Mining Lander

=DFIG Mining Lander=
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The Mining Lander is a type of short range craft utilized by the civilian market as a single seat small scale surveyor/miner. Utilizing mining lasers, and tractor beam technology the pilot/operator is able to seek out and extract resources to be transferred to internal hold or external carryall. This craft was introduced into service during the 24th century and remains in service to the time of this entry. They are used most commonly by what is known in the field as a 'wildcat' operator for prospecting. They are most often marked with an additional civilian organization flag and transponder code related to a carrier craft or facility.
The Mining Lander is capable of operating in atmosphere or vacuum, and capable of lifting with a full internal load in a heavy gravity situation. The hull is reinforced, and modified versions have been known to be loaded with pressure tanks in place of a hopper as they can be used to filter and compress gasses retrieved from free clouds or even the upper strata of gas giants.
The Mining Lander is capable of cutting and collecting volatile minerals as well, as one of the design parameters was for safe vacuum collection of Dilithium Crystals.
== Background information ==
The Mining Lander was originally designed by a team of DFIG wildcatters in 2241, and the design has been upgraded regularly with new technology as it is developed or discovered. It is considered state of the art in the industry for the niche it fills. The DFIG holds the exclusive license to produce the Miner at its Titan Facility. While legal operation requires a licensed purchase or lease from the DFIG or subsidiaries, in the 76 years since it went into full production release, this craft has been imitated and bootlegged from design specs across hundreds of systems.
===SPECIFICATIONS===
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====Cargo Capabilities:====
* 27 m3 internal hold
* 18 m3 external hold modules
====Physical Arrangement:====
A single hull design, intended for atmospheric and space operations, and capable of planetfall and lift to orbit. The control is from a single seat forward facing cockpit, entered from a tilting overhead canopy. RCS Thrusters are mounted on stable points, while the main thrust is provided on spinning gimbles to vector thrust in any direction from either the port or starboard wing engine pods.
The internal hold is located center mass of the ship in order to balance increasing load without requiring pilot correction for attitude.
In storage mode, the engine pods withdraw, mining apertures, cutting lasers, control surfaces, and landing struts withdraw into craft compacting the lander to 10x8x2.5 meters.
====Autopilot:====
Beginning with model year 2302, autopilot ceased being only capable of station keeping or return to station. The autopilot began to be a functioning part of the operations of the craft. With each new iteration the autopilot was refined, and now can be launched as drone for independent operations given parameters to meet, with or without a living pilot.
As a safety, emergency physical override exists in the cockpit, should the pilot find themselves in a dangerous situation requiring override. Automated systems can be run remotely with correct codes.
====Propulsion Systems:====
=====Impulse Drives:=====
* Twin Impulse Reactors capable of producing speeds of: 
** 0.3c Emergency Thrust (Empty)
** 0.1c Max Thrust
** 0.01c Standard (Under Max Load)
====Tactical Systems:====
=====Mining Lasers Only=====
* 360* fire arc, 60* maximum inclination at the bow, 90* declination.
=====Deflector Shields:=====
* Metaphasic Shielding, Small Craft
=====Armor/Hull:=====
* Reinforced Duranium Alloys
===GALLERY===
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====Mining Lander Images:====
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Category:Civilian Starship Classes