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Mole Planetary Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Mole Planetary 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 Planetary Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 12 optimally-spaced drills, automatically ejecting waste stone, and transports ore in 4 large cargo containers. Power is supplied by 7 large batteries and 22 small reactors. The lift capacity and power requirements are sized to handle high gravity planets such as Pertam while carrying a full ore load. These features make the Mole Planetary 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 environment.

An AutoLevel script is used when in a planet's or moon's gravity well: AutoLevel by Dixie Normus
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366126191

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

NOTE: Ingame scripts (in advanced settings) must be enabled for the AutoLevel script to function!

STATISTICS
  - Blocks: 539
  - PCUs: 11,639
  - L × W × H: 11½m × 10½m × 7m
  - Empty Mass: 125½ tons
  - Maximum Ore Mass: 284 tons (using "realistic" 1-1-1 settings)

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

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

Note: Remember to clear away stone by selecting the drills {2} and right-clicking your mouse as you descend into the ground; select {1} 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 "MP - 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
  - 1,819 Steel Plates
  - 174 Metal Grids
  - 670 Interior Plates
  - 2,989 Construction Components
  - 2,065 Motors
  - 192 Large Steel Tubes
  - 190 Small Steel Tubes
  - 624 Computers
  - 36 Displays
  - 90 Bulletproof Glass
  - 140 Power Cells
  - 66 Reactor Components
  - 1 Detector Component
  - 4 Radio-Communication Components