Hey guys! Some really nice designs here. With 1.0 I started a mining project, too. First I did some tests and these are the results. (just using mechjeb) For all those with slow internet, i will just post the links. First of all, dedicated to great great Freelancer, a Refinery and Trading Station, called Freihafen 1. You can find 2 ISRU Converter in the centre, driven by a Fusion core. For supplies there are different types of tanks, including Xenon-Gas and ore tanks. Everybody knows, transfers take time, so every little trader out there can visit the crew areas for some drinks, gamble and more. http://i.imgur.com/eqQorU3.png?1 The second craft is a probe called Deadalus. On the pic it's the MK1 version without own drive, created for scans on Mun and Minimus. It's 100% self sustaining and searches Planets and Moons for ore. The MK2 version works with 2 Ion-Drives for deep-space missions. http://imgur.com/6eFIzJ4 The third craft is also the fourth. It's the Athene-Mining-Base, a heavy, extreme deep drilling construction and the first of their type. Six drills can extract and storage over 10.000 tons of ore. On one of the docking ports you can see the low gravity frighter Ares, designed to transport 2.000 tons of ore in a stable orbit, dock to a bigger frighter (next craft) and return to the mining base. http://imgur.com/mEycwiO Now my last craft, the frighter Mercury. It can carry 6.000 tons of ore through space, usually to Freihafen 1. Its driven with a sixpack of nuclear engines. With Cpt. Lela on board, this Ship is just perfect for it's transportation job. http://imgur.com/tt1Wstn Well, that's what i constructed some weeks ago. At the moment i work on some.....cooler constructions, including a Starbase, a Constructer-Ship, a Mining-Rover and a really large frighter. Hope you like my stuff.