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VC Mining Barge MKII
   
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Type: Blueprint
Mod category: Exploration
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2 Jun, 2015 @ 8:34pm
19 Jul, 2015 @ 8:05pm
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VC Mining Barge MKII

In 1 collection by EdgarAllanPwn
Void Corp
46 items
Description
The Void Corp Mining Barge MKII is the latest generation beneficiation mining barge. This space craft is fully outfitted with the latest life support technology and utilizes some of the new upgrade technologies for its two refineries, making them more effective and more power efficient. In addition this vessel dispenses with the old comminution mining drone system and instead uses one VC Heavy Mining Drone which can be operated by a single crewman. The drone is capable of mining a far greater quantity of resources far faster than its predecessor, is easier to retrieve, and is substantially more durable.

New equipment:

• Oxygen generator
• Oxygen collectors
• Oxygen tanks
• Air vents
• Airlock
• Power efficiency modules
• Effectiveness modules
• Remote control (for autopilot)
• Autopilot timer block
• Collision alert sensor (tweaked)
• Cryo pods
• Medical bay
• All gravity generators are now sensor activated
• Vessel is fully pressurized

Directions for drone use:

1. Access the forward flight remote control and turn on the thrusters group (found on hot bar)
2. Decouple connector from ship
3. Proceed directly out of bay
4. Commence mining
5. Should one choose, one could program the drone to mine by itself (just straight forward) for a certain period of time before returning to specific coordinates by using the autopilot timer block located on the drone
6. In order to dock with the mining barge simply access the reverse flight remote and fly the drone back into the bay keeping the crosshairs on the center of the gravity generator inside should line the connectors up perfectly
7. Lock the connector and turn off thruster group

This ship, as with all ships in the Void Corp collection, is made without mods, pistons, or rotors, and is fully compatible with survival mode.
49 Comments
UnhingedSky 14 Jan, 2023 @ 5:03pm 
I like that the programmable blocks are just put there to look cool.
MagnvM 29 Jan, 2022 @ 7:48am 
i have a question , do you need to instal each vehicle for the random encounters mod to work?
Timmaxor 16 Mar, 2021 @ 8:49pm 
Hi I just built this do you remember what scripts are supposed to be in the program blocks mine are both blank?
Airomis 26 Sep, 2020 @ 7:17am 
are you still making new ships? i would love to see an overhual of the clasic ships you made
Time_of_Day 12 Nov, 2017 @ 6:40pm 
I'm having trouble getting this barge to interact with your transfer station. It seems to have a different loading system from the other barge and the station, and it's making it difficult to load my materials into the transfer station. Any suggestions?
EdgarAllanPwn  [author] 19 Feb, 2017 @ 12:45pm 
Cool k.mitch.gh! Thanks for sharing :)
Dragon Crisis Core 19 Feb, 2017 @ 2:10am 
http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=867452601

You inspired me with your design i build something similar in another game perhaps the smallest ship built so far in that game.
WombatScat 26 Jan, 2017 @ 12:48am 
Wait, my bad, didn't realize it was semi-autonmus.
WombatScat 26 Jan, 2017 @ 12:46am 
Hey there, recent bug I found. I got the mining drone to turn it's thrusters on, and when I press P to detach, the drone doesn't seem to have enough thrust to break the magnetic lock of the connector., and whenever I manually control the drone, i have no way of turning the autopilot back on.
Captain Chaaos 4 Aug, 2016 @ 5:57pm 
oh its no trouble at all! the barge is still amazing! I think I can handle not having a drone. I'll just build a small miner that fits in the drone bay and still use the barge :D But yes i think it might be a glitch on SE's side because I spawned several ships and the problem persisted