Miner

ALLEGOPEDIA
About	History
FACTIONS
Belters	Bios
Dreghklar	Ga'Taraan
GigaCorp	Iron Coalition
Omicron Hive	Rixian Unity
Technoflux	Draconium
Phoenix	Valkyrie
SHIPS
Buying Ships
Small Class
Eject Pod	Interceptor
Fighter	Scout
Stealth Fighter	Other Small Ships
Medium Class
Bomber	Fighter Bomber
Gunship	Stealth Bomber
Troop Transport	Other Medium Ships
Capital Class
Assault Ship	Attack Carrier
Battlecruiser	Battleship
Corvette	Cruiser
Destroyer	Devastator
Freighter	Frigate
	Other Capital Ships
Ship Equipment
Dispenser Items	Missiles
Weapons	Other Equipment
AI Drone Ships
Carrier	Caltrop
Constructor	Miner
Tower	Other Drones
BASES
Buying Bases
Minor Bases
Outpost	Refinery
Teleport Receiver	Other Minor Bases
Special Bases
Garrison	Shipyard
Technology Bases
Expansion Complex	Supremacy Center
Tactical Laboratory	Other Tech Bases

Abbreviation: None

The miner is a drone ship which flys to a He3 asteroid, harvests it of helium, then returns to a friendly station where the He3 is converted into credits.

As the main source of income for the team miners' survival is essential to winning the game, and many game strategies revolve around securing safe mining sectors for yourself while denying them to the enemy team.

They require constant monitoring to:

• Ensure they don't sit idle inside a station.
• Ensure they mine efficiently, instead of harvesting near-empty asteroids.
• Ensure they don't run from minor threats.
• Ensure they are defended from major threats.

Each faction has three attributes which affect miner processing:

1. Miner speed. By default it extracts at a rate of 1 He3 unit per second.
2. Miner capacity. By default a miner can carry 90 units of He3.^Verify
3. He3 yield. By default each unit of He3 is worth 80 credits.^Verify

So a default miner will give the team $7200 for a full load, which will take 1min 30 plus travel time.

Ship statistics

Information taken from CC_03. Values are representative only (many factions have had their ships individually tweaked for balance).

Mk I - Miner

Cost: $4000

Requires nothing. Can be built at any time, and will launch from your oldest station (normally your home garrison).

Ship		Handling		Equipment
Armor class	Utility	Mass	100	Weapons	-
Hitpoints	960	Max thrust	1000	Missiles	-
ECM	1	Power-weight ratio	10	Turrets	-
Scan	2400	Max speed	100	Shield	Medium
Signature	150%	Turn rate	0.41	Booster	-
Energy	-	Torque-weight ratio	0.4	Cloaking device	-
Recharge	-	Riptime/cost	-	Dispenser	-

• Can not rescue eject pods

Mk II - Enhanced miner

Researched under garrison. Permanent upgrade for miners.

• Signature improved to 125%
• Hitpoints improved to 1200

Mk III - Advanced miner

Researched under advanced expansion, requires enhanced miners. Permanent upgrade for miners.

• Signature improved to 100%
• Hitpoints improved to 1500
• Max speed increased to 120

Factions

Bios miner	Bios Nothing special
Belters miner	Belters Nothing special
Dreghklar Empire miner	Dreghklar Empire Nothing special
Ga'Taraan Federation miner	Ga'Taraan Federation Nothing special
GigaCorp miner	GigaCorp Always start the game with Enhanced miners already researched.
Rixian Unity miner	Rixian Unity Nothing special
Iron Coalition miner	Iron Coalition Can teleport (Note that AI-controlled ships can only rip to teleport receivers).
Technoflux miner	Technoflux Is a small rip receiver with 1200 energy and 15 recharge.
Omicron miner	Omicron Hive Nothing special
Phoenix miner	Phoenix Nothing special
Draconium miner	Draconium Nothing special