Editing Shaft Miner (section)

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

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! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Money Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|For making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged or turned in to the ore redemption machine, so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is.

How to obtain Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}

===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
{{Item
|name = [[Plasteel]]
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Metal_r.png
}}

{{Item
|name = Plastitanium
|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}

===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver ores directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.

* [[Scientist]]s at least a bit of every ore. In exchange, they may give you upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs for everybody! Too bad the lavaproof Firefighter is the only good mech for mining.
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits. Plasma in particular is both common and valuable.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.