[Official Event] The Silver Rush

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The Silver Rush
Omega-7 and More
Mining & Trade Event

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art by @Kauket and @CuteyCAI

DATES

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February 16 - February 25

OVERVIEW

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Silver is one of Omega-7’s most valuable exports. While conflict over the metal is nothing new, in recent days production has ground to a near standstill as tempers flare and violence becomes the preferred method for settling disagreements. A number of factors have come together to throttle ore production, causing warehouses to run bare, and prices of refined Silver to soar.

Kruger Minerals has recently brought a new line of industrial Robotics to market, outraging Kishiro who claim they are based on stolen patents. Kruger has attempted to demonstrate their efficacy by automating many of the operations on Elbich Mining Facility. Hundreds of miners were promptly laid off as unnecessary. Kruger has struggled to maintain their output during this process, due to a combination of considerable teething problems, and intentional sabotage by disgruntled workers.

The IMG has seen many of these workers flock to Freistadt, outraged and resentful. The Guild has had a full time job on its hands preventing reprisal attacks on Kruger mining operations. Despite this, all semblance of restraint was lost following a number of fatal mercenary attacks near the Silver fields, with Guild miners blaming Kruger. Already, a number of automated Kruger miners have been destroyed in retaliation.
In Omega-3, Douglas Station faces an increasingly bleak forecast. Following the loss of Dublin, BMM HQ has imposed increasingly draconian quotas on their other operations to make up the shortfall. Unfortunately, there is only so much that can be wrung from the Hydrocarbon fields, and quotas are going to be missed. Hearing of the turmoil in Omega-7, many Bretonian miners have taken to ‘wildcatting’ to steal precious Silver. This is met with tacit approval by Douglas’ administration, who are cooking their books with the windfall from the stolen resources.

Daumann’s mercenaries have done an exemplary job sowing chaos among their rivals, and the Rheinlandic behemoth is not one to sit idly by. Sensing an opportunity to displace its competitors, DHC has intensified its own Silver operations, looking to capitalise on the recent market shock. Local captains are also loathe to allow BMM to gain a foothold in the system, in a mirror of the bitter competition in Omega-3. Consequently, their security forces have been ordered to crush any Bretonians they encounter.

DETAILS

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Commodity Changes:

• Silver Ore has tripled in price at its current sale points (and one of these is not, strictly speaking, legal.)
  
• Silver Ore is now in demand at Douglas Station at competitive rates.
  
• Silver has tripled in price at its current sale points in House space.
  

Mining Bonuses:

• BMM 3 (new), BMF| 4 (new)
  
• IMG 3, IMG| 4 (new)
  
• DHC 3, {DHC} 4 (new)
  
• Kruger 3, Kruger| 4 (new)
  

Tier-3 Refineries:
With demand for Silver at an all-time high, refineries have been expanding their operational capacity by throwing machinery and crew at the problem.

• Bulk Silver Refinery
  
• Materials: fuel (MOX / Promethene / H-Fuel), Mining Machinery, Industrial Materials, Silver Ore.
  
• Catalyst: 400 Crew
  
• Effect: 1:1 efficiency, but a whopping 24 times faster refining rate.
  

Bounties:
All teams will earn a 200k bounty for killing ids of others teams, outside of House Space.

• DHC & Kruger
  
• Bowex & BMM
  
• Gateway & IMG
  

All event ids now have piracy lines against ids of all opposing teams, outside of House Space.

Note: there is no scoring for this event. Go out and reap your rightful profits, and expect similar "experiments" in the future!