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Deep Reach Moon Miner

Spiff's Practical Engineered Solutions, a division of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, presents a version of the Deep Reach planetary miner that is especially designed to work optimally on the Moon.

Deep Reach Miner: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1773996879

The Deep Reach Moon Miner is 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 that operates on the Moon's surface (or, optionally, in space), the Deep Reach Moon Miner extracts ores effortlessly with its optimally-spaced 36 drills, storing ore in 4 medium and 10 large cargo containers. Fully loaded with ore and/or ice, the payload capacity of this miner is 793 tons using 1-1-1 realistic settings. The tested lift capacity of this ship exceeds the carrying capacity of all available storage, i.e., 4 medium and 10 cargo containers, 36 drills, connector, and cockpit, and requires 4 large reactors and two batteries for power. As with the planetary version, this ship will easily pass through an 8-block wide by 4-block high large-grid hangar opening.

Archon's AutoLevel script is used to optimize the mining process: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1366126191

NOTE: Ingame scripts (in advanced settings) must be enabled for the autolevel script to function while in the Moon's gravity well!

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

STATISTICS
Tested Gross Mass: 967 tons
Empty Mass: 170 tons
PCUs: 20,129
BLocks: 1,154

CONTROLS
{1} Drills
{2} Spotlights ON/OFF
{3} Camera Down
{4} Run AutoLevel
{5} Stop AutoLevel
{6} Batteries AUTO/RECHARGE
{7} Gatling Turrets ON/OFF
{8} Connector, Docking, Switch Lock
{9} Large Ion 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 Moon's surface; 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.