PYTHON fit out for Mining .. Anyone with a Build plan

[craigorious]

I have a Python as a new build to be used solely for mining inclusive of Tritium should I need to get some way out there. Can't buy the stuff in deep space. I also think I need some good protection so I can zap annoying pirates, although this will not be often. (Still nice to give some interjector a fright and blast the to where ever) Primarily I need good mining jump range isn't major because the F?C will be close. If anyone has a good build plan I'd love to see it.

Cheers cmmdrs.

[DigitalHytop]

Originally posted by craigorious:

I have a Python as a new build to be used solely for mining inclusive of Tritium should I need to get some way out there. Can't buy the stuff in deep space. I also think I need some good protection so I can zap annoying pirates, although this will not be often. (Still nice to give some interjector a fright and blast the to where ever) Primarily I need good mining jump range isn't major because the F?C will be close. If anyone has a good build plan I'd love to see it.

Cheers cmmdrs.

I'm assuming from this you are in a fleet carrier wanting to mine your needed Trit while in the black. Pirates shouldn't be an issue there if this is the case and like me, I did a similar build for when I'm outside the bubble for my ExoBio runs. I enjoy this build for this purpose and sure others will share theirs as well.

https://edsy.org/#/L=H58iBDSF0H4C0S00,mpTJpq08Jpq08JrO08JrO08,DBwG88m_W0DBwG88m_W0Cjw08CzY08,9p3H050_W0ACCH82G_W0AQGG84m_W0AdsG85J_W0AsOG82m_W0BAEG830_W0BOmG82m_W0Bcg18,,0AA180AA187UmG82W_W05VkG830_W05VkG830_W00bg085ScG830_W05xsG830_W02jw080nF08,10FA_0Bandit,CD_D08A

[craigorious]

thanks digitalhytop

[craigorious]

the 5a limpet controllers didn't fit I guess you have engineered some ? Not sure but I get the mssg slot doesn't work. op internal 5 & 5 ? cheers Cmdr CC

[wolf]

I use a 5c collector and a 3c mining multi-limpet on my mining Python
No weapons, all mining gear incl 3 lasers for faster surface mining

[Holeypaladin]

Originally posted by DigitalHytop:

Originally posted by craigorious:

I have a Python as a new build to be used solely for mining inclusive of Tritium should I need to get some way out there. Can't buy the stuff in deep space. I also think I need some good protection so I can zap annoying pirates, although this will not be often. (Still nice to give some interjector a fright and blast the to where ever) Primarily I need good mining jump range isn't major because the F?C will be close. If anyone has a good build plan I'd love to see it.

Cheers cmmdrs.

I'm assuming from this you are in a fleet carrier wanting to mine your needed Trit while in the black. Pirates shouldn't be an issue there if this is the case and like me, I did a similar build for when I'm outside the bubble for my ExoBio runs. I enjoy this build for this purpose and sure others will share theirs as well.

https://edsy.org/#/L=H58iBDSF0H4C0S00,mpTJpq08Jpq08JrO08JrO08,DBwG88m_W0DBwG88m_W0Cjw08CzY08,9p3H050_W0ACCH82G_W0AQGG84m_W0AdsG85J_W0AsOG82m_W0BAEG830_W0BOmG82m_W0Bcg18,,0AA180AA187UmG82W_W05VkG830_W05VkG830_W00bg085ScG830_W05xsG830_W02jw080nF08,10FA_0Bandit,CD_D08A

Eh, pirates are still a problem in a surprisingly large portion of "unexplored" space. If you're within 500ly of any station, they can spawn and attack you... meaning a thousand lightyear sphere around Sagittarius A* (since there's a station there) and the entire length of the Colonia Bridge are still dangerous for mining.

But a Python has enough hardpoints for weapons in addition to mining lasers, so it's perfectly viable to use a combat hybrid.

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by Holeypaladin:

Eh, pirates are still a problem in a surprisingly large portion of "unexplored" space.

Not if you know how to handle them properly. Pirates only spawn once, when the instance is created. You get out of supercruise, instance gets created, Pirates spawn.

