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03-05-2011, 08:27 PM,

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**** Incoming Transmission ****
From: Johnathan Sanders, R&D division
To: Guildcomms
Subject: Mining situation, update
Priority: High

It seems that the worst is behind us, Guild. The large, siriuswide anomaly that made mining completely unfeasable for a few days, has been resolved. There are however some serious consequences to it's aftermath. First off, the quality of most ore fields has degraded significantly, causing it's value to decrease. Attached is a new pricing list for all minable commodities that the IMG might have an interest in, as well as known buying locations for these commodities. Prices are actual to the date of this transmission, but may be in flux still. I will try to keep this list updated.

Code:
Mineable commodities sellpoints and current prices:

Beryllium Ore

The Ring, New Berlin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7200

Alesia Station, Burgundy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8500

Narita Outpost&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5000

Cobalt Ore

Ingolstadt, Munich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8600

Copper Ore

Houston, Texas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8300

Gold Ore

Detroit Munitions, NY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7199

Ingolstadt, Munich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7199

Niobium Ore

Planet New Berlin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7875

Alesia Station, Burgundy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6525

Kensington, New London&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4125

Holman, Tau 31&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1500

Scrap Metal

Fuchu Prison, Shikoku&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2400

Valetta Shipyard, Omi Alpha&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2400

Tripoli Shipyard, Omi Gamma&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2400

BPA Newgate, Manchester&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1800

Bornholm Depot, Omega 15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1200

Invergordon, Inverness&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1200

Vierlande Prison&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;600

Silver Ore

Narita Outpost, New Tokyo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7575

Uncut Diamonds

Narita Outpost, New Tokyo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7949

The Ring, New Berlin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2500

Next, the mining itself. Due to a hardening of the ore pockets following this anomaly (which we are still analyzing here at R&D), generic lasers are now no longer feasable for mining. While this may not impact the Hegemon class vessels significantly, it will heavily affect smaller miners, such as the Dacite, Mafic and Spatial. It will make the Basalt practically useless for mining purposes, as it's mining turret is rearfiring only. The Basalt requires a redesign... I will see to putting a team on it.

The mining turrets themselves have been modified in two ways: Their output has been adjusted in order to function in this new situation. A software update also is included, to interface with the ships tractor system. This upgrade allows ore to be tractored in automatically, resulting in less crew overhead. This should also prevent the piracy by snatch-and-run that has been reported to be a problem in the Tau and Omega systems. Reports indicate all major mining corporations are working on similar upgrades. For crews in the field, I'm attaching an instruction set that will allow you to perform this modifications using any available drydock facility.

*Data packet: M4-TT Mining Emitter field adjustment instructions*
*Data packet: BL0-D0 Mining Emitter field adjustment instructions*

I have sent a crew to perform basic yield testing with a variety of common, and uncommon miner configurations. Attaching the results:

"Fieldtesting division Wrote:Yield testing. Craft: Hegemon, IMG configuration. Transport mining turrets in slot 1,3 and fighter mining turrets in slot 2,4.
Copper mining in Omega 7, south of the tradelane, in the untouched field with explosive gases. Field test, 1 minute mining:
Generic non-mining turrets: 0 ore
1x Transport mining turret: 47 ore
1x Fighter mining turret: 52 ore
1x Fighter, 1x Transport mining turret: combined: 68 ore
2x Transport mining turret: 52 ore
2x Fighter mining turret: 54 ore
2x Fighter, 2x Transport mining turret: 82 ore
Combining a fighter and transport mining turret seems to increase the yield slightly.

Beryllium in Cambridge Cardiff field, 1 minute mining:
Generic non-mining turrets: 0 ore
1x Transport mining turret: 294 ore
1x Fighter mining turret: 301 ore
1x Fighter, 1x Transport mining turret: combined: 372 ore
2x Transport mining turret: 297 ore
2x Fighter mining turret: 296 ore
2x Fighter, 2x Transport mining turret:: 377 ore
Combining a fighter and transport mining turret seems to increase the yield slightly. Additional transport turrets do not seem to assist.

Retried combined gun test with transport turrets in slot 1,2 and fighter in slot 3,4 to confirm suspicion that the turret type was irrelevant
1x Fighter, 1x Transport mining turret: 247 ore
2x Transport mining turret: 369 ore
2x Fighter mining turret: 355 ore
2x Fighter, 2x Transport mining turret: 359 ore

Conclusion: Mining turrets that are at roughly the same place on the ship, will cause multiple hits on the same rock. This seems to improve yield by 15%. Recommend all Hegemon class craft to equip themselves with mining turrets at either positions 1 and 2, or 5 and 6, and use a mix of defensive turrets on the other hardpoints. There does not appear to be a difference between transport mining turrets, or fighter mining turrets.

There is some bad news however. The new conditions will cause a mining field to become exhausted if it is being mined in excessive numbers. This will impact shared operations, such as the Silver and Cobalt mining operations in Omega 7, and the Gold mining operations in Dublin. I do not foresee direct problems for our Niobium operations in Tau 23... the three seperate fields there should accomodate our operations without much trouble. How the Dublin and Omega 7 situation will be handled, or if this will affect our joint operations with the MMC in Dublin (or Arranmore field access) remains to be seen.
There is also the presence of the secondary corporations, and completely unaffiliated miners to be considered. RDA, UMWS, ICMG to name a few. How field access and distribution between guild core and nonaffiliated members is to be arranged is also a matter to be seen. For the present: Business as usual. This situation is new, and we do not yet know if problems will arise due to it.

In conclusion, I believe this new situation to be relatively beneficial to the Guild as a whole. Corporations tend to heavily focus on a single resource. Our own operations are less intense, but more versatile, with a wide range of mining prospects available to us. Should one resource run out, we can relocate operations to another viable resource. Corporations, typically, cannot.

**** Transmission Closed ****

Wide awake in a world that sleeps, enduring thoughts, enduring scenes. The knowledge of what is yet to come.
From a time when all seems lost, from a dead man to a world, without restraint, unafraid and free.

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