Can ruins worlds be remote mined?

[Ed Kolis]

I tried building a robominer base over a ruins world, since I didn't have the appropriate colony tech yet... but it doesn't report mining anything when I click on it! Is there something hardcoded that prevents ruins worlds from being remote mined? All my other remote miners are functioning normally...

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
I tried building a robominer base over a ruins world, since I didn't have the appropriate colony tech yet... but it doesn't report mining anything when I click on it! Is there something hardcoded that prevents ruins worlds from being remote mined? All my other remote miners are functioning normally...

Actually, I think you can only remote mine moons and asteroids. But I could be wrong.

[Captain Kwok]

Remote miners should be able to extract resources from any planet, including multiple planets at one location. I don't know the answer to Ed's question though, although it opens up some interesting possibilites.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
Remote miners should be able to extract resources from any planet, including multiple planets at one location. I don't know the answer to Ed's question though, although it opens up some interesting possibilites.

I've built remote minors (ships) and noticed that they actually are extracting ore on the first turn they are built but, if I recall correctly, it was only over places with moons. NOW, it may actually be that they don't extract over a planet that is colonized (and the moons weren't colonized). (Just guessing again).

[Arkcon]

I just tried it, I deployed a satelite with a mineral miner in 2 sectors, each with planet and moon, one planet had ruins. The Empire Status screen reported exactly the amount of remote mining expected based on the planet's precentage in each case.

I can't seem to find a place where I would click on the sat to see what it's mining -- maybe a function we're all accustomed to got patched out at some point? Or is that ships and bases only?

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
I just tried it, I deployed a satelite with a mineral miner in 2 sectors, each with planet and moon, one planet had ruins. The Empire Status screen reported exactly the amount of remote mining expected based on the planet's precentage in each case.

I can't seem to find a place where I would click on the sat to see what it's mining -- maybe a function we're all accustomed to got patched out at some point? Or is that ships and bases only?

Right above (or below) the maintenance values, it lists the resources mined each turn. This is on the main display for the vehicle (the one that shows up when you select it).

Slynky, there is no difference between mining asteroids, "moons," or planets.