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Mineable Dwarf Planets

Adds a mineable dwarf planet to each system.

Essentially a gigantic asteroid containing custom resource nodes dropping mostly Iron AND Copper, but often also some Tritanium, Carbon, Uranium and Gold, it requires considerable effort to mine down if only due to the sheer size of the dwarf planet compared to standard-sized asteroids.

It spawns in a somewhat similar way that other rare asteroids are spawned in so finding it goes in a similar fashion. Once you approach a dwarf planet close enough, a question mark will appear just like with any other discoverable asteroid so you can get to its exact location. (Unfortunately it is currently impossible to add customized exploration missions to the game, so this is the best I can do for now)

From update 1.4.2 there are 3 types of dwarf planets featured by this mod: A standard type, a type which has a more sandy outer layer and a type which has a rocky core.

I've set it to spawn somewhat outside of the asteroid belt, a bit out of the way of where most of the default stuff is happening. I aimed to find a balance between the asteroid's massive size and keeping the graphics nice along with optimizing its core gameplay features. Default asteroids are not affected in any way.

Mining the dwarf planet can offer a new, challenging and profitable mining experience :). Or if you want you can perhaps just go dig a hole in it and build a space station inside of the dwarf planet. Or go dig a larger hole and put 10 space stations inside the dwarf planet if you want to. Download the mod, find the dwarf planet and go wild :P

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I've created 2 add-ons for Mineable Dwarf Planets:

Mineable Dwarf Planets - Pirate Addon
Adds an extra Mineable Dwarf Planet with a spawn chance of 50%. If it spawns, it will be guarded by a pirate station and up to 24 defense platforms. This dwarf planet will have its location marked with a question mark as soon as you enter the star system.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968765697

Mineable Dwarf Planets - Beacon Addon
Adds an extra Mineable Dwarf Planet with a spawn chance of 50%. If it spawns, it will be accompanied by a hyperspace beacon.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968765069

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Mineable Dwarf Planets works well together with Mineable Megaroids, which can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2888986724










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