Category:Metals

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Mining 3 Processing Ore 4 Help With Mining 5 Alternatives to Mining 6 See also

[edit] Overview

Metals are used to build ships and ship parts. They are procured from planets and ship devices. Metals in planets are called minerals or unmined metals. Mineral Mines can extract these minerals at a rate that is dependant on your race and the density of the metal for that particular planet. Once extracted, the minerals become ore and metals. Ore must be refined into metals to become useful in building ships.

[edit] Mining

There are several ways to extract minerals from a planet's core - some are more, some are less effective:

Type	Name		Metals	Ore	Affects
Buildings		Mineral Mine	75%	12,5%	, , ,
		Labor Mine	100%	-	, , ,
		Insectoid Nest	50%	-
Ship Devices		Laser Mining Drill	50%	-	, ,
		Particle Fountain	50%	-	, ,
		Fuel Drill	50%	-
Assault Units		Plasmatron N6i	75%	12,5%	, , ,
		Mole Mobile Drilling Rig	75%	12,5%	, , ,
		Driller Killer	75%	12,5%	, , ,
		Fuel Dradle	75%	12,5%

[edit] Processing Ore

Ore by itself has no direct use. It has to be transformed into metals first (at a ratio of 2:1)

• Smelter
• Ore Processing
• The Driller Killer, Mole Mobile Drilling Rig, and Plasmatron N6i Assault Units can also smelt ore.

[edit] Help With Mining

• 50,000+ Reptilians at a base will increase mining rates by 100%.
• For The Reunited Coalition of Systems, 50,000+ Insectoids will also increase mining rates by 100% (for a total 300% boost if combined with Reptilians).
• The Xelovi Hive special structure of The Reunited Coalition of Systems will triple the mining rate and provide free smelting of ore.
• Increasing the Delta Stress of a planet will increase the rate of formation of new minerals.

[edit] Alternatives to Mining

• The Crystals have a special Hyperlathe building which can produce metals from the HD Stress of a planet.
• The Alchemy ship device can convert supplies into metals.
• The DTMS-N Fuel Converter ship device can convert other metals or supplies into Neutronium fuel.
• Neutronium fuel can can also be stolen using a Fuel Robber, or produced while traveling through space using a Ram Scoop.
• The Solorian Unity have special rules for producing (non Neutronium) fuel from star heat.

[edit] See also

• [1] Official documentation on mining