ADDRESSEE: O'Rhu Workgroup SENDER:Co-Director Jason Orack SUBJECT: Scouting mission briefing
CONTENT:As mentioned in our conversation earlier, I took Quint and we had a fun-run into Rheinland space to check on those heavy mining installations Daumann were using as we had a fix on one from the nav-map recon mission just a week ago. Naturally, we've closed it's last known position. Once there, we started a search sweep, no fancy wancy jim jam technique, just plain handbook stuff. After a couple of runs, Quint got a reading on his scanner and we approached it on impulse speed. To our bets of luck, the installation was involved in a mining operation as we closed it's location.
Let me say I was impressed right of the bat with that machine. That asteroid field it was in is a hell to navigate through even in a small craft, but that thing just kept on going, bumping asteroids like it had no worries what so ever. So, sturdiness? I'd say that is checked. Add to that the residual radiation in Munich which should scare anyone out of their minds if needed to stay there longer than a pass by and I am say to say that outer-plating must be something really special, heavy duty to say the least. With a couple of upgrades, I am confident will hold some accidental blasts.
Moreover, as you will see in the scans, the ship comes equipped with a pair of robotic arms that were moving stuff around with the greatest of ease. I think those can be repurposed for moving mines back in the desired position. We'll have to see what adaptations are needed there, as those fitted mining tools are no good for us.
The scans made their way to Thabit for analysis. I've attached one as sample.