X3:Reunion Manual - Steam

When you target an asteroid you can identify its yield by using the Mineral Scanner within10km distance and initiating the scanning by pressing the [ i ] Key.An asteroid’s yield denotes how rich the asteroid is in its particular mineral(Ore/Silicon/Nividium) Generally, the higher the yield, the more material you can get from theasteroid per cycle in a static mine or the amount of material that will be released from it whenyou are mobile-mining.Approach the asteroid and fire the Laser or Hornet Missile within five kilometres distance.After the asteroid has been fragmented, you will then need to break the larger and mediumsized rocks with either the mining laser or other laser weaponry into small rocks. To tell themapart from the ones that need further fragmentation, target them and press the [ i ] key. Beaware that these small rocks will vaporise if fired upon.Eventually you will be able to scoop up the rocks that are small enough to be refined by yourOre Collector.To operate the Ore Collector you will need to open up your freight bay doors by pressing the [o ] key and collect the rock as you would do with standard cargo crates.Be sure to check the fragment first with the [ i ] key or the fragment will damage your hull orequipment if it is too big and needs to be broken up more.Nividium asteroids, which can be found in remote sectors, are highly prized as the mineralcan be sold for very high prices in Paranid sectors.Command: Collect rocks in sectorLike the command to collect wares in sector, this command allows ships under your control tocollect rocks in a given sector. The command is available in the Special Commands menu, ifyou are in a suitably equipped ship. Don’t forget for effective mobile mining, your ship shouldbe equipped with a Mobile Drilling System, an Ore Collector and a fairly large cargo bay. TheSplit-built Caiman Miner is optimised for this task. The Mobile Drilling System will be neededin order to break bigger asteroids into more collectible chunksQ: How do I sell a ship?A: Target the ship, then press the [ Enter ] key, select Ship or [ Shift+c ] key. This will bringyou to the Command Console. From there go to "Navigation" and then to "Dock at...". Selectthe sector, and then select the shipyard. Now the ship will travel to the shipyard and dock withit (make sure you’re not in the ship you are trying to sell). Then trade with the shipyard (muchlike you would to buy a ship) and the ship you want to sell should now be in the menu. Usethe [ Left Cursor ] key and then press the [ Enter ] key to sell it.50Q: How to transfer cargo between ships?A: You can get a device from the Goner temple called a Transporter Device (FreightBeamer), which will allows you to beam the goods into your cargo bay. If you do not have oneof these, you can order the ship to drop its cargo, which you can then collect by opening yourcargo bay doors. Alternatively when you are docked at a station, you can transfer the cargooff the other ship using the station menu.Q: How can I make more money out of missions?A: Simply, the better your trading ranks the higher the payments. A good tactic is to have arange of ships with a Jumpdrive. Many missions require a M4/5 or TS class ship. Having yourother ships available at short notice allows you to switch ships and take that lucrativecontract. To find these missions dock at a station and select ‘Station’ then ‘Bulletin Board’ andcheck for opportunities.Q: How do I capture Spaceflies?A: You need to purchase a Spacefly Collector from Split Equipment Docks and an IonDisruptor, found at Boron Equipment Docks. To capture them simply fire the Ion Disruptor and