Project: "Obsidian"

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"OBSIDIAN"-Class - Improved Sample Extraction A new mining and sample extraction array able to shear materials as significant depths. Often the Starfliers catalogue various wrecks and sampling of material components. Often these extraction methods rely on high-energy, concussive impact arrays to break the sample host into tractor-able masses. To compensate for this, the Starfliers utilize a lower-energy variance of a standard EMT-14S "Grinder" Mining Array, known for its high accuracy and efficiency in long mining operations. These modifications, when put against any material without structural integrity issues, equates to cutting a rock with an Eco-plastics Spoon. Inefficient at best, ridiculous at worst. The following plan details a custom blueprint which will allow nanometer-scale separation of samples from material host, while preserving exclusion of foreign energy pollution of samples, and significant improvements of wreck recovery and analysis. This project bears its name for the efficiencies of obsidian shards able to achieve a 2-3 nm wide cutting surface without manual intervention. Even small cutting surfaces are possible under specific conditions. This natural material acts as the benchmark of success for this project . .

. . STAGE I Exploration & Discovery .	. . Describe the component here, it's specific function and goal. How it will help to complete the research project as a whole. Efforts Made to Complete Component Previous Comms to IMG for a Mining Allowance -- Rejected New IMG Comms reachout for mining array revision .
. . STAGE II Research & Development .	. . Describe the component here, it's specific function and goal. How it will help to complete the research project as a whole. Efforts Made to Complete Component Example Link Example Link Example Link .
. . STAGE III Construction & Outcome .	. . Describe the component here, it's specific function and goal. How it will help to complete the research project as a whole. Efforts Made to Complete Component Example Link Example Link Example Link .
. . OORP Misc Details .	. . OORP . Anything OORP here End intention is a custom (mining array) to increase the Hull Damage from 6 to ~1000 or more This extra damage should only be against wrecks and minable ores for balance reasons. Potential to implement a 'damage multiplier' similar to how the Augur deals 6 damage normally but XX thousand against Baxter Anomalies Example Link Example Link Example Link .

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The Starfliers are the best faction.

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