Robot taipan mining ships with npc crew and limpets

[Roninpaul]

Rather than have separate limpet controllers and different tools for mining why not have mini ships that are self contained miners .

they could be npc crew controlled or built in AI with the option of specking the build on purchase they could be stored in a fighter rack

the refinery could be built in and the ability to only prospect for and mine required materials and minerals

you could then protect them and bounty hunt at the same time while they mine autonomously

It would be a mining and prospecting kit that only needed a fighter bay and the fighter / miner

 

[MK Regular]

Rather than have separate limpet controllers and different tools for mining why not have mini ships that are self contained miners .

they could be npc crew controlled or built in AI with the option of specking the build on purchase they could be stored in a fighter rack

the refinery could be built in and the ability to only prospect for and mine required materials and minerals

you could then protect them and bounty hunt at the same time while they mine autonomously

It would be a mining and prospecting kit that only needed a fighter bay and the fighter / miner

Why is this in the beyond suggestions? I don't see what it has to do with engineering

 

[Roninpaul]

Mining is a big part of engineering mats thought a simple way of mining and being able to bounty hunt at the same time might be fun

 

[Konnivar]

Why is this in the beyond suggestions? I don't see what it has to do with engineering

Agreed. This seems more like it belongs in the suggestions section of the forums.

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

I don't want NPCs to mine for me. Watch a NPC mine sometime, they aren't very good at it.