Ultimate Sun Diver – Dyson Miner
Crew-efficient ship that can get into sun’s damaging area and grab valuable resources.
They have many names: sundiver, star diver, sun swimmer etc. Me? I prefer ‘Sun Diver’.
————— ‘Sun Diver’? Why go into the sun? —————
The sun’s damaging area is full of rare resources like Au, Tr, C. You can use sun divers to bring them outside for mining.
————— Features —————
- No need for tractor beams — instead just pushes asteroids out manually.
- Thrusters are placed so that the ship do not turn while pushing. (prevents ships getting destroyed while AFK)
- Overall shape have been tuned so that they can rotate about 15~20° without taking damage. Any further than that and your sides will start to burn.
————— How Deep Can It Go? —————
X can stay right next to sun’s surface.
Other models can get about 80% of the way in. (shown in the screenshot)
————— How to Use —————
If you replace a preexsisting ship with this ship, it doesn’t load crew assignments with it! (the ship will perform worse if assinments are not set up correctly)
It’s due to a bug in the game. It’s planned to be fixed in the next update.
- Use R to rotate the ship until the shields are facing the sun.
- Use Z to strafe into the sun (If you just use move command the ship will turn around). Position your ship behind an asteroid.
- Use X+Move command to push asteroids until you’re safely outside. (by default, your ship will try to avoid asteroids instead of pushing them. pressing X toggles that behavior.)
- Once outside, mine the valuable asteroid to your heart’s content 🙂
————— Build Cost & Stats —————
《 Dyson Miner Mini III 》
— The cheapest and most efficient design. Only downside is that it doesn’t have a Sensor.
《 Dyson Miner Basic 》
— The all-purpose design that can do a bit of everything! The only downside is that it’s bit unstable compared to other ones — the asteroid’s center of mass must rest between the two thruster positions, or it will tip over. Has both Mining Laser and Sensor, along with a large storage area.
《 Dyson Miner X 》
— This model has unmatched shield performance and stability. It can literally touch the surface of sun!
《 Dyson Miner Omega III》
— Slow, crew-heavy, expensive, uses Tractor Beams to pull asteroids(ugh). Its every aspect goes against the spirit of Dyson Miner. However it does have one unique feature — 360° shields that protect you from every angle. If you have the resources to spare or are too scared to drive the other models, this one is for you.
