Nope, they'll have to be mounting weapons on their ships and carrying ammo in their cargo holds instead of mounting mining lasers.
It's possible to use mining drones (however inefficient compared to mining lasers) and fill your slots with weapons, or vice-versa (scout drones and mining lasers). Also some ships like the Tristan have launcher-only slots, which you can't put mining lasers on. But by and large if you're mining, you only have mining equipment fitted, and even if not, you're just going to run at the first sign of danger. --yrns
This comment was edited on May 7, 05:14.