Astro Mines - Revision history

Maik: removed Mining Pods and Scavenger Rays, added links to their new pages

2012-06-29T10:29:27Z

removed Mining Pods and Scavenger Rays, added links to their new pages

ADCK: /* Astromines */

2010-06-03T08:59:31Z

‎Astromines

ADCK at 08:13, 30 May 2010

2010-05-30T08:13:51Z

ADCK: /* Astromines */

2010-05-30T08:13:22Z

‎Astromines

Eric Walch: Linked to commies download page

2009-08-31T21:08:30Z

Linked to commies download page

Eric Walch: Updated Commies

2009-08-31T20:54:00Z

Updated Commies

Ahruman: Removed category:Oolite, added Category:Oolite stations.

2007-07-15T09:57:52Z

Removed category:Oolite, added Category:Oolite stations.

Ahruman at 09:57, 15 July 2007

2007-07-15T09:57:14Z

LittleBear at 20:45, 14 June 2007

2007-06-14T20:45:42Z

United Blobs: typo

2007-04-16T13:27:54Z

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 The Asteroid Mines, or Astro-Gulags as they are referred to by most Party officials, are simply Rock Hermits that have been worked out and then bought up by the system government as a means to house convicts in a near-escape-proof prison and to force the convicts to contribute to the Communist ideal, every citizen works for the betterment of all, whether they want to or not. Most Astro-Gulags are located a fair distance away from the planet, within the Witchspace beacon to planet spacelane, and are a usual sight in most medium to high TL systems. Within these massive, hollowed-out asteroids, thousands of convicts live and toil amongst noisy, dusty and incredibly dangerous ore processing machines.
 The living conditions for the average convict is dire. After the demeaning process of admitting, where a prisoner is strip-washed with disinfectants, have their heads shaved, their hair follicles cauterised for ‘hygiene purposes’ and an identity tattoo lasered into their scalps, most new convicts are assigned to work in ‘The Pits’.  This is the main processing floor, where they gather the fragments of asteroids collected from outside the Gulag and transfer them by hand to the processors. They perform this job for sixteen out of twenty-four hours with three half hour food periods, a half hour ‘recreation period’ and then six hours designated as a sleep period. Most convicts lump their ‘recreation period’ into their sleep period. The convicts all eat and sleep together in the Pits, resting by the silent and inactive machines, though no convict actually sleeps for a full six (or six and a half) hours, since there is always the threat that someone will try to kill you in your sleep, just so they can have more legroom.
 Life for the guards is somewhat better, they live in the main docking area, an entirely separate section of the asteroid, with retractable walkways and duralium walls and doors to prevent convicts attempting to escape.  The docking area also comprises the approach control for docking incoming ships, a small trade port where passing traders can off-load commodities or take on the Gulag’s products, as well as the area where the Gulag’s own defence and mining vessels are stored.  The guards ensure the convicts are working by patrolling along walkways suspended high above the Pit floor, armed with weapons like the 0.1Mw ‘Kurarkov’ laser rifle or, in the case of riots, the gruesomely effective ‘Sarcovitz’ plasma projector, along with electro-stun batons and military grade body armour. Order is maintained in the Pit by cadres of military-grade combat androids, whose panoramic threat acquisition sensors and in-built weaponry ensure that discipline is as hard as their duralium shells.
-Only the marginally few ‘lucky’ convicts will be allowed beyond the hot, dusty, noisy and cramped conditions of the Pits to fly one of the Gulag’s fleet of Mining Pods or Scavenger Rays. These vessels are used to harvest asteroids from fields near the Gulag and as such are hardly capable of much more.
+Only the marginally few ‘lucky’ convicts will be allowed beyond the hot, dusty, noisy and cramped conditions of the Pits to fly one of the Gulag’s fleet of [[Mining Pod]]s or [[Scavenger Ray]]s. These vessels are used to harvest asteroids from fields near the Gulag and as such are hardly capable of much more.
 == Download page ==
-The Astro Mines are found in the Commies OXP
+The Astro Mines are found in the [[Commies]] OXP

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 The Asteroid Mines, or Astro-Gulags as they are referred to by most Party officials, are simply Rock Hermits that have been worked out and then bought up by the system government as a means to house convicts in a near-escape-proof prison and to force the convicts to contribute to the Communist ideal, every citizen works for the betterment of all, whether they want to or not. Most Astro-Gulags are located a fair distance away from the planet, within the Witchspace beacon to planet spacelane, and are a usual sight in most medium to high TL systems. Within these massive, hollowed-out asteroids, thousands of convicts live and toil amongst noisy, dusty and incredibly dangerous ore processing machines.

