio-Communication Components