Wow. Deploy Constructor is amazing.

[Aegix Drakan]

I JUST found one in a shop and took a gamble and spend my entire stash on it.

...It saves so much time mining that it's outright incredible. Totally woth the massive price tag.

I haven't had a chance to really mess with Scanner stations yet, but I'm looking forward to having a way to track down broadcast beacons and what not.

[T-Bone Biggins]

Sometimes I only get maybe 25 units of Met/Plat/Diam total sometimes I get 150+, but I agree cannot believe I mined without the deploy constructor before.

[trigg88]

Try deploying sensor stations round planets and collect cargo I have made 5mill on just one scan you can find some cool modules like anti missile systems,auto cm launchers that's 3mill right there

Pinpointing cargo from the scanner can be tricky until you master the top and rear views but once you learn that trick you will pinpoint them easily, best way I find them is first click a waypoint on the White dot on top view then flip it to rear view, place the cursor smack in the centre of the waypoint marker you placed in top view and look up and down the vertical line of your cursor, you will be looking for a precise white dot on this line now click another waypoint here you now have it pinpointed. If you not sure you got it right flip back to top view and check your origoal waypoint , if it's moved or no longer centre of the White cargo dot then you picked wrongly in the rear view

[HoloByteus]

Initally I liked mining drones as well but it's a real shame you can't program them. Instead now I use dedicated beams and a 100/100 science officer and fill 10 bays of metal mostly to make sensor arrays to hunt for becons/wrecks mostly and will also occassionally grab cargo containers like a visit to Los Vegas Slots.

edit: After a time, 10 equipment slots become insufficient and the deploy constructor will get religated to a hanger slot, right next to the fuel converter....lol.

[trigg88]

Originally posted by WarCrime:

Initally I liked mining drones as well but it's a real shame you can't program them. Instead now I use dedicated beams and a 100/100 science officer and fill 10 bays of metal mostly to make sensor arrays to hunt for becons/wrecks mostly and will also occassionally grab cargo containers like a visit to Los Vegas Slots.

This , I find mining with a science officer and a specific mining laser far more effective than mining probes

[gekobal]

I can't find a Deploy Constructor anywhere. Does it start to appear when we reach to a certain amount of income or what?

[power2022]

Technology level, based mostly on location & economy in the galaxy, or you can craft one up if you have the blueprints. Some online servers have pretty good economies