Basics of Mining


 All ANB ships house basic mining equipment. Mining is not without risks, but it can really make a difference in your financial situation.

 Asteroid fields

 Vast majority of raw materials ANB uses to build it's starships is collected from asteroid fields. It's very easy and cheap to gather minerals from asteroids. All you need to do is to blow up a nearby asteroid using ship's weapon systems, and automatic mineral scoop gathers microparticles released in the explosion into your cargo hold. It's convinient to transport minerals in form of microparticle dust. ANB platform facilities can process the raw material into more advanced forms.

 Planets

 In the long run, planets are much more profitable to mine than asteroid fields. It takes years for planet mining to be established. This still doesn't mean you cannot make a quick buck from planet mining.

 ANB has given Microspace - the largest interstellar company of the day and a major contractor of ANB military - sole responsibility for building the infrastructure needed for planet mining. In it's quests to uncharted or dangerous regions space, ANB navy personell conduct mineral studies of promising mining candidate planets, and get instantaneous royalties from Microspace's estimated profits based on the submitted mineral study. Studies are conducted from orbit by charting planet surface with disposable probes. Charting a rich planet's surface is one of the few deeds which has the ability to turn you into a rich man overnight.


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