To, Jack Daniels, IC| Board and Damien Mekal

[Banned player t202085]

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ID: John .B Garcia
Location: Invicta Research Complex, Omicron Rho
Subject: Copiam
ENCRYPTION: APM-STANDARD

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Good evening,

APM has completed two new extraction methods one for each Iridium and Azurite Gas, the brains behind the operation were Damien Mekal as project head and myself as the auditor. These new methods are showing an improvement of 25% on traditional mineral extraction techniques and now APM needs to make a decision. Does APM retain the rights to these new devices or does APM change its policy and start selling them to the public, from a base understanding APM will profit either way we can either extract more minerals and retain our exclusivity over the fields and the ability to exploit them or we can shift the focus from mining to manufacturing and become a leading supplier of advanced mining equipment.

I can personally see benefits to both options but keeping them for internal use at APM would see an uplift in 25% and certainly has less paperwork as we wouldn't need further investment to begin mass production or the marketing to break into a new market.

Up next is Damien to showcase the new assets

-John .B Garcia
Assistant CEO of Core|APM
"Core|APM-Virtus.Invicta" Captain
Hauler, Scientist, Gentleman.

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Source: APM Research Vessel Ailuros
Comm ID: Overseer Damien Mekal
Encryption: APM Experimental

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As the lead developer on this project, I can see advantages and disadvantages to both paths. I'll get to those, but first an overview of the technologies we've designed:

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The Variable Focus Mining Array is, simply put, an advanced variation of the standard CMT-221 laser emitters used throughout Sirius for mining operations. The CMT-221 series has become the standard of mining operations as a simple, easily maintained tool that can reliably separate a variety of valuable ores from the surrounding silica and undesirable materials. However, despite its popularity, the CMT-221 is a brute force weapon, and in most cases during separation cutting at least some of the valuable material within the target will be burned off and lost.

The Variable Focus Mining Array that we have developed uses a hexagonal array of six separate laser emitters in conjunction with a specialized, centerline tractor beam emitter. The VFMA must be calibrated for each particular type of resource that it is going to be used to collect, which takes some time and our own expertise, so selling these arrays for profit will also come with the additional cost of calibration for the concerned party. For example, if Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing wished to purchase VFM Arrays for use in mining gold, we would have to send an appropriately equipped vessel to their gold fields in order to perform a survey and calibrate the VFMA's settings appropriately, and obviously this would incur a running and labor cost.

So, we must also consider the calibration requirement in this decision. Is it worth the effort necessary to personalize the arrays for each purchaser? That's a decision that will have to be up to accounting.

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The second development is the Azurite Gas Collector, an improvement on the standard mining systems used to procure resources that are not natively in a solid state. The gas collector is versatile, and could readily be used for a wide variety of gas mining applications with no calibration or modification necessary. This includes Helium, Neon, Helium-3, Oxygen, and any other gas-state resources.

I would certainly propose selling these collectors to groups such as the Gas Miner's Guild and Samura, both for the obvious profit that can be made as well as improving relations and interactions with these groups on a business level. We can continue using the Gas Collectors for our own purposes in Omicron Delta regardless.

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In addition to the mining arrays and gas collectors, part of the payoff from project Copiam was the development of Azurite Capacitors. These capacitors work in a similar manner to standard shipboard power cells or backup batteries, storing an energy charge that can be drawn on as needed. They are a direct stand-in for shield capacitors as well, and can be used to recharge depleted shield emitters. The advantage to Azurite Capacitors over traditional power cells is lifetime and efficiency; an Azurite Capacitor, for all intents and purposes, has an indefinite "shelf life" - it will effectively never lose its charge unless drawn upon. Additionally, while being roughly the same size as a traditional power cell or shield battery, Azurite Capacitors store approximately 17% greater charge potential.

These capacitors are manufactured aboard Invicta Research Complex through a proprietary method. I suggest we add them to our lineup of APM Advanced Hardware for sale to interested parties.

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Ultimately, my personal verdict is that we should profit from the sale of all of these items; however, the Variable Focus Mining Arrays should be restricted and only sold to trustworthy groups who are willing to pay the cost of survey and calibration before their use.

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Source: APM Flagship Sagittarius, Dark Space
Comm ID: Jack Daniels
Encryption: B.S.S. Ver 8.9 Rev.2
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Excellent job. We can sell the VFMA and the Gas Collector, but the capacitors we must keep for our forces only. They would give us an edge. Also, calibrations were mentioned. I'm sure we easily get data from mining ships all over and calibrate from afar. This isn't a complicated operation, yet we can profit from it. Good work, Mr. Mekal. Once again, your ingenuity surprises me.

~Yours Truly, Jack Daniels, Director of the APM and STILL the most hated person in the Omicrons.

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