53rd Squadron – Athena Squadron

[Johnathan Nox Carter]

Oraibi Survey (53-57213119-M)

Solar Grid Location: 5F-G
DIAMETER: 4,076 km
MASS: 4.84 x 10e24 kg
TERRAIN: N/A
TEMPERATURE: N/A
ESCAPE VELOCITY: 15.42 km/sec

Brief

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Oraibi is situated in the far end corner of the quadrant at approximately 20 clicks from Salina. The moon is of a volcanic nature, having lava flows on the surface with a thin atmosphere that protects the surface from the cosmic radiation present in the system of Coronado but not enough to commence a terraform process.
The moon surface is presenting high deposits of Copper under layers of Sodium oxide dust and it is also present on the surface high level of noxious gases, but however there are pockets where the density of the gases is lower.
The main characteristic of this moon is the destructive force of the gases presented on the surface which required shielded LRM-39 drones to penetrate, indicating that humans operating in the low orbit would be practically impossible in long periods of time.
Situated in the ice belt of Salina, Oraibi is also attracting small ice asteroids towards it, which at contact with upper atmosphere melt and for a short period of time they form small cloud formations which in return hit the surface as highly acidic rain.
The Oraibi is classified as a planetoid class D by the 53rd and as a class G by the CMI.


Mineral Survey

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The planetoid presents a surface riddle with lava flows on the surface.
53rd ship “Galileo” initiated a week survey of the satellite with LRM-39 Shielded Probe and HAR-18-S Buoys. The following map was created.

The mining survey revelead that there are only 4 zones which allow mining operation on the moon, all of them situated in the South East section of the moon diagram.
The Site C-100 is very rich in Copper ore and other minerals, being also one of the largest mineable locations on the moon, being as wide as two quadrants (J-5 and J-6) and relatively one quadrant and a half. The mountain designated as MF-23 is having also veins of copper which are believed to be running deep inside the mountain.
Site C-107 and C-111 are two small deposits of Copper ore and copper alloys which can be mined with relatively ease, as the veins are starting from the surface of the moon and where traced till 3 clicks in the surface. It is presumed that a larger deposit can be found under the estimated depth.
Site O-87 is composed of alloys of Copper and Platinum or Nickel which seems to also be found in nearby sectors at a small density.

Extraction

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The 53rd recommend using only unmanned vehicles for this mining operation, with heavily shielded units against the noxious gases and the acids. (See Yuma Robotics for references on the Drone Model)
There is not advisable to build any local Drone Command Centre, but in place to use small buoys to link the DCC on Socorro.
Storage units is not adivisable to be build in the atmosphere, the ones on Socorro to be used.

Disclaimer: write-up belongs to @Atreides2. I added pictures and formatted the post.