Super basic mining

Anon's super basic mining guide for getting your Painite and mining the 500 tons for Selene Jean.

1. You only need a 3A collector in a small ship or 5A collector in a large ship. Don't stack collectors.
	a. collectors will explode if you have something targeted when you launch them.
	b. you can target the prospector or clear your target when you launch them and they will loiter and collect.
	c. you can stall your collectors by closing your cargo scoop, but they will run into each other.
	d. your mining laser damages collectors. don't shoot them.
2. You only need a Prospector controller maximum size 3A, but a 1A is really all you need. You can only mine one rock at a time.
	a. target a rock and launch the prospector, then target the prospector to get the readout once it lands and does its thing.
	b. prospectors self destruct if you have the max number deployed and launch another.
3. Get as large a refinery as your ship can hold up to 10 slots.
4. Don't worry about offensive weapons, just get mining lasers. Some ships need the powerplant engineered to run them all.
	a. turreted lasers mean you could theoretically mine 2 rocks at once with a co-pilot. no one has ever done this.
	b. get fixed lasers, or set your turrets to forward fire only.
5. Only mine Pristine Metallic Rings. Use this tool http://edtools.ddns.net/ be sure to buy the exploration data or carry a discovery scanner. You do not need a detailed surface scanner.
6. When you are in the system, find a RES and get close enough to it to see where in the ring it is.
7. Pick a spot just next to there and let the emergency stop pull you out of SC. It's only 1% damage if your ship doesn't have armor.
8. Depending on the Will of Braben, you should get one or two cops and a pirate to spawn with you.
	a. if the pirate starts shooting you because you already started mining, don't shoot back. Head for the cop.
	b. if the cop doesn't respond, you may need to high wake out and try again.
	c. the cop will pick up the aggro easily if you are close enough and don't shoot back.
	d. after the cops finish the first pirate you now have a pocket cop and can mine in peace. Just head in the cops direction as you mine.
9. Once you have a comfy mining spot, work towards the planet so you don't target the same rock twice.
10. If you have to travel between rocks with collectors deployed, keep your cargo scoop open and you won't accidentally out run them.
11. You want mostly stationary rocks with the 3 P's Platinum, Palladium, Painite. Anything with 10% or more should be targeted.
12. Mine a single rock until you get a depleted report from the prospector, if you have it targeted, you can see how much is left to mine.
13. Feel free to dump junk ore, or set the collector priority in the right panel to filter out what you don't want.
14. Or you can mine everything and make multiple trips to the station to maximize your profits.
15. Your ability to continue to mine is limited by how well you use your limpets and how lucky you are. If you find a bunch of junk rocks, jump back out and go to step 6 again.