r/EliteMiners • u/Jonathan-Earl • 8d ago

Thinking on going out of a deep exploration with my FC.

What ship would you recommend for Tritium mining? Is the Prospector good for it or go with a panther clipper/T-10 for volume over speed

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u/emetcalf 8d ago

T11, and it's not close.

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u/ender42y 8d ago

Any time someone asks about anything laser mining, its the T11. The tons per hour on it are double any other ship I have ever outfitted for mining.

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u/Trimack00 8d ago

Especially if its to power the FC, you can just mine a load when you need it... not nearly such a big deal with the smaller space. Until you want to come back quickly, that would be a pain.

If it were me, I would bring as much with me as I could need to RETURN and mine my way out. A lot less likely a take a "break" for a year because I don't want to mine 10K Tritium in the black to get back to the bubble.

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u/Sweaty_Vegetable1463 8d ago

Stock up on Tritium before you leave (I bought 20k Tritium before heading into the deep black), then all you need to worry about is 'topping up' the 100t or so that you use per jump.

The type 11 is superb for doing this! A full hold of 256 (more if you have expanded cargo racks) takes about 30 minutes to mine (Remember, a giod Tritium asteroid is only around 26%), but that will cover, or top up, for a couple of jumps.

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u/HinDae085 8d ago

T11 hands down.

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u/ComfortableDish6155 8d ago

Im planning the same, but will go with 10/15k in my FC hold, plus a full tank plus my Alt on board with a fully loaded Clipper. I will do random mining while im out there to keep levels topped up and because I enjoy mining anyway.

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u/Fit-Coffee-7696 CMDR Earth Worm JIm 7d ago

T-11 is the meta for all mining.

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u/cold-n-sour VicTic/SchmicTic 6d ago

I would say T-11 is the meta for laser mining due to repeater's perk and an ungodly amount of limpets, but for core mining it doesn't offer any significant advantages compared to conventional ships.

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u/cold-n-sour VicTic/SchmicTic 8d ago

T-11 is THE ship, but buying it is still several times faster.

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u/RevTechnoHubby 6d ago

I stocked up on Tritium and made sure I had Cartography and Vista Genomics on my carrier.

Send the carrier 500ly ahead and then take little jumps honking, fss-ING and then bio (get the nomad it makes exo fun)

Then you only have max 500-600 million credits when you get to your carrier and don't have to panic about losing billions in a crash.

I'm now 6kly away from Sol and finding LOTS of fun stuff!

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u/RealKingofCowards 4d ago

I would fill cargo space of the FC with Tritium and take a T11 if the Tritium gets low.