Apparantly I am too dumb

[Wesker]

There are designated mining ships and mining IDs. House corporation IDs like BMM/Daumann/DSE/GMS IDs tend to have those bonuses. In your situation though. You should get a Hegemon miner and get a mining ID which I believe can be bought on planet Erie in Pennsylvania. The hegemon has a fair amount of cargo space and will allow you to mine helium. But yes, larger transports like 5000 space transports tend to require you get a house corporate ID relative to the transport and require you to have someone mine for you.

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