I have been here for a little over two years now and in that time I have hardly mined at all. This was my second "big" attempt with 100 bombs and I had only about 10 left when I picked up the strange signal, nervously I approached the ship and the two droids, was momentarily confused by the thought "where do the robots sit?" before steaming in with the knife a-flashing and hacking them to bits, fortunately I had been told about the button before hand so it was easy to find and hey presto a bunch of wires! Should probably have included this in my previous post but I am trying to use Mr. Phunksta's most excellent Prefix system.
You got to love those space ships. LOL. They put a little excitement in your mining :D I remember my first too.