Ships Mining ship to support FC - Corvette, Cutter or Type-10 ?

Sedum

Sedum
I've recently got a FC (just before the discount was announced ... yeah, timing), and want a miner to support it out in the black. Mostly tritium (obviously), so SSD and lasers, but also core mining if I happen to find one while refuelling.

At the moment I'm using a Python (https://s.orbis.zone/gq-7) which is fine, but I could do with more cargo space without sacrificing too much manoeuvrability. So - would a Corvette, Cutter or Type-10 miner be best ?

(I'm only mentioning Type-10 because I have one anyway. It's a bit like flying a brick, so it's not my first choice although it would be a cheap option).
 

Codger

Codger
You have a carrier. You don't have to rely on just one ship for anything. You don't need fuel scoops on them either.

You can outfit a core miner, a laser miner, etc. and take them all with you. You can store your mined ore in the carrier for later sale, so there's really no problem with cargo size, etc.

I have a Cutter for laser mining, and I use a Krait for core mining.
 

Sedum

Sedum
Yeah, but I like having one ship which can do both - it really irritates me to find a shiny core and not be able to harvest it. And although frequent runs back to the FC are ok, it's nice to put on an audiobook & chill mining for a while longer.
 

Frags

F
Sedum said:
Yeah, but I like having one ship which can do both - it really irritates me to find a shiny core and not be able to harvest it. And although frequent runs back to the FC are ok, it's nice to put on an audiobook & chill mining for a while longer.
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Core and laser at the same run don't mix well in term of efficiency. For core mining you need to scan a huge area moving fast but for laser you just go from rock to rock.
I have Cutter for laser and Python for core.
BTW. It's not worth to mine Tritium, just buy it.
 

Sedum

Sedum
Frags said:
Core and laser at the same run don't mix well in term of efficiency. For core mining you need to scan a huge area moving fast but for laser you just go from rock to rock.
I have Cutter for laser and Python for core.
BTW. It's not worth to mine Tritium, just buy it.
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Easy to buy tritium in the bubble, harder 10k+ LY out. Hence the original question.


Ceekay said:
Probably the Vette as placing seismic charges needs a fair degree of agility it can be done in a T10 or a Cutter but you have to work at it! ;)

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That's a good point about the agility, and something like this build looks perfect - thanks. I'll pick one up next time I can.
 

SENA-

SENA-
I have 2 carriers , both in Colonia, and sadly, I sold at a fat price all the Tritium I mined ( average price for tritium in Colonia is some 150k ..) and now, I want to move a carrier back, on Hudson territory ( to make a bang on Pirates :p ) but surprise - I have not enough fuel for the trip ! ( I need some 6k Tritium to cover 21 000 ly)

So, my favorite ship/strategy is to use a Vette rigged for combat and mining, and mine in the best place possible: that is, Haz Res overlapping a Tritium hot-spot, in a Pristine system - are many such places in Colonia, not like in Bubble where you won't find such conditions....

I have 320 tones max load, but I use a fighter hangar also, and usually you can fill the cargo in 25-35 minutes, and making some 10-20 millions in bounties in the same time.
The great advantage of a Vette is she do not need to run from Pirates - she can decimate 3 squads of Pirates at once, if need come, and fighting 1 squad ( or 3 Pirates) at once is a joke. You can take in 2 Condas and other 4 small / medium Pirates without much sweat - the Vette rule on Haz mining, that's for sure.
 

CMDR Cknarf

CMDR Cknarf
The Vette is actually a pretty solid miner. You can run plenty of limpets, every type of mining tool, offensive weapons, a respectable shield, and it's a bit more pleasant while orbiting rocks than the Cutter would be. From memory, I think mine looks something like this. Slapped together with leftover parts, it might be a tad bit softer than this, but not enough to matter. After a certain point, defenses become overkill. Drop a laser for another offensive weapon, throw a fighter hangar in there somewhere, use a size 5 shield, whatever you wanna do tbh.

The Cutter is the surface-mining champ. If that's your only goal, it's not a bad choice at all. The T9 is acceptable too, but it can't be nearly as sturdy. You can make the shield 'strong enough', but you'll likely have to leave if you're attacked. It is considerably cheaper than the other options, something to consider.

If you're thinking about a T10, you're generally better off with an Anaconda. Stronger shield, better hardpoint placement, only a tiny bit less cargo in a mining setup.
 

tolm

tolm
Been thinking of getting a second Corvette for laser mining: whack a Huge Pulse Laser and MC up top and then the rest for mining tools … reckon that oughta be half decent.
 

