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Deep Reach Miner mk4

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents the Deep Reach planetary 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 vertical miner with a low center of gravity for maximum stability, the Deep Reach planetary miner extracts ores effortlessly with its 36 optimally-spaced drills, and transports ore in 10 large and 2 medium cargo containers. With the exception of the planet Pertam, the maximum lift capacity of this ship exceeds the carrying capacity of all available storage, i.e., 10 large cargo containers, 2 medium cargo containers, 36 drills, connector, and cockpit, and requires 4 large reactors and 4 large batteries for power.

NOTE: Ingame scripts (in advanced settings) must be enabled for the autolevel script to function! Thanks to Dixie Normas for the autolevel script: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366126191

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

  - Blocks: 1,058
  - PCUs: 20,755
  - L × W × H: 19m × 17½m × 8m
  - Empty Mass: 271 tons
  - Maximum Ore Mass: 774 tons (using realistic 1-1-1 settings)

{1} Drills
{2} Spotlights ON/OFF
{3} Camera Down
{4} AutoLevel ON/OFF
{5} Ore Detector ON/OFF
{6} Marker Lights ON/OFF
{7} Battery Recharge/Auto Setting
{8} Docking Connector LOCK/UNLOCK
{9} Atmospheric 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.

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; lock rotation.
2. Stack 6 armor blocks, minimum, vertically above 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 "DRM - 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.

  - 4,459 Steel Plates
  - 558 Metal Grids
  - 1,552 Interior Plates
  - 5,237 Construction Components
  - 4,375 Motors
  - 376 Large Steel Tubes
  - 493 Small Steel Tubes
  - 764 Computers
  - 72 Displays
  - 86 Bulletproof Glass
  - 160 Power Cells
  - 380 Reactor Components
  - 1 Detector Component
  - 4 Radio-Communication Components