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Lucrative -Mining Drone Carrier

OK, exploration update is here, ready for a long journey into the infinite space? The new challenge for me is that, how to make mining efficient, while not sacrificing maneuverability with those huge drills? My answer is: why not use drones? With programmable block and timer blocks they are becoming more and more powerful - an army of automated, restless workers would be your helping handsssssssss.

So, here comes my first modular ship design: The Lucrative, the design contains 3 parts: Rear, front, and middle drone carrying part, every middle part is able to carry 4 automated mining drones (in the screenshot I was using Locust designed by THE kilroy), theoretically it's possible to carry infinitely number of drones.

The ship is designed to be super heavy duty, with huge storage space and built-in refineries you can refine ores on site. Its full heavy armor coverage and defense turrets it grants you safety voyage across vast space while accumulating your fortune (maybe planning on building a much larger ship?).

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How to use:
Download the world file, you can find the 3 parts of lucrative, copy and paste them together in your desired configuration, remember to put a block in front of the white indicator block near connection gap, convert the Lucrative into a Large ship and you are ready to go (or save as blueprint for use in survival).


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Features:
-Modular design
-Drone carrying & resupplying ability
-Huge cargo storage, also with refineries & assemblers built-in
-Defence turrets, all hooked to central conveyer system
-Mergeblock-with-connector sandwitch docking system, ensures secure docking for multiplayer


TO-DO:
-Gravity drive system
-Improve rear part design
-Drone manufacture & repair department