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quote from space mining article

Enterprising space miners have a second option. They can choose to sell their ore on the open market via the bazaar or even keep it themselves as crafting resources. For those interested in crafting, some of the new craftable items that use these specific resources include:

* High-Mass Ships: High Mass Z-95 Headhunters, TIE Fighters or Light Hutt Fighters can be crafted with the proper schematics. Each of these space ships has an increased mass that makes it comparable with higher tier ships of a similar class.
* New Ship Weapons: New craftable ship weapons with different appearances and characteristics.
* New Multi-Passenger Ship Components: There are new craftable components that are so heavy that they can only be used on ships such as the YT1300, but have better statistics.

cool, maybe MP ships are gonna be worthwhile after all, with mining and these new components

Yeah. Other than the engines, no MP ship is going to see any serious upgrades with these parts over RE'd parts and in some cases even current craftable level 9s. The mining lasers, tractor beams, and cargo holds and such will be worthwhile, but for PVE or PVP the MP ships will continue to be grossly underpowered for the cash and personnel required to use them.

In terms of power, think of the parts as level 11, when what these ships need is components of level 15-25.