always nice to hear "replace the silly homeworld ships" for years - once that is done... the hate is rolling in
anyway - aren t there mining GUNS, too? if not.... my apology, but i was quite sure that there were mining cannons.
apart from that - the shapes are not like they cannot manouver through rocks. - both the dacite and the other one are flat as pencakes - and the mafic - well - lets say its a design experiment