Ore Mine

Ore is the most used, and most abundant resource in the galaxy. It is the fundamental building block of ships and buildings, and can also be used in researching many technologies. As such, the ore mine is generally the first mine new Starfleet Commanders will build.

The Ore Mine produces ore at a set hourly rate. Like the Crystal Mine and the Hydrogen Synthesizer, the Ore Mine can have workers assigned to it and will produce extra ore.

Rather than producing in one lump sum every hour, mines produce resources continuously in Starfleet Commander, so you will see your resources update with every new page load.

Initial ore storage capacity is 100k. When you are nearing your Ore storage limit, the resource counter in the top right of the interface will turn orange. When the counter is red, your mine will stop producing. In order to resume production, you must either use the Ore, or increase your Ore Warehouse's capacity. Alternatively, the mine will produce as long as the ore is sent off on a Fleet/Resource Save mission.

Workers

One worker may be assigned to a mine from the beginning. Another is allowed with every three levels. So a level 3 mine may have 2 workers, a level 6 mine may have 3 workers, etc.

Workers able to work in the mine are:

Type	Production Increase
Mining Droid	2%
Basic Android	4%
Human Worker	4%

Cost, Energy Use, and Production by Level, Universe 1

X = Level

Ore Cost = floor(40∙(1.5)^X)

Crystal Cost = floor(10∙1.5^X)

Energy Use = floor(10∙X∙(1.1)^X) + (1 if X > 1)

Production Value = floor(30∙X∙1.1X) + 20

(In other words, even at level 0 there will still be production of 20; once a mine is built, the production will be calculated from 30 * X * 1.1X, plus 20. NOTE that 1.1X does not mean 1.1*X; it means 1.1 to the Power of X, or 1.1 times it self X times; Example: for X=14 (level 14), (1.114) is not 15.4, it is 3.7975.)

Note 1: The 20 unit offset is the base production value, even without any ore mine levels.

Note 2: The Ore and Crystal costs are the upgrade cost (to go from the previous level to that level) but the Energy Use and Production Value are the absolute values for that level.

Note 3: The Floor stands for a function inside of Excel that allows the equations output to be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

Level	Ore Cost	Crystal Cost	Energy Use	Production Value	Production -to-energy	Hours to replenish ore
1	60	15	11	33	3	1.818181818
2	90	22	25	72	2.88	1.25
3	135	33	40	119	2.975	1.134453782
4	202	50	59	175	2.966101695	1.154285714
5	303	75	81	241	2.975308642	1.257261411
6	455	113	107	318	2.971962617	1.43081761
7	683	170	137	409	2.98540146	1.66992665
8	1,025	256	172	514	2.988372093	1.994163424
9	1,537	384	213	636	2.985915493	2.416666667
10	2,306	576	260	778	2.992307692	2.964010283
11	3,459	864	314	941	2.996815287	3.675876727
12	5,189	1,297	377	1,129	2.99469496	4.596102746
13	7,784	1,946	449	1,346	2.997772829	5.783060921
14	11,677	2,919	532	1,594	2.996240602	7.325595985
15	17,515	4,378	627	1,879	2.996810207	9.321447578
16	26,273	6,568	736	2,205	2.995923913	11.91519274
17	39,410	9,852	860	2,577	2.996511628	15.29297633
18	59,115	14,778	1,001	3,002	2.999000999	19.69187209
19	88,673	22,168	1,163	3,486	2.997420464	25.43689042
20	133,010	33,252	1,346	4,036	2.998514116	32.95589693
21	199,515	49,878	1,555	4,662	2.99807074	42.7960103
22	299,273	74,818	1,791	5,372	2.999441653	55.70979151
23	448,909	112,227	2,060	6,178	2.999029126	72.66251214
24	673,364	168,341	2,364	7,091	2.999576988	94.9603723
25	1,010,046	252,511	2,709	8,126	2.99963086	124.2980556
26	1,515,070	378,767	3,099	9,296	2.999677315	162.980852
27	2,272,605	568,151	3,540	10,619	2.999717514	214.0130897
28	3,408,907	852,226	4,038	12,113	2.999752353	281.4254933
29	5,113,361	1,278,340	4,601	13,800	2.999347968	370.5334058
30	7,670,042	1,917,510	5,235	15,704	2.999808978	488.4132705
31	11,505,063	2,876,265	5,951	17,850	2.999495883	644.5413445
32	17,257,595	4,314,398	6,757	20,269	2.999704011	851.4280428
33	25,886,392	6,471,598	7,665	22,992	2.999608611	1125.886917
34	38,829,589	9,707,397	8,687	26,058	2.999654656	1490.121613
35	58,244,384	14,561,096	9,836	29,507	2.999898333	1973.917511
36	87,366,576	21,841,644	11,129	33,385	2.999820289	2616.941021
37	131,049,864	32,762,466	12,582	37,744	2.999841043	3472.071429
38	196,574,796	49,143,699	14,214	42,640	2.999859294	4610.103096
39	294,862,195	73,715,548	16,047	48,139	2.999875366	6125.224766
40	442,293,292	110,573,323	18,104	54,311	2.999944764	8143.714754

Starfleet Commander Universe 2

One aspect of the new universe 2 opened up in August, 2010, is that the mine production numbers have been changed to a different formula. The info provided below is not from BFG, but from a player that compiled the calculations.

