12-09-2011, 07:00 AM
// This post is intended as an IRP prelude to the 4.86 miningmod changes - To inform your faction of where resources of interest are within it's operational area.
Dublin survey:
As predicted, the Mollies had no sense in recklessly mining the ore extending south from the Arranmore field. Their love for explosives has caused that field to disperse over the space of two years, with most of the material falling into the Dublin sun. Typical, and another reason why the Armed Forces should be more vigilent against their incursions. While that gives us one less reason to venture near the Arranmore field itself, it forces us to concentrate our mining operations on the remaining viable fields.
Field DU-1 (Graves Station is located within) and DU-2 (near the Hood) are fully exhausted. Fields DU-4 and DU-5 remain commercially viable, but are difficult to secure. Although nearing exhaustion, given current conditions, an effort might be made to reinitiate exploitation of field DU-3, north of the Essex. Certain regions within the field still hold viable gold caches, but they are difficult to locate.
Tau 23 survey:
With the sheer forces pitted against us there, Tau 23 is all but a lost cause. However, the final surveys showed a decline in the known Niobium deposit viability. The IMG has been focussing a lot of their mining operations on those, possibly stripmining the fields so they can evacuate. This is not the case for the Beryllium deposits. The last surveys showed the Tau 23 field to be incredably rich, moreso then the deposits in the Cambridge system. However, they are beyond our reach until the Armed Forces can push Gallia back.
Omega 3 survey:
The Omega 3 system has been a major source for hydrocarbons for centuries now. Rheinland continues to pilfer resources from the system, while denying us access to Omega 7's rich mineral deposits. However, the stranglehold Rheinland has on Cobalt may have been broken with the arrival of the Cross-Vandermeer comet. As predicted by Cambridge astrophysics professor Cross, the comet entered the system, grazing the Rugen asteroid field. What was not predicted however, was the influence of the Baxter anomaly on it's trajectory. It's entered a low orbit, just shy of the Omega 3 sun's corona, and is slowly being eroded by the star. A small Planetform science team sent to investigate the phenomenon reported the ice in the comet's tail to be rich in cobalt hydroxide. Our recommendation is to task a small mining fleet to collect as much of this as possible.
Cambridge survey:
The huge Beryllium-rich asteroid field that was missed initially is ripe for exploitation. This will allow us to finally break the stranglehold that the IMG has had on this resource. While their own patch near Cardiff shows no signs of exhaustion, we ourselves can lay claim to this new field, although it's sheer size will make enforcing that claim problematic. Recommend a small mining station to be constructed in the vicinity of the New London jumpgate, with limited refining capabilities. Using Planet Cambridge is just going to get the Green Front breathing down our necks again.
Leeds survey:
Initial studies show that the Kusari presence on Stokes has not had any considerable impact on the Niobium deposits within the Stokes asteroid field. No doubt the Armed Forces patrols had a hand in that. Samura must have been importing their Niobium - three guesses from where. Regardless, the Stokes field is again ripe for mining, with much of the deep field infrastructure still in place. Recommend resuming normal operations as soon as possible.
Dublin survey:
As predicted, the Mollies had no sense in recklessly mining the ore extending south from the Arranmore field. Their love for explosives has caused that field to disperse over the space of two years, with most of the material falling into the Dublin sun. Typical, and another reason why the Armed Forces should be more vigilent against their incursions. While that gives us one less reason to venture near the Arranmore field itself, it forces us to concentrate our mining operations on the remaining viable fields.
Field DU-1 (Graves Station is located within) and DU-2 (near the Hood) are fully exhausted. Fields DU-4 and DU-5 remain commercially viable, but are difficult to secure. Although nearing exhaustion, given current conditions, an effort might be made to reinitiate exploitation of field DU-3, north of the Essex. Certain regions within the field still hold viable gold caches, but they are difficult to locate.
Tau 23 survey:
With the sheer forces pitted against us there, Tau 23 is all but a lost cause. However, the final surveys showed a decline in the known Niobium deposit viability. The IMG has been focussing a lot of their mining operations on those, possibly stripmining the fields so they can evacuate. This is not the case for the Beryllium deposits. The last surveys showed the Tau 23 field to be incredably rich, moreso then the deposits in the Cambridge system. However, they are beyond our reach until the Armed Forces can push Gallia back.
Omega 3 survey:
The Omega 3 system has been a major source for hydrocarbons for centuries now. Rheinland continues to pilfer resources from the system, while denying us access to Omega 7's rich mineral deposits. However, the stranglehold Rheinland has on Cobalt may have been broken with the arrival of the Cross-Vandermeer comet. As predicted by Cambridge astrophysics professor Cross, the comet entered the system, grazing the Rugen asteroid field. What was not predicted however, was the influence of the Baxter anomaly on it's trajectory. It's entered a low orbit, just shy of the Omega 3 sun's corona, and is slowly being eroded by the star. A small Planetform science team sent to investigate the phenomenon reported the ice in the comet's tail to be rich in cobalt hydroxide. Our recommendation is to task a small mining fleet to collect as much of this as possible.
Cambridge survey:
The huge Beryllium-rich asteroid field that was missed initially is ripe for exploitation. This will allow us to finally break the stranglehold that the IMG has had on this resource. While their own patch near Cardiff shows no signs of exhaustion, we ourselves can lay claim to this new field, although it's sheer size will make enforcing that claim problematic. Recommend a small mining station to be constructed in the vicinity of the New London jumpgate, with limited refining capabilities. Using Planet Cambridge is just going to get the Green Front breathing down our necks again.
Leeds survey:
Initial studies show that the Kusari presence on Stokes has not had any considerable impact on the Niobium deposits within the Stokes asteroid field. No doubt the Armed Forces patrols had a hand in that. Samura must have been importing their Niobium - three guesses from where. Regardless, the Stokes field is again ripe for mining, with much of the deep field infrastructure still in place. Recommend resuming normal operations as soon as possible.