Asteroids?

[Aurum]

I've been looking for some asteroids and haven't found any. Any tips?

[Fooli]

From the space quick start guide, which 99% of everyone never reads... :]

To mine an asteroid, first you have to find one. Look on the system map (F5) and any asteroid field will be shown circling the star in that system. Finding them can be tricky, but remember most asteroids were once, or will sometime be, part of a planet... so they tend to orbit the star in the same plane as the planets do. When you find one, position your ship right in front of it. You should see a little console open up with a "commence mining" control... click it, and mining will happen automatically. The longer you mine, the more you'll find. To stop mining, simply move away.

So... when you enter a system you're normally sitting on the "planetary plane", and all worlds in that system are roughly aligned to your 'height'. Use that as a guide, find asteroids on the system map, and fly out there... they can be a bit hard to spot but the map shows you where they're densest and with a bit of careful and watchful flying about you'll normally come across one or more.

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[flametard]

infimp to gyruss, theres a big one right next to the station.