OZ-Ore Probe

OZ Ore Probe — Railgun Geological Reconnaissance

Transform your ship's Railguns into high-velocity geological reconnaissance launchers — now upgraded for both Asteroids and Planetary Exploration! Tired of flying blind through asteroid belts or endlessly hovering over planets? OZ Ore Probe equips your Large and Small Grid Railguns with long-range seismic penetrator telemetry. Fire probes into distant asteroids or planetary crusts, monitor live orbital telemetry, and receive intelligent color-coded GPS coordinates directly in your navigation HUD! [hr][/hr] [b]Ore probes are pulled from every inventory. You don't need to load them into your railgun.[b]

🔬 NEW: Feature Upgrade Through Research in the Labs

"Thanks to breakthroughs in our research laboratories, our engineers have perfected the next generation of Ore Recon Probes: reinforced alloys, kinetic shock dampeners, and high-frequency planetary ground resonators. The probes can now withstand atmospheric entry and extreme-velocity impacts into solid planetary crusts without sensor degradation!"

• Planetary Crust Penetration: Probes are no longer confined to deep space! Atmospheric scout drones and orbital cruisers can now target and fire probes directly into planetary terrain, mountains, and valleys.
• 2.5 km Regional Survey Perimeter: Upon surface impact, the probe anchors itself into the bedrock and initiates an autonomous seismic sweep covering a massive 2.5 km perimeter around the crater.
• Deep Subterranean Sampling (Up to 410m Depth): Advanced multi-layer acoustic soundings penetrate up to 410 meters deep into the crust — discovering both shallow industrial pockets and ultra-deep veins (Uraninite, Iridium, Titanium, Gold, etc.).
• Realistic Exploration Offset (250m – 350m Search Radius): Planetary GPS waypoints are logged with a randomized 250–350 meter tangent offset (e.g. P-[Fe_Ni] (~300m Area)). Instead of pinpointing the exact voxel coordinate, it creates a true exploration search zone for rovers, hand drills, and short-range detectors, keeping the thrill of ground discovery intact!
• Sub-Meter Terrain Aiming Engine: Custom elevation raymarcher calculates exact line-of-sight distances to mountains, cliffs, and valley floors up to 10 km away with sub-meter precision — no false horizon locks or altitude confusion.

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⚡ Core Features

• Deep Core Seismic Scanning: Fully autonomous asynchronous core analysis (60s for Large Grid / 90s for Small Grid).
• Intelligent Ore Identification & Color-Coded GPS:
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• Gold: Rare & high-tier minerals (Uranium, Platinum, Iridium, Titanium).
• Cyan: Pure Ice & volatile reservoirs.
• Emerald Green: Essential industrial ores (Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Silicon, Silver, Magnesium, etc.).

[*] Long-Range Targeting & Scanner Telemetry (10 km / 5 km):

• 10 km Detection Range: Smooth passive telemetry tracking asteroids and terrain in your line of fire.
• 5 km Lock-on Range: HUD confirms firing readiness with green targeting status.
• Smart Aim Assist: Automatically compensates for cockpit offset, 3rd-person camera, and wing-mounted Railguns on agile small grid scout ships.

[*] Grid-Wide Multi-Inventory Access: Railguns automatically draw probes from ANY inventory on your grid (Assembler output queues, cargo containers, cockpits, etc.). No tedious manual re-stacking required! [*] 3-Phase Guided Lock-on Sequence:

• Phase 1 (10s): Target Lock & Trajectory Calibration.
• Phase 2 (6s): Probe Launcher Pre-Ignition & Capacitor Balancing.
• Phase 3 (2s): Kinetic Coil Discharge & Launch.

[*] Live Mission Milestones: Atmospheric status notifications follow every phase of the mission (Impact confirmed → Seismic anchor deployed → Regional perimeter scan → Spectral analysis → GPS transmission). [*] Sensory Engineering Recipe: Balanced survival blueprint using mechanical and sensor components (Computers, Motors, Radio-Comm, Detectors, Steel Plates) — no Uranium required to build probes. [*] Dedicated Server & Multiplayer Ready: Fully asynchronous multithreaded scanning, zero frame drops, authoritative server-side ammo consumption, and private GPS waypoints. [/list] [hr][/hr]

🚀 Quick Start Guide

[olist] [*] Craft Probes: Build Large Ore Recon Probes or Small Ore Recon Probes in any standard Assembler. [*] Setup Toolbar: Enter your cockpit, open the Toolbar Config (G), and drag your Railgun to the hotbar:

• Select Probe Mode On/Off (shows live ON/OFF status on your hotbar icon).
• Select Launch Ore Probe.

[*] Aim & Lock: Point your ship's crosshairs at an asteroid or planetary mountain/terrain within 10 km. Close distance to within 5 km until the HUD confirms Ready to launch. [*] Fire: Press Launch Ore Probe and keep crosshairs on target for 10 seconds. [*] Survey: Follow the live telemetry updates. Once the countdown completes, your GPS navigation menu will be updated with all discovered mineral deposits! [/olist] [hr][/hr]

💬 Chat Commands

• /probe or /probe mode — Quick-toggle the Ore Probe Scanner Mode directly from the cockpit chat.

[hr][/hr] Created by OZG@MING