Mining Ship Cargo Bay

[Anikinsen]

Ok, you want mining ships that can eat planets? fine. but this new class needs to reflect that! How'd you like a 200 mill ship? Im fine with a massive hold and bonuses as long as....

1. Shields are equal to gunboat shields
2. guns are no stronger than gunboat guns
3. they cost 200 mill and require a 10 mill mining permit.

Thats going a little over the top. I'm using the large asteroid miners as examples as to what they really mine. Not that we're going to start using Miners to mine the ground of a planet. And its a freighter class vessel, not an oversized gunboat.

Mining ship doesn't carry stuff, it mines. Any mining operation is much more profitable of there is a 2:1 transport:miner ratio, and the miner does not tractor in anything. The mining ship costs enough for an oversized, poor handling, badly defended (yes, 10 turrets...ever checked the arcs on those turrets?...) ship that does not even function properly in it's intended environment (not well-built for asteroid fields). Plus, the yield is not sufficiently high that a solo miner fills up that quickly...unless you're mining in 23, in which case, the base is right next door.

Bad Handling part: False, actually has a pretty good handling, except for the occasional upward drift when you go down, and downward drift when you go up.
Badly Defended: False, the front can fire around 6, while the back can fire up to 8. That doesn't sound defenceless to me, considering all turrets are Class 7 Mountables.
Miners don't need to tractor anything: False. What if some pirate comes by and is about to pillage you? You would tractor in as much as you possibly can and run like mad.
Oversized: Not oversized, but it is big. What do you expect? Its a mining ship, built to mine rocks.
Not well built for asteroid fields: Yeah, its kind of hard to not hit the asteroids, but what do you expect? Its suppose to be attracted to those floating objects. :D

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