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	The Astro Mines are found in the Commies OXP		The Astro Mines are found in the Commies OXP
−	Commies can be found at [[Commies]]	+	Commies can be found at [[Commies]]
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 ==Astromines==
 The Asteroid Mines, or Astro-Gulags as they are referred to by most Party officials, are simply Rock Hermits that have been worked out and then bought up by the system government as a means to house convicts in a near-escape-proof prison and to force the convicts to contribute to the Communist ideal, every citizen works for the betterment of all, whether they want to or not. Most Astro-Gulags are located a fair distance away from the planet, within the Witchspace beacon to planet spacelane, and are a usual sight in most medium to high TL systems. Within these massive, hollowed-out asteroids, thousands of convicts live and toil amongst noisy, dusty and incredibly dangerous ore processing machines.
 The living conditions for the average convict is dire. After the demeaning process of admitting, where a prisoner is strip-washed with disinfectants, have their heads shaved, their hair follicles cauterised for ‘hygiene purposes’ and an identity tattoo lasered into their scalps, most new convicts are assigned to work in ‘The Pits’.  This is the main processing floor, where they gather the fragments of asteroids collected from outside the Gulag and transfer them by hand to the processors. They perform this job for sixteen out of twenty-four hours with three half hour food periods, a half hour ‘recreation period’ and then six hours designated as a sleep period. Most convicts lump their ‘recreation period’ into their sleep period. The convicts all eat and sleep together in the Pits, resting by the silent and inactive machines, though no convict actually sleeps for a full six (or six and a half) hours, since there is always the threat that someone will try to kill you in your sleep, just so they can have more legroom.

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 Based on the effective [[Ray Mk.I|Ray Mark I]] hull, the Scavenger Rays go by a gamut of names, such as Convict Rays, Scoopers, Scavengers or ‘Orange Eyesores’. The Scavenger Rays are completely unarmed, their hulls devoid of laser mountings, missile pylons or any of the paraphernalia associated with this normally combat-oriented vessel. Instead, it mounts a [[Fuel Scoops|Fuel Scoop]] and a cargo bay that quadruples the capacity of other Rays.  It’s primary function is to follow the Mining Pods and scoop the mineral deposits extracted from asteroids pulverised by the Pods’ lasers.  Once filled, it returns to the Gulag to transfer it’s cargo to the ore processors in the Pits. With it’s depleted energy reserves and excruciatingly slow speed, even if someone by some miracle managed to stage an escape in it, it would be a long and perilous flight to the nearest safe haven.
-== Download ==
+== Download page ==
 The Astro Mines are found in the Commies OXP
-Commies can be found at the site of Dr Nil: [http://sancho.dk/oolite/commies.zip ''Commies 2.07'']
+Commies can be found at  [[Commies]]

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	== Download ==		== Download ==

−	The Astro Mines are found in the ~~[http://sancho.dk/oolite/commies.zip ''~~Commies~~'']~~ OXP	+	The Astro Mines are found in the Commies OXP
		+	Commies can be found at the site of Dr Nil: [http://sancho.dk/oolite/commies.zip ''Commies 2.07'']
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		+	Or at the box: [http://www.box.net/shared/tm87i2a55x "Commies 2.08"] ''Newest version, released 31 August 2009''
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		+	Version 2.08 has some smaller bugfixes and is recommended for Oolite 1.73 or newer.

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-Designed to be as minimalist as to fulfil their primary purpose, these vessels redefine the term basic. They are literally an engine with a laser and a pilot’s seat, all other systems are pared down to the absolute lowest standards required to maintain life outside an atmosphere. Air is supplied via an oxygen recycler that has an operational lifespan of 12 hours, heating is provided but at the requirement of firing the pod’s mining laser to allow heat to leach through the weapon’s heat sinks into the pilot’s compartment.  The main purpose of this ultra-basic fitting is to prevent convicts from escaping. When you only have half a day’s air to breathe and the only way to keep warm is to constantly fire a laser, you learn that escape in a mining pod is futile. The fact that Mining pods also have minimal shielding, something that is among many matters of contention with the liberalist branches of the GalCop Security Council, means that even a couple of impacts from a Pulse Laser can breach the paper-thin hull. ‘Accidents’ involving political prisoners and malfunctioning mining pods are common, as are summary executions by Mining Laser. But while the Astro-Gulags continue to be productive, there is little chance that the Party officials will even consider measures to improve conditions. Most commonly, the Minig Pods travel in formations of four or five, closing on asteroids and blasting them at close range, before peeling off to allow Scavenger Rays to scoop the debris.
+Designed to be as minimalist as to fulfil their primary purpose, these vessels redefine the term basic. They are literally an engine with a laser and a pilot’s seat, all other systems are pared down to the absolute lowest standards required to maintain life outside an atmosphere. Air is supplied via an oxygen recycler that has an operational lifespan of 12 hours, heating is provided but at the requirement of firing the pod’s mining laser to allow heat to leach through the weapon’s heat sinks into the pilot’s compartment.  The main purpose of this ultra-basic fitting is to prevent convicts from escaping. When you only have half a day’s air to breathe and the only way to keep warm is to constantly fire a laser, you learn that escape in a mining pod is futile. The fact that Mining pods also have minimal shielding, something that is among many matters of contention with the liberalist branches of the GalCop Security Council, means that even a couple of impacts from a Pulse Laser can breach the paper-thin hull. ‘Accidents’ involving political prisoners and malfunctioning mining pods are common, as are summary executions by Mining Laser. But while the Astro-Gulags continue to be productive, there is little chance that the Party officials will even consider measures to improve conditions. Most commonly, the Mining Pods travel in formations of four or five, closing on asteroids and blasting them at close range, before peeling off to allow Scavenger Rays to scoop the debris.
 ==Scavenger Rays==