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#Release your drones - there might be Pirates about, and your drones will take care of them. | #Release your drones - there might be Pirates about, and your drones will take care of them. | ||
#In your Overview Window, click on the Type column to sort the asteroids alphabetically, and scroll until you find the kind of asteroid that you want to mine. In the example shown here, that type was "Dense Veldspar."[[File:QSG_overview_asteroids_1.png|center|380px|alt=overview sorted by asteroid types]] | #In your Overview Window, click on the Type column to sort the asteroids alphabetically, and scroll until you find the kind of asteroid that you want to mine. In the example shown here, that type was "Dense Veldspar."[[File:QSG_overview_asteroids_1.png|center|380px|alt=overview sorted by asteroid types]] | ||
#Click on the upper left icon in the main ship power console. This will open your "Tactical Overlay". When this display is active, clicking on a target will cause a thin white line to connect your ship to the target. By clicking on each asteroid that you might want to mine, you can find the ones that lie together in a group. Go there. | #Click on the [[File:QSG_tactical_overlay.png|thumb|upright=0.8|alt=tactical overlay button]]upper left icon in the main ship power console.This will open your "Tactical Overlay". When this display is active, clicking on a target will cause a thin white line to connect your ship to the target. By clicking on each asteroid that you might want to mine, you can find the ones that lie together in a group. Go there.[[File:QSG_Tactical_Overlay_Asteroids.png|center|300px|alt=tactical overlay showing asteroid targeted]] | ||
#While your ship is flying there, lock each of the asteroids as a target. How many you can lock at once depends on your ship's capabilities, and your skills. You only ''need'' one at a time, but things go a little faster with two or three.[[File:QSG_overview_asteroids_2.png|center|400px|alt=target locking an asteroid]] | #While your ship is flying there, lock each of the asteroids as a target. How many you can lock at once depends on your ship's capabilities, and your skills. You only ''need'' one at a time, but things go a little faster with two or three.[[File:QSG_overview_asteroids_2.png|center|400px|alt=target locking an asteroid]] | ||
#Mining lasers need to be within 15 KM of an asteroid before they can begin to mine. As soon as you are | #Mining lasers need to be within 15 KM of an asteroid before they can begin to mine. As soon as you are close enough, click on the locked target to select it, and then click on your laser. | ||
Since your Venture has two lasers, you can mine two asteroids at once. This is why you try to locate them in groups. Do not put both lasers on the same asteroid ... | Since your Venture has two lasers, you can mine two asteroids at once. This is why you try to locate them in groups. Do not put both lasers on the same asteroid ... since Mining Lasers put their load into your ship on a cycle, having two on the same target can waste cycle time. | ||
If Pirates show up, keep mining. Let the drones take care of them. Should the drones be killed, just return to your base. (''But your drones shouldn't be killed ... if they are, then you need better drone skills.'') | If Pirates show up, keep mining. Let the drones take care of them. Should the drones be killed, just return to your base. (''But your drones shouldn't be killed ... if they are, then you need better drone skills.'') | ||