It would be GC's version of the quarry. Almost every big mod has it's own version. BC, Thaumcraft, Minefactory Reloaded, why not Galacticraft and a space themed quarry type machine?
And yeah lasers are cool. Space Lasers are even cooler!
Orbital Miner
- Thread starter Dex Luther
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And yeah lasers are cool. Space Lasers are even cooler!
It could be a good way to continuously supply the space station with raw materials. Instead of having to ship it all up from the Overworld, it would get "pumped" straight where you need it.
If you haven't seen it, Yogscast just installed a laser drill on their space station and is essentially doing this exact thing (or at least the way I picture it)
Laser drill is from MFR, and pops random ore out of no where. It's essentially creating ore instead of mining it.
My idea would be to have a Galacticraft version of a quarry. Space drills and lasers are all over Sci-Fi, so an orbital miner would fit nicely with the theme of the mod, and the way I imagined it in my original post wouldn't be creating ore. It would be mining it from the surface like an actual quarry does.
Someone built something cool with this idea and posted on FTB reddit: https://redd.it/3ke79b
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He's here: http://forum.micdoodle8.com/index.php?threads/msat-01-to-04.5847/
EDIT:
He's here: http://forum.micdoodle8.com/index.php?threads/msat-01-to-04.5847/
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