The mining automat is pretty much finished. It will be completed with 2 small chemical engines, for landing on asteroids, later today. Otherwise here'S what it's gonna look like:
        
The image on the right is the Seal of the Empress. When the player is granted the right to operate a mining house, he is required to display the empress's seal on all spacecraft and mining eqiupment. Successful miners fly the seal with pride...

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY92sU_tU9w

Just some cheesy testrender for the project.
This one is a local file, the link above leads to "youtube", video quality is not as good, but may load quicker.

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A few early designs, ready to be "leaked"...

This beauty is dubbed "Mercury Mk. I" and represents a basic small cargo hauler.