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I saw on YT how they farm legendary asteroids. So i build my own ship. It now has 248 time traveled (see the count on the sidebar) between nauvis and vulcanus. It "only" got 36x8 legendary aseroids. (Counted the belts). So: Let they run it over night? What do they do to get a lot of legendary?

• More asteroids! Try a different route which has more / larger Asteroids in it, farther out in the Solar System.
• More Speed! The faster you travel,the more asteroids you will encounter per Time.
• Solar Panels are only useful / mass-efficient for Nauvis-Vulcanus; your platform space (and therefore Weight, which decreases the Speed) is better used on machinery. It looks like you already have Nuclear Power started.
• Laser turrets are the worst choice for Asteroids, which have a large Resistance to that damage type. And they use a lot of power. Bullets, Rockets, and Railguns work great; ammo for all can be manufactured in space. Don't forget the Damage Upgrade researches.
• Higher Quality Collectors have more Arms, which will collect more Chunks (versus letting them splat uselessly against your Platform's bow).
• More Collectors! Most turrets can be spaced behind them; not between them. Quality Turrets have a higher range to compensate.
• Tangential: Chunks do not Stack; so Bulk/Stack inserters are a waste. Fast Inserters (blue) have the same Rotation speed.

Good Luck!

When bootstrapping, use less crushers with better quality modules and dynamically change the recipe. For example, if you only have 2 legendary quality 3s, you should use them in one crusher and make it handle all the epic recipes, or even the rare ones.

The Lasers are intentional that I don't use asteroids for ammo. I remember, as I started that ship I let it run many times but I haven't had legendary science unlocked.

Build a second farmer ship. Let's see how it develops