The idea for the ship originally came from Morphologis, after a few complaints about its movement system and some modifications to it they agreed that it was the best way to solve the resource problem. The plans for the mining rig were presented in Let's Build It, Secrets, and in Building the Future.
After it was sabotaged by the Grey Suit it was used to dig a hole in Shack Lake and mine resources. It somehow got destroyed after season 1 because of a malfunction. The hole created by the rig was used to create the Silo Base.
Design[]
It originally had 4 large landing gears but, in Deep Core... , Sabotage, and Back to the Lab, it is shown that the Grey Suit detached a landing gear. It uses atmo thrusters for movement, 2 large ones for upwards thrust and several small ones for maneuvering, and has rotor mounted spotlights to illuminate the drill. It has a full conveyor system with a large cargo container in which the materials are stored. It is powered by a set of easily accessible batteries which recharge thanks to the solar panels on the rig.
The rig has a "landing pad" near which the main command seat, batteries and most of the gyroscopes are located, in the main level. It is equipped with 4 landing gears that secure the rig to the ground.
In the center of the rig is the drill, which uses pistons and gyroscopes to lower itself down. It is connected to the large cargo container in the main level through a conveyor system. The actual drill is made out of 9 individual smaller drills which consist on three rock-grinding steel devices which rotate on a mount which also rotates. The center of each individual drill there is a collector through which the mine materials are put in, and this collector connects to the conveyor system.