The Mining Platform is deployed on an asteroid to allow mining of ore from it. It starts out as a mining platform ship, which deploys into a mining platform when it reaches an asteroid with available plots. The mining platform is then controlled by the mining ministry of the planet it was launced from.  Once deployed a Ming Platform cannot be recalled.  It can only be destroyed and a new Minining Ship can be launched to replace it.

The higher the level of the mining ministry controlling the mining platform the more ore is extracted.

Mining Platforms are a highly vulnerable but highly valuable resource of any medium to advanced empire.  There are a number of things that can either cause their destruction or to restrict their usage.

Restricted Usage

• All the plots on the target asteroid have been filled
• The system is under the control of a non-allied Space Station and the Space Station has enabled members only mining.
• Non-allied SAWs in the system, while this doesn't keep the Mining Platform Ship  from being sent, but it does cause the Mining Platform Ship to be shot down upon arrival.

Requirements

• Mining Ministry Lvl 1
• (Mining Platform Ship)