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Title: The University of Sargas Post by: sargas on March 17, 2015, 01:06:21 PM MINING 101
How to read a planetary report. 1. S/Epsilon Indi K4 2. Type: Moon Terrain: Barren Surface: 56x106 km2 3. Surface control Deploy to planet Scoop to ship Survey Weapons 4. Survey results Geological 5. Name Size Depth Est. value (solars) 5a. Copper 1811 m3 8.63 km $56,141 5b. Brass 1119 m3 35.29 km $50,355 4. Atmospheric Name Size Height Est. value (solars) Going line-by-line: 1. S/Epsilon Indi K4 satellite of Kappa Epsilon Indi 2. Type/Terrain/Surface: Moon/Barren (no atmosphere)/56x106 (this will let you know how many slots are available). 3. Surface Control (upload mining) Deploy (place a mine) Scoop (pick up a mine) Survey (shows you what is on/in the planet) Weapons (treats the weapons the same way as the Weapon button for your ship. 4. Survey results Geological/Atmospheric 5. Name/Size/Depth? Est. Value (solars) 5a. Geo: Copper/ 1811 m3/8.63km/$56,141 Brass/1119m3/35.29km/50,355 5b. Atm: 0 deposits Now, what does this mean? Line 2 – Surface (area) 56x106 only 1 slot (the next jump in size is 4 slots (115+ 106) Line 5a – 2 deposits, copper and brass. Copper has ~700 more cubic meters than Brass and (as a deposit) is worth more. Copper is closer to the surface (so it will mine at a better rate than an equal sized brass-mine. But Copper is worth less than Brass ($31/$45). If they were at an equal depth, Brass would be more valuable than copper, but since the brass is so much deeper than the copper it will mine slower making copper the material of choice. Title: Re: The University of Sargas Post by: sargas on March 17, 2015, 01:19:33 PM MINING 101
What's this stuff worth? Ok, you got all this stuff (all this neat s**t) just piled up here, waiting for a cargo ship to come and pick it up. And you start wondering… …what sort of stuff should I mine… … What’s all this crap really worth… SOL PRICES: …these are the mandated SOL MONOPOLY retail sales price per cubic meter (m3) per item… …these are the only prices we are allowed…permitted to charge… PRODUCTS : Electronics $100 (as if we can produce these out here) Food Supplies $24 (as if we can produce these out here) Fuel Cells $25 Medicines $50 MINERALS: Aluminum $67 Auricupride $203 Brass $45 Cadmium $396 Chengdeite $430 Chromium $43 Cobalt $275 Copper $31 Cupalite $62 Danbaite $68 Diamond $1750 Eugenite $160 Ferroplatimum $338 Gold $325 Graphite $495 Hunchunite $440 Iridium $400 Iron $10 Iron-nickel $20 Isoferroplatinum $280 Kamacite $42 Kolymite $50 Lead $52 Leadamalgam $61 Lonsdaleite $603 Mercury $68 Moissanite $1250 Nickel $14 Osmium $950 Pallladium $392 Platinum $468 Rhodium $750 Selenium $249 Silicon $146 Silver $186 Sulfur $42 Taenite $78 Tellurium $452 Thorium $475 Tin $119 Titanium $575 Uranium $1000 Zhanghengite $579 Zinc $41 GASSES: Argon $100 Bromine $230 Chlorine $160 Floutine $400 Helium $14 Hydrogen $10 Iodine $270 Krypton $190 Methane $60 Neon $75 Nitrogen $20 Oxygen $42 Radon $1250 Xenon $575 |