[New Financial Institute]

Interesting. I'd like to see how this develops.

[Using vs Selling Mined Resources?]

I see the mining industry as the following process: Surveying and scanning for minerals -> extracting minerals from the ground -> refining minerals into usable materials -> selling and/or using the materials. Each step is an opportunity for profit. A land owner may be an amazing builder, but without the skills in this process, they will need to hire someone or an organisation with the expertise to do it right.

 

I foresee plenty of mining vessels that are essentially scanners and cargo holds with a couple of engines strapped on. They might need protection, but if they're working for the land owner, this would be less of an issue. I'm not sure if mining without permission would be possible, but if it is, a security detail would be very handy.

 

If acting manually will produce much greater rewards than automating a process, then some people will need skills in those areas. If an automated system works just as well as manual control, automating would be the better option in the long term, thus allowing builders to come into their own.

[Any Aussies / Kiwis (or similar timezone people) here?]

Another from Adelaide here.

[Transporting constructs]

Railways to transport ship parts/whole space-only ships to a waiting spaceport or shuttle, perhaps?

[Alpha Release]

So I have time to upgrade my computer. Nice.

[8000 backer reward, its pretty awesome....]

Awesome.

[Boom, funded. Congrats NQ!]

Congrats NQ.

[Whales make me nervous]

Through the windless night we sail

To watch the timeless dance unfold

Out of joy we share the tale

To any who would have it told.

[Any possible limitations on mining?]

I could be wrong, but I think I heard the limit would be about 2 km depth.

[Kickstarter Predictions]

540,000 EUR

[What will you be playing until DU launch ?]

Minecraft and Starcraft 2 for now.

[This kickstarter needs YOU! Updated.]

Just short of 400k with 11 days to go. Getting there.

[Organisation Top Ten Chart]

Time to batten down the hatches, Anasasi. Hope you're not about to get flooded.

[The universal space station cooperative.]

Sounds like an interesting project.

[WHAT ONLINE GAME DID YOU COME FROM?]

I've dabbled in a few games, but my main game has been Minecraft. Also done a little Space Engineers and Starcraft 2 recently. Further back are Utopia, Earth 2025 and Nationstates. 

[How are you going to play the game?]

I don't think you get one automatically, but you need to claim any territory you want, and defend it if it's outside the anti-PvP zone.

[How are you going to play the game?]

I'd like to explore a bit, conduct mineralogical surveys and trade raw materials. Might see if I could build hovercraft for low-altitude surveys.

[How did you find out about Dual Universe?]

Sponsored post on facebook. Such dumb luck, but let's see how it goes.