K Olley

K Olley
I prefer my Cutter for Tritium mining, it can handle almost any rock out there, twin SSDM's fitted so you don't have to keep synthing ammo, SCL for the occasional Core and enough lasers to keep the limpets busy.

I carry several miners on my carrier, set up for various mining conditions and in a ring with large amounts of SSD's I might switch to a smaller more manuverable ship like a python but it all depends on the quality of the ring.
 

SENA-

SENA-
No ship can get near to Vette when is about hard-mode mining, that is, mining in Haz spots overlapping hotspots. She is the only ship in game able to be a decent or even good miner without the need to run from pirates. You can take on 2-3 squads of pirates at will. She is agile, tough, great shields, better internals than Conda, and she is the ideal ship for those who love mining in Haz spots, alone, like myself.
 

badibeat

badibeat
Are there Hazardous Resource Extraction Sites out in the black?
I favor the Cutter over the Corvette for laser mining because both cargo hatch and canopy are close to the front. But I lack experience with seismic charges.
 

K Olley

K Olley
badibeat said:
Are there Hazardous Resource Extraction Sites out in the black?
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No, only in civilised space, after about 500ly from the bubble or Colonia there are no NPC's or anything else to bother you, that's why all my miners are unarmed, weapons are a waste of space.
 

SergMx

SergMx
K Olley said:
No, only in civilised space, after about 500ly from the bubble or Colonia there are no NPC's or anything else to bother you, that's why all my miners are unarmed, weapons are a waste of space.
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It used to be, if you extract not in special extraction points. As soon as you arrived empty, you were scanned by pirates and flew away. After that you could spend hours mining and no one would come ...
 

badibeat

badibeat
K Olley said:
No, only in civilised space, after about 500ly from the bubble or Colonia there are no NPC's or anything else to bother you, that's why all my miners are unarmed, weapons are a waste of space.
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Sorry, it was meant as a rhetorical question, as the original poster was talking about mining in the black.
 

JetsonRING

JetsonRING
Sedum said:
I've recently got a FC (just before the discount was announced ... yeah, timing), and want a miner to support it out in the black. Mostly tritium (obviously), so SSD and lasers, but also core mining if I happen to find one while refuelling.

At the moment I'm using a Python (https://s.orbis.zone/gq-7) which is fine, but I could do with more cargo space without sacrificing too much manoeuvrability. So - would a Corvette, Cutter or Type-10 miner be best ?

(I'm only mentioning Type-10 because I have one anyway. It's a bit like flying a brick, so it's not my first choice although it would be a cheap option).
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My favorite core-miner is a corvette, the hardpoint placement, hull shape and power make it an excellent deep-core miner. A cutter or T-10 might hold slightly more ores but neither is as maneuverable as the corvette. o7
 

Sedum

Sedum
JetsonRING said:
My favorite core-miner is a corvette, the hardpoint placement, hull shape and power make it an excellent deep-core miner. A cutter or T-10 might hold slightly more ores but neither is as maneuverable as the corvette. o7
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Yup, went for a corvette in the end. No offensive weapons, since it only ever gets used 3000+ LY out, but many of each type of mining hardpoint. And it works a dream. Thanks all.

edit - forgot to include the build. It's done a bit on the cheap, and using up some leftover modules, but it works a treat. Jump range is intentionally low since it's only ever used in-system.

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Rct_Tsoul

Rct_Tsoul
the best ship for strip mining asteroids quicky is the Anaconda.... mainly because you can fit 6 Limpit Collectors giving you a total of 17 Collector Limpits.
My strip mining build below can strip out an asteroid in just 50 seconds and have all the pieces picked up, there is NO FUEL SCOOP, and it has an Engineered 2A Shielded FSD for the purposes of having good thermals to prevent overheating generated from using 5 Mining Lances (allows mining distance of 2km)..... mainly it cant JUMP, this is a Carrier ONLY deployable Strip miner.

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Now using the Mining Lance from that far away is not good and is much slower for your Limpits to travel to and fro thus taking longer to collect, how I use this Strip Mining build is ill start lasering it out at about 1.5km and move in at a safe distance at under 1km, this will prevent and of those double axis spinning asteroids from hitting your ship and mining at a very fast rate as the same as using Two 2D normal mining laser that have only a range of 500m
 
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