Ship Builds & Load Outs What is a good hardpoint loadout for a medium MINING ship? (I'm deciding between 3 ships)

[Branithar]

I plan on doing PvE, and most likely pressing escape and waiting 15 seconds, when I see an NPC ship that's clearly not a miner approaching me. I also want all the types of mining hardpoints, so if I find a crackable asteroid, I can completely strip it and get all the surface and subsurface deposits, if any of it looks good.

My choices are Python (3xLarge & 2xMedium hardpoints), a Krait Mk2 (3xLarge & 2xMedium hardpoints) and Alliance Challenger (1xLarge, 3xMedium & 3xSmall hardpoints)

What are good mining hardpoint setups for those 3 ships? I want to focus on deep core, but have the other tools so I can strip it of everything that looks good.

 

[Chromezero]

For mining, especially core mining, you only need 3 hard points worth of mining equipment. 1 x seismic charge, 1 x abrasion blaster, and 1 x mining laser or 2 x mining lasers if your ship can handle it. You might also want to include the subsurface tool, but I don't personally think it's worth it. You'll also need several collectors to keep up. I recommend 4-5 collectors per medium mining laser. If you're doing core mining only, you can get away with 3-4 collectors.

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

I plan on doing PvE, and most likely pressing escape and waiting 15 seconds, when I see an NPC ship that's clearly not a miner approaching me. I also want all the types of mining hardpoints, so if I find a crackable asteroid, I can completely strip it and get all the surface and subsurface deposits, if any of it looks good.

My choices are Python (3xLarge & 2xMedium hardpoints), a Krait Mk2 (3xLarge & 2xMedium hardpoints) and Alliance Challenger (1xLarge, 3xMedium & 3xSmall hardpoints)

What are good mining hardpoint setups for those 3 ships? I want to focus on deep core, but have the other tools so I can strip it of everything that looks good.

if you want to mine everything - put in one medium mining laser (better two), else, one of each of the new ones.