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"if you can use the mineral suevey tool, why use a fusion generator and not just a heavy mineral extractor ? Could you ? other then the fact that you have to pay for power and maint, whereas the fusion one is maint only."

Here is why. A Heavy Mineral harvester outputs 7kg/hour. Lets say you are on a 90% radioactive site. If you whipped a Large Harvester there, you'd take in 9000 power a day, it would cost you 2160 credits maintenance/1800 power a day. So that cuts your output down to 7200 power a day produced at a cost of 2160 credits.

Now lets look at the same sceneario with a 13kg/hour outputing Fusion. A fusion would produce 16,500 power a day, and only costs 1440 a day in maintenance and does NOT require power to run.

So...the question you need to ask yourself is: do you want 16500 power a day for 1440 credits, or do you want 7200 power a day for 2160 credits?

Trust me...go with fusion.

Does any one know where to place the fusin power ?

some people say its like solar except you can place it ANYWHERE ?

i dont believe this is true, but if not what do you survey for ?

To find out where to place the machine ?

If any one knows i would really appreciate it alot.

thanks..

Fusion generator is a radioactives harvester.

great, thanks for the fast reply...

one more question... the same type that you can sample via mineral survey tool ?

because i did harvest that once with the mineral survey device, yet i cant use them for anything as power ?

and idea on that ?

thanks...

Yes, the same type as you see under the Mineral Survey tool, and yes, you can use them as power. I don't know why you wouldn't be able to.

great, one last question , dont wanna be a pain but its hard finding someone that knows...

if you can use the mineral suevey tool, why use a fusion generator and not just a heavy mineral extractor ? Could you ? other then the fact that you have to pay for power and maint, whereas the fusion one is maint only.

thanks.

because a fusion generator has a rate of 13kg/h while a personal harvester has a rate of 2.

also the mantance rate is about 1400 a day, as oposed to that many harvesters which would take 4320 a day. *numbers are a guestimation*

finaly, they only take up one lot., as oposed to the 6 you'd need for your harvesters... *which you, ironicly enough, would have to power*