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If you short-cycle a mining module, it will deposit an amount of ore in the ship's cargo or mining hold, proportional to the length of time the module was active. For instance, if the above-mentioned 100{{m3}}/min mining laser is shut off after 7.5 seconds (compared to a full cycle of 15 seconds), it will mine <span style="white-space: nowrap;">100 × (7.5/60) = 50{{m3}}</span> of ore.

Short-cycling comes in handy when mining asteroids with little ore left in them. If you used a [[Mining#Mining ~~surveyor~~|Mining Survey Chipset]] to check how much ore is left, you can short-cycle your mining laser to harvest just that amount of ore, and therefore not waste the rest of the mining laser's cycle. This technique becomes particularly useful when using [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Overview#Strip miners|strip miners]], as they have high yields and longer cycle times (and can therefore waste a lot of time when mining nearly-empty asteroids). Short-cycling is equally useful when [[Gas cloud harvesting|harvesting gas]], but should never be used while [[ice harvesting]] (as ice mining lasers/harvesters only harvest 1 unit of ice per complete cycle; short-cycle your ice harvester, and you mine nothing).

Short-cycling comes in handy when mining asteroids with little ore left in them. If you used a [[Mining#Mining survey chipset|Mining Survey Chipset]] to check how much ore is left, you can short-cycle your mining laser to harvest just that amount of ore, and therefore not waste the rest of the mining laser's cycle. This technique becomes particularly useful when using [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Overview#Strip miners|strip miners]], as they have high yields and longer cycle times (and can therefore waste a lot of time when mining nearly-empty asteroids). Short-cycling is equally useful when [[Gas cloud harvesting|harvesting gas]], but should never be used while [[ice harvesting]] (as ice mining lasers/harvesters only harvest 1 unit of ice per complete cycle; short-cycle your ice harvester, and you mine nothing).

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 If you short-cycle a mining module, it will deposit an amount of ore in the ship's cargo or mining hold, proportional to the length of time the module was active. For instance, if the above-mentioned 100{{m3}}/min mining laser is shut off after 7.5 seconds (compared to a full cycle of 15 seconds), it will mine <span style="white-space: nowrap;">100 &times; (7.5/60) = 50{{m3}}</span> of ore.
-Short-cycling comes in handy when mining asteroids with little ore left in them. If you used a [[Mining#Mining surveyor|Mining Survey Chipset]] to check how much ore is left, you can short-cycle your mining laser to harvest just that amount of ore, and therefore not waste the rest of the mining laser's cycle. This technique becomes particularly useful when using [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Overview#Strip miners|strip miners]], as they have high yields and longer cycle times (and can therefore waste a lot of time when mining nearly-empty asteroids). Short-cycling is equally useful when [[Gas cloud harvesting|harvesting gas]], but should never be used while [[ice harvesting]] (as ice mining lasers/harvesters only harvest 1 unit of ice per complete cycle; short-cycle your ice harvester, and you mine nothing).
+Short-cycling comes in handy when mining asteroids with little ore left in them. If you used a [[Mining#Mining survey chipset|Mining Survey Chipset]] to check how much ore is left, you can short-cycle your mining laser to harvest just that amount of ore, and therefore not waste the rest of the mining laser's cycle. This technique becomes particularly useful when using [[ORE Basic Ship and Skill Overview#Strip miners|strip miners]], as they have high yields and longer cycle times (and can therefore waste a lot of time when mining nearly-empty asteroids). Short-cycling is equally useful when [[Gas cloud harvesting|harvesting gas]], but should never be used while [[ice harvesting]] (as ice mining lasers/harvesters only harvest 1 unit of ice per complete cycle; short-cycle your ice harvester, and you mine nothing).
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