Mining

The main way you can get Credits by mining asteroids found in asteroid fields throughout the map. On the bottom left corner of your screen, there is a View Cargo button. It lists all the ores you've mined from asteroids. Mine an asteroid by clicking it, then you can see that your cargo will go up in the section you mined.. When mining asteroids, there is a cooldown on how fast you can mine them. Asteroids that grant more Credits have a longer cooldown time. You can identify the color of an asteroid by the rocks sticking out of various places of the asteroid. Red asteroids don't have any rocks sticking out of them, they look like normal asteroids but instead of grey, they are red. They are also shaped like balls, and are a bit smaller than regular asteroids.

Rare asteroids can be hard to find. You can try to look closely for little specks in the distance, those are probably asteroids.

White: appears in fields of 7-9, sells for 10 credits each, 5 sec cooldown

Grey: appears in fields of 4-6, sells for 20 credits each, 7 sec cooldown

Black: appears in fields of 4-5, sells for 30 credits each, 10 sec cooldown

Yellow, appears in fields of 4-5, sells for 50 credits each, 15 sec cooldown

Red: appears in fields of 2-3, sells for 100 credits each, 25 sec cooldown

There are 2 secret Alien Ores behind the Alien Planet. Each has a cooldown of 30 seconds, and sells for 125 credits. However, if you sell the Alien Ores at the ISF Base, you will get 135 credits instead.