The Powder Toy

Hummingbird-Class Mining Ship by RustyNinja

RustyNinja
RustyNinja
87 / 10
2nd Aug 2012
18th Nov 2012
A RustyNinja Systems Hummingbird, extracting silicon (BREL) from a metallic asteroid.
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Comments

  • RustyNinja
    RustyNinja     3rd Aug 2012
    @thebuilder That would be really simple, just blast open a rock and collect what comes out. I'm not terribly interested in doing that right now. Maybe later, though.
  • thebuilder
    thebuilder     3rd Aug 2012
    i think my comment got drowned out "can you try to make a ship that extracts a gas out of a rock?" or something like that
  • RustyNinja
    RustyNinja     3rd Aug 2012
    There is no simple way to keep the probe clear, and space is so vast the ship wouldn't ever need to get 100% of the silicon out of any given asteroid.
  • cyberdragon442
    cyberdragon442     2nd Aug 2012
    then find some way of keeping the probe clear of some of that annoying molten iron. it keeps displacing the stuff you're trying to extract.
  • RustyNinja
    RustyNinja     2nd Aug 2012
    That would require void. That cannot be made on a real ship, and a tank would need to be huge to contain the whole asteroid.
  • cyberdragon442
    cyberdragon442     2nd Aug 2012
    sorry. it's not the lasers. get rid of the tailings instead of dumping them back into the asteroid. they plug up the probe.
  • RustyNinja
    RustyNinja     2nd Aug 2012
    for #3 they=BRAY, not lasers
  • RustyNinja
    RustyNinja     2nd Aug 2012
    Reasons I didn't use real lasers: 1-they bounce back and damage the ship 2-they would make the asteroid too hot and melt the qrtz 3-they are more realistic, reaching the target instantly.
  • cyberdragon442
    cyberdragon442     2nd Aug 2012
    use real lasers not beta ray. it'll heat up much faster.
  • lorddeath
    lorddeath     2nd Aug 2012
    WOW that took 4 ever but that was AWESOME bro +1