Y-8 Mining Vessel

Anyone had success with this vessel?

I have had mining laser upper turret break of pieces of asteroid. thought
maybe i needed someone in the operations chair. i believe i have only had
one time where i (alone) broke off section of asteroid and retreieved it.

I found this....

How to get a Y-8 Mining Vessel - for free!!!
Contacts:
Flash Harrison: 1st Level, Kachirho Tree City, Kashyyyk.
Thom Steele: Dearic Cantina, Talus.
Captain Koh: , 3rd Level, Kachirho Tree City, Kashyyyk.

Mission 1: Mission to Talus
Flash Harrison, self proclaimed pilot god, wants you to deliver a
message to Thom Steele for him.
Go to Dearic Cantina, Talus, to deliver his message. Speak to Thom,
get paid 1K for your trouble so far.. He will then give you a mission
to fly to Correllia space, to remove some miners...
Once in Correllia Space you will be given a patrol waypoint to go to...
and then another...
I killed 3 tier 3 Z-95 headhunters on the 2nd way point. I carried onto
the next patrol point, and that was it. Mission Successful, return to
Thom Steele in Dearic Cantina, Talus.
Thom Steele Thanks you and gives you a mining laser and cargo hold, and
if you want, another mission to mine some rock for him....

Mission 2: Extract 250 units of Siliaceous Asteroid
"An abundance of silicaceous asteroids have entered the corellia
system recently, and we'd like a piece of those minerals. Head up
there and get us a sample. You can keep whtaever you mine, we'll only
scrape off a bit to test the quality. 250 units should be enough to get
a proper sample."
Equip your newly aquired mining laser and cargo hold, and note which
number weapon it is. Fly into space and activate the silicaceous
asteroid waypoints. Pick one and head over to it. Start blasting away
(using the number key that relates the weapon slot, example, mine was
in weapon slot 3, so pressing the number 3 key will fire that weapon)
with the mining laser until you get a chunk fly off, chase it down (I
target it and hit follow) and blast that, till it splits into even
smaller bits, again blast these till its all gone. Have to be quick
though, the bits soon fly off into the distance. Rinse and repeat till
you get the mission successful message.
Return to Thom Steele, Dearic Cantina, Talus, and he will pay you 2k,
and send you off to Kashyyyk to report to Captain Koh of the mining
Fleet...
You must empty your cargo hold, by using the radial menu of the ship
control device in your datapad, when on the ground. Select Unload Cargo
for all the cargo to be transferred to your inventory.

Mission 3: Extract 500 Units of Organometallic Asteroid
Captain Koh is on the 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk.
He will give you a mission to extract 500 units of Organometallic
Asteroid in Kashyyyk space...
When you return he rewards you with 5k then asks you to come back in a
minute so he can study the sample. When you return he tells you that
miners from Lok are stealing ore from the Kashyyyk space, and sends you
on another mission. He also gives you a larger capacity cargo hold.
Empty your carg, and equip the new one.

Mission 4: Extract 750 units of Obsidian Asteroid
The next mission is to extract 750 units of Obsidian from Lok...
Same Process, get to Lok, Activate the Waypoints for the Osidian, and
go to the nearest one, and start mining it to bits....
Mission successful will appear once you reach 750 units...
Return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk,
and he will reward you with a tractor beam and 7.5k. Talk to him again
to get another mission. He wants you to steal the cargo of a stranded
freighter in Corellia.

Mission 5: The Damaged Freighter
Empty your cargo, and equip your new tractor beam to a weapon slot
where the mining laser was, then fly off to Corellian space...
When you get to space, make a note of how to turn on/off your tractor
beam, and get after that freighter.
It's a Tier 3 ship, but you will need to defend yourself against
attacks, be ready.
When you get to the freighter and start your tractor beam 7 (I think)
Tier 3 Z-95 Headhunters appear. Kill them all and continue with the
siphoning of cargo from the damaged freighter. Moments later, you will
get the mission successful, and the freighter will explode.
Return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk.
He will reward you with 7.5k and you get to keep the cargo of iron you
took from the freighter.

Mission 6: Broad Sample Part 1,2,3
The next mission Entitled "Broad Sample" sends you off to get 125
units of minerals from 3 systems in order:
Organometallic asteroid from Kashyyyk
Ice asteroid from Endor,
Crystal asteroid from Dathomir.
Using your tractor beam, means you do not have to destroy the last
smaller part of the asteroid chunk, just activate the tractor beam and
it will be pulled into you. You may still have to follow it to get
closer.
Once you have completed this, return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the
Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk, and he will reward you with a new mining
laser and 10k.

Mission 7: Protect the Y-8 Convoy
His next mssion is a patrol one, and wants you to go to Kashyyyk space
and escort a bunch of Y-8's through space. Gear up for combat and get
into space....
Once you reach your target, 3x Y-8's will appear. They will ask you
to activate your comm on any of the 3 when your ready, and give the go
ahead to start the journey.
Once you set off, almost immediately groups of 3 Tier 3 Dunelizards
spawn constantly for the duration of the journey. You must be very
quick at killing for this part.
If all 3 survive, you will eventually get the mission successful. You
can now either clean up the few remiaining pirates or hyperspace back
to Kashyyyk. Either way return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the
Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk when your ready. Captain Koh will reward
you with 10k for your efforts.

