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MicroMole Moon Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the MicroMole Moon Miner, a vanilla small-grid design without mods, and contains no rotors or pistons making it a perfect survival-ready solution for early game mining projects. The MicroMole Moon Miner performs equally well in space making it extremely versatile, but has limited use on planets because of the hydrogen fuel burn rate. Designed as a medium-capacity vertical miner, the MicroMole Moon Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 5 optimally-spaced drills, automatically ejecting waste stone, and transports ore in 1 large and 2 medium cargo containers. Power is supplied by 16 small batteries, and includes a single small reactor to keep the 16 small batteries charged; the small reactor is optional. These features make the MicroMole Moon Miner a perfect solution for the player who need an economical moon and/or space miner in a challenging environment.

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

NOTE: In-game scripts (in advanced settings) must be enabled for the scripts to function!
  - Dixie Normus' AutoLevel script: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366126191
  - MMaster's Automatic LCDs 2 script: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=822950976
If in-game scripts are not enabled (e.g., playing on one of KSH's public servers), then the user may engage gyroscope override to lock rotational movement when drilling for ore.

  - Blocks: 272
  - PCUs: 6,057
  - L × W × H: 6½m × 6½m × 6½m
  - Empty Mass: 41¼ tons
  - Maximum Ore Mass: 112 tons (using "realistic" 1-1-1 settings)

{1} Camera Down View
{2} Drills
{3} Spotights On/Off
{4} AutoLevel On/Off
{5} Gyroscope Override On/Off
{6} Ore Detector On/Off
{7} Camera Rear View
{8} Docking Connector Switch Lock
{9} Hydrogen Thrusters On/Off

{1} Camera Front View
{2} Antenna On/Off
{3} Hydrogen Tanks Stockpile On/Off
{4} Batteries Auto/Recharge
{5} ---
{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.

(See the last two pictures 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 "MMM - 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.

  - 892 Steel Plates
  - 196 Metal Grids
  - 382 Interior Plates
  - 1,312 Construction Components
  - 172 Motors
  - 143 Large Steel Tubes
  - 146 Small Steel Tubes
  - 301 Computers
  - 23 Displays
  - 80 Bulletproof Glass
  - 32 Power Cells
  - 3 Reactor Components
  - 1 Detector Component
  - 4 Radio-Communication Components