Ore = Floor(30*x*(1.14)^x) + 20

Crystal = Floor(20*x*(1.14)^x) + 10

Hydro = Floor(12*x*(1.14)^x*(-0.002*max_temp + 1.28))

where x is the mine level.

Starfleet Commander Extreme Universe 2

Extreme Universe two doubles the production numbers. Thank you to whoever put together the SFC: Uni2 number above, they were the base used for the numbers below.

Ore = Floor(60*X*(1.14)^x) + 40

Crystal = Floor(40*x*(1.14)^x) + 20

Hydro = Floor(24*x*(1.14)^x*(-0.002*max_temp + 1.28))

Starfleet Commander Nova

Production values for Ore in SFC Nova are FLOOR((30*LEVEL*(1.14^LEVEL)+20)*(3600/2700)) for levels 1 through 30. After level 30 the production values are FLOOR((30*LEVEL)*((1.14)^(30+LN(LEVEL-29)))+20)*(3600/2700)).

Level	Ore Cost	Crystal Cost	Energy Use	Production Value	Production -to-energy	Hours to replenish ore
1	60	15	11	72	6.5454545455	0.8333333333
2	90	23	25	130	5.2	0.6923076923
3	135	34	40	204	5.1	0.6617647059
4	203	51	59	296	5.0169491525	0.6858108108
5	304	76	81	411	5.0740740741	0.7396593674
6	456	114	107	553	5.1682242991	0.8245931284
7	684	171	137	727	5.3065693431	0.9408528198
8	1026	257	172	939	5.4593023256	1.0926517572
9	1538	385	213	1197	5.6197183099	1.2848788638
10	2307	577	260	1509	5.8038461538	1.5288270378
11	3460	865	314	1886	6.0063694268	1.8345705196
12	5190	1298	377	2339	6.2042440318	2.2188969645
13	7785	1947	449	2882	6.4187082405	2.7012491325
14	11678	2920	532	3533	6.6409774436	3.3054061704
15	17516	4379	627	4309	6.8724082935	4.0649802738
16	26274	6569	736	5234	7.1114130435	5.0198700802
17	39411	9853	860	6334	7.3651162791	6.2221345122
18	59116	14779	1001	7640	7.6323676324	7.7376963351
19	88674	22169	1163	9188	7.9002579536	9.6510666086
20	133011	33253	1346	11021	8.1879643388	12.0688685237
21	199516	49879	1555	13187	8.4803858521	15.1297489952
22	299274	74819	1791	15744	8.7906197655	19.0087652439
23	448910	112228	2060	18759	9.1063106796	23.9303800842
24	673365	168342	2364	22310	9.437394247	30.1822052891
25	1010047	252512	2709	26488	9.7777777778	38.1322485654
26	1515071	378768	3099	31399	10.1319780574	48.2522054843
27	2272606	568152	3540	37167	10.4991525424	61.1458013829
28	3408908	852227	4038	43935	10.8803863299	77.5898031182
29	5113362	1278341	4601	51870	9.9083094556	98.580335454
30	7670043	1917511	5235	61166	10.2782725592	125.3971650917
31	11505064	2876266	5951	69211	10.2428592571	166.2317261707
32	17257596	4314399	6757	75340	9.8290932811	229.0628616937
33	25886393	6471599	7665	80677	9.2870956602	320.8645958576
34	38829590	9707398	8687	85586	8.701301342	453.6909073914
35	58244385	14561097	9836	90232	8.1078263995	645.4958883766
36	87366577	21841645	11129	94702	7.526784295	922.5420476864
37	131049865	32762467	12582	99050	6.9684817785	1323.0677940434
38	196574797	49143700	14214	103308	6.4378388484	1902.8032388586
39	294862196	73715549	16047	107499	5.9378590367	2742.929664462
40	442293293	110573324	18104	111640	6.1665930181	3961.7815567897

See Also

• Ore Warehouse
• Mines
• Crystal Mine
• Hydrogen Synthesizer
• Workers
• Mine Droid