**** Incoming Transmission ****
From: Johnathan Sanders
To: Guildcomms
Subject: Drones, and mining operations
Mr. Hughes, I see no issue with posting a reward for the termination of a device which is your intellectual property. Personally I'd much rather see it handled through the Bretonian courts, but knowing BMM that is likely going to be a dead end. Just be sure to be very specific on this contract: The automated mining plaform clone, only. This should prevent any unneccesary loss of life.
Alternatively, you could apply a minor transponder to your own drone to prevent confusion, so that it squawks "mining_drone_alpha-IMG" or "img_drone_alpha" as callsign.
Furthermore, to all miners, both core guild and otherwise.
It has come to my attention some of you have, given the mining slump, diverted to fields such as the Chiemsee copper field in Munich, or the Cobalt field to the far west of Leipzig station in Dresden. Fields like these in systems the IMG does not have any base in, are not claimed by the Guild. If you are found there, this could lead to legal action against you from the field owners and you will be on your own to face the consequences of being there. In short, if the field's not at least partwise ours, don't use it. For clarification I will list a full listing of fields we can work in (with more being developed as our exploration wing extends further, to discover unknown systems):
- Tau 23: All Niobium deposits. Beryllium deposit in the south is still claimed by BMM, projections are they will attempt to stripmine this before withdrawing from the system due to KNF pressure.
- Tau 37: All available deposits
- Tau 39: All available deposits. Be aware the yields are low.
- Orkney: All available deposits. Be aware the yields are low.
- Tau 31: Available deposits of water and oxygen.
- Tau 29: Oxygen deposits in the north of the system. Be aware that the Hydrocarbon deposits are claimed by Samura.
- Dublin: All available gold fields. If in the Arranmore field, be sure to have Molly permits before mining.
- Cambridge: Both available Beryllium fields. Cardiff is our own, the large field north of Cambridge is not an exclusive claim by us.
- Magellan: All available resources.
- Kansas: All available resources. This system has, of yet, no claims posted.
- Omega 3: Water from the Wilkes ice field around Aland. Be aware the Hydrocarbon deposits are claimed by Daumann and BMM, respectively.
- Omega 7: All available fields in the system. Daumann and Kruger have unilaterally declared ownership of part of these fields: The Guild does at present not recognize any of these claims.
**** 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.
Mostly retired Discovery member. May still visit from time to time.
