My character S&J Mining Inc. [1] just purchased a new mining ship in New Berlin. Little did I know, it is the worst ship to fly through asteroid fields that I've seen. An Advanced Train flying through a field is like a light fighter in comparison.
Does anyone know if the GMG Miner Transport is any better? Also, as we are freelance miners with no faction ties, would the GMG object to us purchasing one? And how would that fit into RP since we go everywhere?
One thought I had is myself keeping this Mining ship and having my partner purchase a train. I could mine while he runs the mined goods to stations nearby to sell them. I can't see the point in both of us having flying bricks.
Any thoughts or ideas guys and gals?
-S & J Mining Inc. 1 out.
You ask me why Im weary, why I cant speak to you.
You blame me for my silence, say Its time I changed and grew.
But the war's still going on dear, and theres no end that I know...
And I cant say if were ever...
I cant say if were ever gonna be free.
There are a lot of factions that dont like the GMG, so be prepared to deal with them. Using a GMG ship shows that you are on good relations with that faction, even if your ID is a generic miner ID.
You'll take a lot of abuse from Hogosha, outcasts, AFA, etc.
As for the GMG miner ship itself... it's fairly small and not hard to fly, but it's mroe of a gas transport ship than a true mining vessel.
What trader or miner doesn't take abuse from Outcasts?:P
One of my ideas when I thought about something like this before was to have some escort fighters with you that would also help with the mining - they couldn't carry much, but they could shoot at the rocks when there aren't any pirates to shoot. It wouldn't help a lot with the awkwardness of the ship, but at least you wouldn't have to move as much.
I've used the mining ship quite a bit and it doesn't go anywhere very fast in a field but thats the point right?
It has 10 transport turret potential and can easily kill NPC gunboats. It may be fine.
Admittedly it is annoying if your in a hurry. But acually flying at about 10kps in a preset pattern on auto pilot and shooting behind you yields much more to mine and easy to hit bits while while not keeping you stationary and letting the ships super strafe do it's thing.
' Wrote:I've used the mining ship quite a bit and it doesn't go anywhere very fast in a field but thats the point right?
It has 10 transport turret potential and can easily kill NPC gunboats. It may be fine.
Admittedly it is annoying if your in a hurry. But acually flying at about 10kps in a preset pattern on auto pilot and shooting behind you yields much more to mine and easy to hit bits while while not keeping you stationary and letting the ships super strafe do it's thing.
Yes indeed, very true. I was just talking to my mining buddy on the phone about that very thing when your post came up. We had discussed various ships, thinking perhaps the train or large transport, but to keep this completely in RP, we've decided to stick with the Mining ships. After all, it's not just the money we're after, it's the fun in working hard for it and seeing how far this can go.
Nobody ever said a miner's life was an easy one...
You ask me why Im weary, why I cant speak to you.
You blame me for my silence, say Its time I changed and grew.
But the war's still going on dear, and theres no end that I know...
And I cant say if were ever...
I cant say if were ever gonna be free.
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