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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.

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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