asteroid base - drill baby drill!

[Death Approaches]

just a public service announcement.

drilling unwanted asteroid rock is like drill mining in ship mode... meaning you can't store the rock, it's got to go in the processor; if you've mined all the crap off the surface to make the asteroid cleared, over 100, maybe 200 rock in containers, who knows? all waiting for processing, and have only have one ore processor, it might be 50, 60 days til you chew through all that... build a 2nd one and set your storage bins to hold that already-mined surface rock, or turn off logistics so the crew and logistic bots won't keep filling it to capacity, and you can drill down all that terrain that's build-blocking you.

happy drilling! ⛏️

[Yrame IV, a true I of the dragon]

I think it may have been the update yesterday that did this, at least I hadn't noticed it before then. If so, I am extremely grateful that the developers are so responsive, if not I'm sorry for complaining about it before.

Either way, this is an important thing to know b/c I've seen a lot of people mention it.

[Death Approaches]

yep that's the one. and I couldn't build standalone structures without cheesing it, it kept wanting to put the crates on the inside of the space, with no access to it. but an update about an hour ago? that's resolved, too. gotta love an attentive and motivated developer!

[Cymelion]

I was wondering what you were talking.
So I loaded up into the game and found if you click on the asteroid base rocks that block building hull there is an option to drill them. The heck?
Finally I can make the base a bit more better by getting rid of the massive big chunks of rock I had to build around.

[Death Approaches]

just know they take a while to "break down" and really long while once in your ore processor, probably to control pacing of expansion; but knowing you can break em eventually really does help you mentally plan how that row of barracks rooms or O2-drained fireproof systems rooms that will be expanded --> that way, next orbit...

though for fun I did build 2 X cores and 6 enerigum generators to power 4 ore processors at once covered by 2 HC nodes w/ boost capacitors, to see how fast I could strip mine the surface... still takes many more days more than you'd think, and you'lll still drill em out and move em to the processors faster than the processors can crunch and end up stalled and unable to mine... hey maybe 5!

think that's the point, plan ahead, way way ahead. proaction vs reaction.

[Cymelion]

Yeah I'm running 4 ore processors at the moment and managed to clear out the areas that had limited my base a significant amount. Now I am slowly reforming it it's crazy how much more room to breathe it's given.

I need to expand power too so I can up my ore processors so I can see what running that service is like.

[Death Approaches]

profitable as hell, is what it's like, rarely under 1k, rarely over 3k, but yeah you'll see >99k on your credits real fast. and they do it right when they warp in, so go ahead and derelict yourselves, dummies, I'ma take back that stuff out of your holds and give you your ship back empty, cause I want you to leave not slowly float off the horizon. and if you beg for some of it since you got nothin now, I still get paid and increased faction points, so I can see through your scopes eventually, win/win.