Unlawfull mining

[AeternusDoleo]

Main problem with unlawfuls mining is that it upsets the whole "Miners mine, pirates pirate and lawfuls hunt the pirates". When you get the "pirates mine" you end up with lawfuls having to confront them, but those guys can't often make demands of credits and cargo. Yea, there's no real reason why Outcasts couldn't mine niobium if they wanted to for example, but frankly, since it screws up what the intended role of that faction is in Discovery. Only the unlawful factions with a legitimate RP reason to be mining get a bonus to something - Mollies get gold, Hessians get diamonds and the Corsairs get artifacts. And Junkers get scrap.

The issue is gameplay, and balance between the various factions, as well as their roles. If the LN could mine in assault cruisers, I wager we'd be seeing a lot of them in the Taus. More then usual anyways...

Also, -ALL- players can mine -ANY- commodity at the default *0.5 modifier, using any ship. So if you really really REALLY want to roleplay a Rogue miner, go ahead. Your mining rate will just be six to eight times slower then the mining factions. But that'll give you plenty of time to roleplay being that miner. Nothing but the boredom of having to mine for an hour instead of 10 minutes stops you.

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