Commercial Miner

The Commercial Miner is a somewhat expensive but fast Miner.

Description

The Commercial Miner is a Mining ship with very little interior but a large Ore Hold, designed to mine multiple Ores at once with fair efficiency. It is a large jump in price from the more affordable Miners like the Industrial Miner. It takes a minimum of 240 seconds to fill up its Ore Hold.

Interior

The Commercial Miner has almost no interior. There is just a large glass cockpit with one seat, no detail, and a floor with a metallic texture. The Miner docks with the cockpit facing the terminal.

Advantages

• 5 Small Mining Lasers provide quick mining speeds.
• Decent amount of health.
• Large Ore Hold.
• Can mine multiple Ores at once.
• High speed for its size.
• High survivability because of its speed and decent amount of health.

Disadvantages

• Relatively expensive.
• Aliens often target Miners.
• Fairly large for its class and easy to hit.
• Pirates may declare War in order to destroy a more expensive and loot-filled Miner.
• Small Mining Lasers have shorter range compared to Medium Mining Lasers.

Strategy

• Check the Minimap every 30 seconds for pirates or other foes.
• Try to mine near your Starbase to decrease the chance of your ship being shot down.
• Never mine in a War.
• Mine in a Private Server if you have access to one.

Version History

• Was added in update .61g
• .61h1? - Warp Drive added.
• Explosion range decreased from 80 to 60 in .65b
• Two Small Mining Lasers switched out with a Medium Mining Laser in version .68e.
• Received a remodel in version .69a2.
• Ore hold was nerfed from 3000 to 2500.
• Ore Hold increased back to 3000 from 2500 in version .72e1(?)

Trivia

• Many players skip this Miner due to its disadvantages.
• Old model could mine broadside. Most of the Mining Lasers are on the left side of the ship once you sit down.