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defiler606
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Stupid Asteroid question

Post by defiler606 » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 06:49

What would happen if you build an Ore mine on a silicon asteroid and vice versa?

Would the asteroid produce silicon or ore? Would it even produce at all?
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Post by Deadbeat_Spinn » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 06:54

The mine would still produce albeit very, very slowly.
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Post by Catra » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 06:55

It'll produce ore / silicon at an extremely slow pace.
Just saying it forward: I give everyone 2 posts to make good, in context posts(proper english, as always, is optional). After that I'm ignoring what you have to say in that thread that's directed to what we previously were talking about.
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Post by Painman » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 12:39

It behaves like a 0 yield mine. It still produces, but yes, very slowly...

This can actually be useful though. If you only need a little bit more Silicon to keep that last Crystal Fab running in order to keep a closed loop running in a system, then sacrifice a weak Ore 'roid or 2 in order to do so.
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Post by Infekted » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 12:52

What was it again. It produces 5 every 40 minutes?

I some times do this simply for mineral storage.
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Post by Painman » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 13:09

Infekted wrote:What was it again. It produces 5 every 40 minutes?

I some times do this simply for mineral storage.
Yeah, about 5/40.
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Post by Rive » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 13:14

Painman wrote:This can actually be useful though. If you only need a little bit more Silicon to keep that last Crystal Fab running in order to keep a closed loop running in a system, then sacrifice a weak Ore 'roid or 2 in order to do so.
It's better to attach a CAG to closed loops, even if the numbers looks OK (on paper).
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Post by jlehtone » Tue, 14. Jun 11, 17:14

+1 to Rive's advice.
Infekted wrote:What was it again. It produces 5 every 40 minutes?
Cycle time of Silicon Mine on yield 0 is 40:01.
Cycle time of Ore Mine on yield 0 is 10:01.

24 ECells convert to one Wafer. 6 ECells convert to one Ore.

Station of scale L multiplies numbers by 5.
Without scale (and other multipliers), products-per-cycle of every Mine is 1.


It is a FAQ to build a Mine to wrong Asteroid by accident. It is almost always a Silicon Mine. ;)
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