Industrial Mineral Scanner
Requirements: -/-/-/-/11?
Range: 2,000m
Energy: 0/scan
Grid Usage: 8
Mass: 750kg
Volume (as cargo): 2cu
Port: Large
Price: 10,000c

Deep Space Mineral Scanner
Requirements: -/-/-/-/14?
Range: 5,000m
Energy: 0/scan
Grid Usage: 10
Mass: 1000kg
Volume (as cargo): 2cu
Port: Large
Price: 50,000c

Aye, that would be rather good.

Then for BM 5 .......

I'm guessing anybody who makes it to BM4 is going to be on a first name basis with every bloody roid in the universe,so why bother...

Leave it in for Mining 16, but come up with something insanely cool for BM4

"something insanely cool for BM4"

Six Port Mining Trident.

Energy: ?/scan (Devs: Explain how this might work since current scanners scan automatically without a trigger.)

Every time you select an asteroid target it automatically drains X amount of energy?

"something insanely cool for BM4"

Six Port Mining Trident.

+1

Range: 5,000m

-1, then I want 5000 m range rail :}

[EDIT]p.s. and minimum 5000 m radar range too.[/EDIT]

@pirren

You may be on to something.

1000m range is much more reasonable.....

1000m range isn't much a boost from 750m and the requirements (if any) are too high for only 1000m. And, the BHM2 has built-in 1000m scanner.

I would prefer 5000m range for the proposed requirements but if you want it to be 'reasonable', then to me 'reasonable' is 2500m with -/-/-/-/12 requirements and/or Basic Miner 3.

I would prefer 5000m range for the proposed requirements but if you want it to be 'reasonable', then to me 'reasonable' is 2500m with -/-/-/-/12 requirements and/or Basic Miner 3.

Why not add both? The more, the better.

Hmm, you can hit a static target at 1100 m with a screamer. Really this is about some toys for folk who have played a lot. Nothing that would imbalance the game, since mining won't imbalance anything.

I tend to follow the " you shouldn't have to grind for months to get significant stuff " philosophy. However I really have no problem with the " you have done a lot, have some non - game changing but fun stuff" philosophy.

So the op makes a good point, lets have some top range non combat stuff at high levels.

I would rather have a new mining beam than a scanner.

@Jmvcilus: Then suggest one.

Updates to the scanner plus another variant.

Criticisms/Suggestions?