Mission 8: Intercept the Gilded Wookie
His next mission, "Intercept the gilded wookie", is the complete
opposite of the previous. You must now destroy a convoy and it's
escort at the same place you escorted your convoy to safety. Secretly
like, you know. Gear up for combat, its gonna be messy.
3x Tier 4 Xwings
3x Merc A wings (does not say what Tier)
1x Gilded Wookie Tier 3 Y-8
You MUST destroy all ships, so there's no witnesses. Return to
Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk when the
mission successful appears.
Your reward is 12.5k.

Mission 9: Space Diamonds
Your next mission is in Kessel. You must Mine 500 units of Diamond from
the 'roids there. Be careful. Be ready.
To get to Kessel, go to your factional Deep space station,
Rebel = Dantooine, Station (Deep Space)
Imperial = Endor
Neutral = Dathomir, Last Nav Station (Deep Space)
There are 3 Diamond Asteroids in Kessel as follows:
2309, -3731, -3404
2725, 2290, 1981
-625, -3033, 4712
If you have mapped a key to "select next space object (any)" you
can confirm these co-ordinates and add waypoints.
Be aware: The roids in Kessel can spawn a multiple of 2x Asteroid
Bandits. Tier 5 KSE Firesprays or Xwings. I may have been unlucky, but
I killed 10 Tier 5 ships mining my 500 units of diamonds.
Once you have completed your 500 unit quota, return once more to
Captain Koh, where you will be rewarded with 15k and a brand spanking
new Y-8 mining vessel.

um, i already have the vessel. I just wanted to know if anyone has actually
mined asteroids with it and if the have, tell me how so i can do so as well.



