Space Mining

This page provides a list of all sources of Space Mining, which increases production of Water, Volatiles, Base Metals, Noble Metals, and Fissiles. For information on the mechanics, see Habs instead.

For a list of the best hab sites to mine, see Hab Site List instead.

Orgs

Org Stars	Stats and Missions	Bonuses and Resource Incomes	Affinities and Requirements	Purchase Cost
Random SpaceMining12		2% 4% to 6% -5 to -2	Affinity: Space Commerce	1000 to 1500 20 to 40
Random SpaceMining11		1% 2% to 4% -2 to -1	Affinity: Industrialization of Space	500 to 750 10 to 20
Arcturus Heavy Industries	1	2% to 3% 1% 1 4% to 6% 5 to 15 25%: 1 25%: 1 to 5	Affinity: Mission to Mars	1000 to 1500
Orbital Resource Extraction Inc.	1 2 Assault Enemy Space Asset	2% 1 7% to 10% 10 to 15 1	Affinity: Banned: Space Commerce	1250 to 1750
Project Exodus Engineers	3 5 Advise Control Space Asset	5% 10% 10% 10% 20% 1 10% 9 4 40	Affinity: Banned: Not on Market
U.N. Office for Outer Space Affairs	Advise	3% 2% 2% 5% 2% -1 8	Affinity: Government	120
Random SpaceMining13		3% 6% to 10% -10 to -5	Affinity: Integrated Earth-Space Economy	1500 to 2000 40 to 80

Traits

No Traits affect this.

Hab Modules

No Habs affect this. Rather, this bonus is what multiplies the output of mines on Habs.

Events

Narrative Event	Base Weight	Requirements	Potential Effects
Science Tour	2 Alt: 5	General Requirements: Triggers at most once for each Faction. Triggers at most once every 3 months. Triggers at most once every 24 months for each target. Needs Directed Space Research Alt Weight Requirements: Techs researched Has Our Space Future Primary Target Requirements: Must be a Hab. Tier of Target Hab ≥ 2 Target Hab's annual Research income > 0 Number of completed modules on Target Hab > 1 (Target Hab is owned by The Aliens?) = FALSE Option 2 Requirements: (Target Hab has a completed Research University module or lower tier version?) = TRUE Option 3 Requirements: Target Hab's annual Projects income > 0 Option 4 Requirements: (Target Hab has a completed Supercollider module or lower tier version?) = TRUE	Option 1, Outcome 1: Gain 500 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by (Current Campaign Duration / 2.5 Years) Option 2, Outcome 1: Costs 5000 Gain 250 Costs 25 Gain 250 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by Hab's Tier Option 3, Outcome 1: Off-Earth mining output increased by 5% Ships are built 5.2631578947368% faster Costs 5000 Costs 25 Gain 250 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by Hab's Tier Option 4, Outcome 1: Costs 5000 Costs 25 Gain 250 Gain 0.01 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by Hab's Tier
Breakthrough	1 Alt: 4	General Requirements: Triggers at most once every 36 months. Triggers at most once every 120 months for each target. Needs Space Research Alt Weight Requirements: Techs researched Has Directed Space Research Primary Target Requirements: Must be a Hab. Target Hab's annual Research income > 0 (Target Hab is owned by The Aliens?) = FALSE	Option 1, Outcome 1: National Investment Points we direct to the Knowledge priority are increased by 5% Grants a public opinion boost for Primary Target's Faction around the world Gain 1000 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by (Current Campaign Duration / 2.5 Years) Option 2, Outcome 1: National Investment Points we direct to the Found Space Program priority are increased by 5% National Investment Points we direct to the Boost priority are increased by 5% National Investment Points we direct to the Mission Control priority are increased by 5% Gain 1000 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by (Current Campaign Duration / 2.5 Years) Option 3, Outcome 1: Off-Earth mining output increased by 5% Gain 1000 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by (Current Campaign Duration / 2.5 Years) Option 4, Outcome 1: Ships are built 5.2631578947368% faster Our damage control teams conduct repairs 5% faster Gain 1000 All Resource costs and gains are multiplied by (Current Campaign Duration / 2.5 Years)

Techs

No Global Techs affect this.

Projects

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Space Mining Bonus	Available To:
Advanced Prospecting Surveys		1500	30250	+10%		All
Gold Rush		2500	31825	+10%
Algorithmic Extraction Management		50000	292750	+10%	All
Total Space Mining Bonus:	+20% +20% +30% +20% +20% +20% +20%

One Resource Only

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Water Mining Bonus	Available To:
Thermal Mining Techniques		5000	14250	×1.15		All
Water Purification Techniques		15000	33250	×1.15	All
Total Water Mining Bonus:	×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Volatiles Mining Bonus	Available To:
Microbial Drills		20000	157250	×1.15		All
Rapid Distillation Techniques		15000	45250	×1.15	All
Total Volatiles Mining Bonus:	×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Base Metals Mining Bonus	Available To:
Deep Space Metallurgy		15000	81750	×1.15		All
Plasma Extraction Techniques		20000	147250	×1.15	All
Total Base Metals Mining Bonus:	×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Noble Metals Mining Bonus	Available To:
Slag Valorization		15000	84250	×1.15		All
Molecular Beneficiation		20000	86750	×1.15	All
Total Noble Metals Mining Bonus:	×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225

Project	Type	Research Cost	Full Cost	Fissiles Mining Bonus	Available To:
Rapid Fissile Enrichment		20000	111750	×1.15		All
Subsurface Radiation Analysis		15000	86750	×1.15	All
Total Fissiles Mining Bonus:	×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225 ×1.3225