Deuteros question
Marc Forrester
Rick Belleville wrote:
> How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon for
> that matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but I can't
> seem to start mining the much needed gold or silver. Arrrgggh! :-)
Ummm.. Well, you need a surface base as well, but I can't remember
exactly what steps lead to this. Build a surface base and shuttle
and ship them out to the orbiter by IOS though, probably.
Marc Forrester
Angus Manwaring wrote:
> : > How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon
> : > for that matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but
> : > I can't seem to start mining the much needed gold or silver.
> : Ummm.. Well, you need a surface base as well, but I can't remember
> : exactly what steps lead to this. Build a surface base and shuttle
> : and ship them out to the orbiter by IOS though, probably.
>
Er, yeah, I think so, quickest way to get your first few much needed
loads of rare elements.. Not sure if it's impossible to get mines
set up on other worlds before doing this, but it's certainly
pretty difficult. I wonder if I still have Deuteros somewhere..
Angus Manwaring
Marc Forrester (s...@mail.zynet.co.uk) wrote:
: Rick Belleville wrote:
: > How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon for
: > that matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but I can't
: > seem to start mining the much needed gold or silver. Arrrgggh! :-)
:
: Ummm.. Well, you need a surface base as well, but I can't remember
: exactly what steps lead to this. Build a surface base and shuttle
: and ship them out to the orbiter by IOS though, probably.
Have you been grazing the asteroids?
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Greg Fitch
On 01 May 1997 14:48:06 Rick Belleville wrote about "Deuteros question":
>
>
> How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon for that
> matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but I can't seem to
> start mining the much needed gold or silver. Arrrgggh! :-)
>
> (And before someone replies "look in the manual" I don't have it since I
> bought a whole whack of stuff used.)
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
Build an Orbital Factory in orbit around the moon then send down a shuttle from
it with some bandaids
on board and apply them to the ruined base then you can deploy some Dericks and
get what you need
to build more bases on other planets.
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Adrian Hurt
In article <336B28...@mail.zynet.co.uk> Marc <s...@mail.zynet.co.uk> writes:
>Angus Manwaring wrote:
>> : > How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon
>> : > for that matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but
>> : > I can't seem to start mining the much needed gold or silver.
>>
>
>loads of rare elements.. Not sure if it's impossible to get mines
>set up on other worlds before doing this, but it's certainly
>pretty difficult. I wonder if I still have Deuteros somewhere..
The Moon was once colonised by humans (see the predecessor game,
Millenium 2.2). It was abandoned as all its inhabitants moved back to
Earth, and the base on the Moon was forgotten. But it's still there,
albeit in need of some repair. What this means in game terms is that
you must build a Repair Kit (I can't remember its full name off-hand),
then take it to the surface of the Moon, for which you will need a
shuttle in the Moon's orbital station. You'll also need a crew for
that shuttle; I can't remember whether or not they need to be at
Captain level. You don't need any exotic materials to build the Repair
Kit, but you won't get any exotic materials from the Moon.
To get the silver which you will need for R-Frames, you must send miners
to the asteroids. Initially, all you can use is an IOS fitted with a
hydraulic grapple. This can only pick up small asteroids. It can't be
automated, so you need to check your miners every so often to see if they
have found something.
You may also find it worthwhile to put a grapple onto an IOS and send it
to Jupiter...
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Karl Anders Rostrup
Adrian Hurt wrote:
>
> In article <336B28...@mail.zynet.co.uk> Marc <s...@mail.zynet.co.uk> writes:
> >Angus Manwaring wrote:
> >> : > How the heck do you start mining on another planet (or your moon
> >> : > for that matter!)? I built the IOS and the orbiting station but
> >> : > I can't seem to start mining the much needed gold or silver.
> >>
> >> Have you been grazing the asteroids?
> >
> to the asteroids. Initially, all you can use is an IOS fitted with a
> hydraulic grapple. This can only pick up small asteroids. It can't be
> automated, so you need to check your miners every so often to see if they
> have found something.
>
> You may also find it worthwhile to put a grapple onto an IOS and send it
> to Jupiter...
>
> --
> "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott
>
> Adrian Hurt | JANET: adr...@cee.hw.ac.uk
> UUCP: ..!uknet!cee.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: adr...@cee.hw.ac.uk
this: Put your basic crew in a shuttle (yes, a sub-orbital shuttle) and
activate the autopilot. Wait for days/months, checking in on them
regularly to see if progress is being made. This way, your crew should
gain experience soon enough.
It was this method, or putting the crew in an IOS on a short trip with
autopilot activated. It seems that docking and taking off again is what
gives the crews experience, apart from combat, of course.
Hope this helps,
--
Karl Anders Rostrup / s6...@ii.uib.no
- "God, give me the strength to change what I can,
accept what I cannot, and the wisdom to hide the
bodies of the people I killed because they pissed
me off."