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Transport Terra Miner

An easy-to-build, extreme-duty, Planetary-only based Survival and Mining ship. Vanilla (no mods) and no DLC.
Survival ready.

Mines & Carries around 330,000Kg Ore on planets! Some moons have atmosphere too!

Cargo Containers are Code-Indexed for convenience:
In the Terminal type " MC " to bring up JUST the six large cargo boxes and Connectors.
This is for when you connect to another Small or Largegrid and don't know where this ships' cargo is.

The purpose of this ship is to provide easy(er) ore extraction on planets.
If you play in worlds with the Asteroid Amount on Lowest Density or play with the SEWorldGenPlugin (asteroids only appear in fields or belts by default) and prefer to HardMode get ore on planets then This Ship Is For YOU.

Its one thing to find the ore its a whole 'nuther thing to pull it out of the ground! This ship simplifies that.

This ship is not designed for the early game BUT if you manage to build it... It will make your life ALOT easier.
Motors. This thing is all MOTORS. Conveyors and Atmo Thusters. Thats Ni (nickel) and Fe (iron) to you. And some Co (cobalt)
Check the bottom of this post for more Vanilla planetary based trucks and trailers that work great with this ship.


v1.2 Specs & Features:

1. Can carry around 330,000Kg (<510,000k Kg total grid mass) Tested on Earthlike, Alien and Pertam.
When cargo boxes and all 8 drills are full of ore; equates to just under 330k KG of Ore stored)
1a. Doubles as a heavy-lift mover just build a carry handle on whatever you're moving. Mind the thruster plume.

2. Eight drills. Timer block activation or Manual mode.
2a. Manual drill mode is hotkey set #1 now. (use hotkey 4 for Parameter lights and 3 to for headlights)

3. Ten Large Atmospheric Thrusters and twelve small ones for upwards movement. Twelve for left/right. NONE for Down. Do Not Roll This Craft Upside Down.
3a. Use 500k - 510k Kg total ship mass as your hard limit but don't fret, thats the maximum cargo space anyway so just keep mining until the weight stops going up then offload at your station, truck, carrier or whatever you flew in on.

4. Six Large Cargo boxes for Ore storage. (note: drills store as much ore as Medium Containers)

5. Two Large Smallgrid Connectors are used for ore disposal for Ore you don't want. Removes Stone by default. Sorter is Hotkey On/Off with 6 for convenience. Use the Terminal for setting a preferred ore filter.

6. O2/H2 Generator is E.V.A. on the top of the ship for oxygen & hydrogen bottle refills. (now incl. dedicated hydrogen tank)
6a. Alternatively has one Air Vent for a constant breathable cockpit.
(Provided the planets' atmosphere is also breathable of course. Even if just slightly breathable)
6b. A Survival Kit has been added on the stern for respawning, health restore and well everything that block is supposed to do. (Can refine ore but I've blocked it off from the rest of the ship with a hidden sorter. You can re-enable it with "Conveyor Sorter - S. Kit" in the terminal)

7. Three Large Reactors and Sixteen Batteries power the Transport Terra Miner.
7a. Twelve Gyroscopes maneuver it but if thats too sluggish you can add up to 6 more.
7b. Ship is designed to run solely on Battery power. Think of it as a diesel-electric but uranium-electric.
7c. Batteries lasts about 20min but can be extended with addition batteries inside the stern.


NOTES

Hangar dimensions are 4x3x10 largegrid block. Can also fit in hangars just two blocks high, the height of Airtight Hangar Doors. Snug but possible. Check the last picture for an example.

Connectors are flush too so no hanging clips into A Rock Or Something.

This ship is hard to take pictures of.


Link to a simple do-it-all Survival cargo truck;
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2142114031
Link to a superior, albeit harder to manage 12 box trailer (also carries H2 gas)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818949552
Link to a flatbed. Can actually hold Largegrid blocks but it is OverSized Load at that point. Do Not Off-road
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818949701
And the Tractor to pull it all!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2818949115

Link to the Transport Miner Hybrid; (atmo and ion, yes its space capable on its own power)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=784700027