Shaft Miner: Difference between revisions
GPS info added. Shaft Miner is not as hard as playing the AI, HoS, or captain.
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|jobtitle = Shaft Miner | |jobtitle = Shaft Miner | ||
|access = [[Mining Station]], Mining Station EVA, [[Cargo Office]] | |access = [[Mining Station]], Mining Station EVA, [[Cargo Office]] | ||
|difficulty = | |difficulty = Hard | ||
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]] | |superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]] | ||
|duties = Mine ores and process them into useful materials. Kill hostile wildlife. | |duties = Mine ores and process them into useful materials. Kill hostile wildlife. | ||
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* [[File:BreathMask.png|32px]] [[Breath mask|Breath Mask]] and [[Oxygen]] Tank - So you can have oxygen when mining. Get an O2 tank from the tank dispenser, and wear it on your <s>back</s> suit. | * [[File:BreathMask.png|32px]] [[Breath mask|Breath Mask]] and [[Oxygen]] Tank - So you can have oxygen when mining. Get an O2 tank from the tank dispenser, and wear it on your <s>back</s> suit. | ||
* [[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] Mining Scanner - When used together will briefly flash any non-iron ore on screen. | * [[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] Mining Scanner - When used together will briefly flash any non-iron ore on screen. | ||
* [[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System - The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way at the asteroid. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. | |||
* [[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe - For tunneling through everything. Place this on your belt, it saves room. You also can get various drills and other tools from science and your mining vendor. These will dig faster, and may have other advantages! | * [[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe - For tunneling through everything. Place this on your belt, it saves room. You also can get various drills and other tools from science and your mining vendor. These will dig faster, and may have other advantages! | ||
* [[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel - Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. | * [[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel - Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. | ||
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===The Wildlife=== | ===The Wildlife=== | ||
While the eastern half of the asteroid is free of harmful things (save for the occasional murderous traitor, rogue cyborg, and gibtonite deposit), it's quite sparse in any ore more precious than plain iron. The western half has much richer bounty of minerals to harvest... but there's a bit of a problem in the form of a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns. Fortunately, you can fight them if you know how, and useful items can be harvested from their corpses | While the eastern half of the asteroid is free of harmful things (save for the occasional murderous traitor, rogue cyborg, and gibtonite deposit), it's quite sparse in any ore more precious than plain iron. The western half has much richer bounty of minerals to harvest... but there's a bit of a problem in the form of a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns. Fortunately, you can fight them if you know how, and useful items can be harvested from their corpses when you triumph. Many sporting miners even come to the west asteroid just for the sake of monster hunting. | ||
* [[File:Hivelord.png|32px]] Hivelords | * [[File:Hivelord.png|32px]] Hivelords | ||
Considered annoying at worst, and a free medkit at best. These strange creatures will unleash hivelord brood one after another at you whilst trying to keep distant. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit, and deal tickle damage to you. It's best to go on the aggressive against these with pickaxe in hand, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. Drops its core when killed, which when eaten will restore your health to its | Considered annoying at worst, and a free medkit at best. These strange creatures will unleash hivelord brood one after another at you whilst trying to keep distant. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit, and deal tickle damage to you. It's best to go on the aggressive against these with pickaxe in hand, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. Drops its core when killed, which when eaten will instantly restore your health to its maximum, and even cure diseases or any other ailment on your body. Has the side effect of purging any beneficial chemicals from your system, so don't munch one just after taking a stimulant pill. | ||
* [[File:Goliath.png|32px]] Goliaths | * [[File:Goliath.png|32px]] Goliaths | ||
The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and can even knock you down from a distance with a ground-bursting tentacle attack while they advance toward you, crushing through walls with ease. However, they're incredibly slow and mindless, leaving them extremely vulnerable to being lured into resonator fields or simply being hit and ran with a kinetic accelerator. The main issue is their tentacle attack, which can be dodged with the right know-how. Each time it attempts to trip you, four tentacles appear on and around you, always leaving one spot open, simply move there to avoid it | The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and can even knock you down from a distance with a ground-bursting tentacle attack while they advance toward you, crushing through walls with ease. However, they're incredibly slow and mindless, leaving them extremely vulnerable to being lured into resonator fields or simply being hit and ran with a kinetic accelerator. The main issue is their tentacle attack, which can be dodged with the right know-how. Each time it attempts to trip you, four tentacles appear on and around you, always leaving one spot open, simply move there to avoid it. If a wall is blocking your safe spot, you'll need to be quick to clear it with your resonator or kinetic accelerator. Once dodged, you have some time to deal damage while the tentacles are on cooldown. When felled, these beasts leave behind their hide plates, which can be used on your hardsuit or helmet to reinforce them against melee damage. Up to five plates may be used on each to cap them at a hefty 90%(!) damage resistance. | ||
* [[File:Basilisk.png|32px]] Basilisks | * [[File:Basilisk.png|32px]] Basilisks | ||
Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the basilisk closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes very close to them, so one can easily just leave them be until prepared with stimulant pills to reduce the cold and slowdown or a few goliath hide upgrades to go toe-to-toe with them. Drops two diamond ores when taken down. | Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the basilisk closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes very close to them, so one can easily just leave them be until prepared with stimulant pills to reduce the cold and slowdown or a few goliath hide upgrades to go toe-to-toe with them. Drops two diamond ores when taken down. | ||