Speaking of different things to mine, will we have to swap basic mining tools if we want to extract liquids versus ore versus gas? Are we thinking different lasers, different tools, different attachments?

Yes. I definitely don't want to have a tool that does it all. Or there might be a tool that does it all, but at very low efficiency. I mean, all of our components, all of our items have subcomponents. So you will be able to configure that laser to whatever you want to achieve. But it might be that, for example, switching from ore to liquid, you will need a completely different tool. So you have to come equipped for the job at hand. You have to know what the job is, or search for a specific item that you're equipped to mine.