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| type = | | type = Spontaneous | ||
| threat = n/a | | threat = n/a | ||
| activities = [[Salvage]] | | activities = [[Salvage]] | ||
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A '''Surface Excavation''' is a | [[File:2022-03-31 22-09-08 Eol Prou JH-V e2-124.png|alt=The picture shows a couple of blue-white automated mining extractors on a ocre-yellow hill site, with a round, flat building in the foreground to the left. The extractors are firing white-purple flares into the ground.|thumb|A Surface Excavation site on the high-g planet Eol Prou JH-V e2-124 AB 4]] | ||
A '''Surface Excavation''' is a [[Points of Interest|Point of Interest]] that can be detected from orbit and accessed [[On Foot]] or in a [[SRV]]. | |||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
A Surface Excavation site consists of 12 Automated Mining Extractors. These extractors can be scanned with a [[Data Link Scanner]] to show their content (e.g. Gold, Silver, Indite...). Shooting an Extractor releases a "Mining Fragment", which can be collected with the SRV. The fragments show up in the inventory as a ton of the specific commodity and are considered legal salvage. | |||
== Spawn Locations == | == Spawn Locations == | ||
Probably related to "Extraction" economy type. Celestial body requires some reserve. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*Surface Excavations were introduced in ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''. | *Surface Excavations were introduced in ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''. | ||
*Shooting at the extractor only destroys the ore-holding tanks; the extractor keeps firing the laser regardless. | |||
*The mining laser fired by the extractor can destroy a stuck SRV in about 10 seconds. Use ''extreme'' caution when driving. | |||
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