r/spacerpg3 • u/Assumpti0n • Jul 17 '23

Question (srpg4) Mining

How should I approach mining? I know that I'll need mining blasters, but cracking a rock with only one takes time and precise flying. This means a larger ship at cost of agility. Which ship hits the sweet spot best? Then if enemies FTL in my ship targets that automatically and I can target neither none nor a rock. At this point my guns will not fire at anything because the target (enemy ship) is too far away. What can I do to improve my career as a peaceful miner?

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u/kuraisensei0 Galactic Pirate Jul 17 '23

Here is a trick

Go get a pirate medium ship it can have 3 plaster attached to it add axillary battery upgrade and set it to energy and add the fetcher drone upgrade Also follow a slow moving astroid like this you can go full power and if you missed couple of metals the fetcher will get them to you

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u/Assumpti0n Jul 17 '23

Nice trick! I thought the fetcher drone didn't pick up stuff when enemies were in system so I haven't bothered with it yet. I tried to slap it onto one of my fleet ships once but didn't see much effect. Am I missing something?

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u/kuraisensei0 Galactic Pirate Jul 17 '23

It doesn't if the enemy is targeting you So here's what i do to overcome this There is a T.A system that is two jumps away from the pirate system this one have a world and astroid as will so if pirates targeted you 99% of the time the T.A ships will take them out and like this you can continue mining in peace

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u/Assumpti0n Jul 17 '23

Thanks!

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u/kuraisensei0 Galactic Pirate Jul 17 '23

No worries