"Eerfa" <andy.sheppard@total.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I found this....
>
> How to get a Y-8 Mining Vessel - for free!!!
> Contacts:
> Flash Harrison: 1st Level, Kachirho Tree City, Kashyyyk.
> Thom Steele: Dearic Cantina, Talus.
> Captain Koh: , 3rd Level, Kachirho Tree City, Kashyyyk.
>
> Mission 1: Mission to Talus
> Flash Harrison, self proclaimed pilot god, wants you to deliver a
> message to Thom Steele for him.
> Go to Dearic Cantina, Talus, to deliver his message. Speak to Thom,
> get paid 1K for your trouble so far.. He will then give you a mission
> to fly to Correllia space, to remove some miners...
> Once in Correllia Space you will be given a patrol waypoint to go to...
> and then another...
> I killed 3 tier 3 Z-95 headhunters on the 2nd way point. I carried onto
> the next patrol point, and that was it. Mission Successful, return to
> Thom Steele in Dearic Cantina, Talus.
> Thom Steele Thanks you and gives you a mining laser and cargo hold, and
> if you want, another mission to mine some rock for him....
>
> Mission 2: Extract 250 units of Siliaceous Asteroid
> "An abundance of silicaceous asteroids have entered the corellia
> system recently, and we'd like a piece of those minerals. Head up
> there and get us a sample. You can keep whtaever you mine, we'll only
> scrape off a bit to test the quality. 250 units should be enough to get
> a proper sample."
> Equip your newly aquired mining laser and cargo hold, and note which
> number weapon it is. Fly into space and activate the silicaceous
> asteroid waypoints. Pick one and head over to it. Start blasting away
> (using the number key that relates the weapon slot, example, mine was
> in weapon slot 3, so pressing the number 3 key will fire that weapon)
> with the mining laser until you get a chunk fly off, chase it down (I
> target it and hit follow) and blast that, till it splits into even
> smaller bits, again blast these till its all gone. Have to be quick
> though, the bits soon fly off into the distance. Rinse and repeat till
> you get the mission successful message.
> Return to Thom Steele, Dearic Cantina, Talus, and he will pay you 2k,
> and send you off to Kashyyyk to report to Captain Koh of the mining
> Fleet...
> You must empty your cargo hold, by using the radial menu of the ship
> control device in your datapad, when on the ground. Select Unload Cargo
> for all the cargo to be transferred to your inventory.
>
> Mission 3: Extract 500 Units of Organometallic Asteroid
> Captain Koh is on the 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk.
> He will give you a mission to extract 500 units of Organometallic
> Asteroid in Kashyyyk space...
> When you return he rewards you with 5k then asks you to come back in a
> minute so he can study the sample. When you return he tells you that
> miners from Lok are stealing ore from the Kashyyyk space, and sends you
> on another mission. He also gives you a larger capacity cargo hold.
> Empty your carg, and equip the new one.
>
> Mission 4: Extract 750 units of Obsidian Asteroid
> The next mission is to extract 750 units of Obsidian from Lok...
> Same Process, get to Lok, Activate the Waypoints for the Osidian, and
> go to the nearest one, and start mining it to bits....
> Mission successful will appear once you reach 750 units...
> Return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk,
> and he will reward you with a tractor beam and 7.5k. Talk to him again
> to get another mission. He wants you to steal the cargo of a stranded
> freighter in Corellia.
>
> Mission 5: The Damaged Freighter
> Empty your cargo, and equip your new tractor beam to a weapon slot
> where the mining laser was, then fly off to Corellian space...
> When you get to space, make a note of how to turn on/off your tractor
> beam, and get after that freighter.
> It's a Tier 3 ship, but you will need to defend yourself against
> attacks, be ready.
> When you get to the freighter and start your tractor beam 7 (I think)
> Tier 3 Z-95 Headhunters appear. Kill them all and continue with the
> siphoning of cargo from the damaged freighter. Moments later, you will
> get the mission successful, and the freighter will explode.
> Return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk.
> He will reward you with 7.5k and you get to keep the cargo of iron you
> took from the freighter.
>
> Mission 6: Broad Sample Part 1,2,3
> The next mission Entitled "Broad Sample" sends you off to get 125
> units of minerals from 3 systems in order:
> Organometallic asteroid from Kashyyyk
> Ice asteroid from Endor,
> Crystal asteroid from Dathomir.
> Using your tractor beam, means you do not have to destroy the last
> smaller part of the asteroid chunk, just activate the tractor beam and
> it will be pulled into you. You may still have to follow it to get
> closer.
> Once you have completed this, return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the
> Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk, and he will reward you with a new mining
> laser and 10k.
>
> Mission 7: Protect the Y-8 Convoy
> His next mssion is a patrol one, and wants you to go to Kashyyyk space
> and escort a bunch of Y-8's through space. Gear up for combat and get
> into space....
> Once you reach your target, 3x Y-8's will appear. They will ask you
> to activate your comm on any of the 3 when your ready, and give the go
> ahead to start the journey.
> Once you set off, almost immediately groups of 3 Tier 3 Dunelizards
> spawn constantly for the duration of the journey. You must be very
> quick at killing for this part.
> If all 3 survive, you will eventually get the mission successful. You
> can now either clean up the few remiaining pirates or hyperspace back
> to Kashyyyk. Either way return to Captain Koh, 3rd level of the
> Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk when your ready. Captain Koh will reward
> you with 10k for your efforts.
>
> Mission 8: Intercept the Gilded Wookie
> His next mission, "Intercept the gilded wookie", is the complete
> opposite of the previous. You must now destroy a convoy and it's
> escort at the same place you escorted your convoy to safety. Secretly
> like, you know. Gear up for combat, its gonna be messy.
> 3x Tier 4 Xwings
> 3x Merc A wings (does not say what Tier)
> 1x Gilded Wookie Tier 3 Y-8
> You MUST destroy all ships, so there's no witnesses. Return to
> Captain Koh, 3rd level of the Kachirho city Tree, Kashyyyk when the
> mission successful appears.
> Your reward is 12.5k.
>
> Mission 9: Space Diamonds
> Your next mission is in Kessel. You must Mine 500 units of Diamond from
> the 'roids there. Be careful. Be ready.
> To get to Kessel, go to your factional Deep space station,
> Rebel = Dantooine, Station (Deep Space)
> Imperial = Endor
> Neutral = Dathomir, Last Nav Station (Deep Space)
> There are 3 Diamond Asteroids in Kessel as follows:
> 2309, -3731, -3404
> 2725, 2290, 1981
> -625, -3033, 4712
> If you have mapped a key to "select next space object (any)" you
> can confirm these co-ordinates and add waypoints.
> Be aware: The roids in Kessel can spawn a multiple of 2x Asteroid
> Bandits. Tier 5 KSE Firesprays or Xwings. I may have been unlucky, but
> I killed 10 Tier 5 ships mining my 500 units of diamonds.
> Once you have completed your 500 unit quota, return once more to
> Captain Koh, where you will be rewarded with 15k and a brand spanking
> new Y-8 mining vessel.
>

I'm in the middle of doing the quest.....but i'm playing between this
character and my jedi at the moment. Will let you know what i find out
if it doesn't take too long.

Last I chcked the Y8 is bugged

Sorry I haven't posted recently, my provider changed up the news server
settings & I had to switch to a different server with my connection.

The Y8 Quest is bugged currently. Scheduled to be fixed in Publish 24 (the
next Publish).
Moving items up & down in the Y8 is currently bugged, slated to be fixed in
Pub 24
The Y8 will be receiving 2 new turrets I believe and being beefed up in Pub
24 to be a better mining platform.

As things currently stand, pre-Pub24... the Y8 is a nice looking ship (so
they say) but really is less efficient for asteroid mining than an XWing or
the Arc170. Post Pub24, that should change as you'll be able to equip I
think 4 Mining lasers and 2 Tractor Beams as well as the Largest Cargo Hold.

Thanks

The Bar-erras Clan
Lowca Galaxy.

"Anthony" <aevansjr3@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Last I chcked the Y8 is bugged
>