What do you do if you're completely unarmed? You wait for them to scan you, there's nothing valuable in your ship, so they go away, eventually they jump out. Even if you don't want to wait that long, you can just move away a couple hundred kilometers.

As long as you don't reset the instance by going back to Supercruise or relogging, Pirates will never spawn again. Therefore, no need for weapons on a mining ship.

The only exception to this rule would be Resource Extraction Sites, for obvious reasons. But you don't get those in uninhabited systems away from the bubble.

[HamakiBCN2]

About the build itself, we can make a few modifications to make it way more efficient.

• A size 4 refinery is a waste of space. since we're mining a single commodity, Tritium, having multiple bins is pointless. We should be using the smallest possible refinery, a size 2.
  
  
• To make room for that refinery, we get rid of the landing computer. We don't need that either, do we?
  
  
• A 3A collector controller can manage 2 collector limpets. However, an equally sized 3C Ops Multi Limpet controller can handle 4. There is a mass penalty, but at size 3 it's not really that noticeable. Unfortunately we can only do that once per ship, as only une multi-limpet controller is allowed.
  
  
• We're not doing combat on this thing. So we can downsize those shields from size 6 to size 4. And guess what, we just freed a size 4 slot when we downsized the refinery... That frees a slot for either 64 extra tons or an extra size 5 limpet controller.

So there you go: https://edsy.org/s/vnR5agQ

A few tweaks and we went from 8 limpets to 13. Or 10 limpets and a 64 ton cargo capacity increase. You're welcome

Edit: in EDSY, you can generate shortilnks by going to Ops in the upper right corner, then Export. Nobody likes seeing those text wall hyperlinks ;

[craigorious]

I need the landing comp it makes things easier after grinding planetary approach too should I need to pick up parts from the only source .. I'm in colonia so I'm out a bit I may mine for platinum as its quicker to do that and sell on for Tritium so I'm told. Only mind for tritium when I'm way out deep space and need to replenish otherwise it easier to just buy. Does that change things a little? Cmdr CC

[craigorious]

Thanks for your amazing help too !!

[jamespfp]

Here's a Mining Build I posted to some Squadmates many moons ago. This one has Engineering suggestions included. Cargo Capacity: 192 tons, No Fuel Scoop.

https://s.orbis.zone/nxus

RE: Engineering; Make friends with the Dweller when you get back to the Bubble.
If you want a Fuel Scoop, take the 5A Prospector off and put it there, and switch one of the Collectors for a 3A Prospector instead. I wouldn't do that, though, better off using this baby right off the deck of the FC. List price: 82.64 million, with 15% discount around 75 million, and with a pre-engineered 5A FSD, 70 million.

Also, if you are in Colonia, you may have noticed there's not exactly a lot of Tritium to be purchased from the Stations. So, it also makes me wonder exactly how much Platinum you're going to be able to sell there, and even if you can and do make bank, where are you getting the Tritium, other FCs?

I'll offer you something of greater value: How about I give you the System names for 3 systems far enough from Colonia that Pirates aren't a problem and there's Tritium in them?

EOL PROU EK-P C6-127 -- very close to Colonia. Last time I saw it planet 8 had a Tritium hotspot.

DRYOOE FLYOU RU-C C27-282 -- No Tritium in this system but it did have good raw material collection options for Fuel Synthesis.

DRYOOE FLYOU DK-W C16-68 -- Planet 4 has a Tritium Hotspot.

DRYIO FLYUAE VC-E B14-17 -- Planet 1 has a Tritium Hotspot and there are many Neutron Stars nearby.

[Lord Haart]

Originally posted by craigorious:

I have a Python as a new build to be used solely for mining inclusive of Tritium should I need to get some way out there. Can't buy the stuff in deep space. I also think I need some good protection so I can zap annoying pirates, although this will not be often. (Still nice to give some interjector a fright and blast the to where ever) Primarily I need good mining jump range isn't major because the F?C will be close. If anyone has a good build plan I'd love to see it.

Cheers cmmdrs.

Python is exactly what I run for mining. Great ship. Got 2 mass butt lazierz incase also. Trai that.