09-12-2013, 12:16 PM | #11 |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
It was more of a figure of speech. And although I tried to only get the general idea, I had my setting in head while writing this, and the asteroid belt did get mined dry in 4 systems in it (on a total of 200 colonized). But yeah, if it's going to be only Earth, the asteroid are pretty much the neverending reserve of mankind.
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09-12-2013, 03:07 PM | #12 |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
I think it would look somewhat like Traveller (GURPS Traveller of course) with fission powered ships.
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09-12-2013, 03:12 PM | #13 |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
By the time those hard to reach/find asteroids/comets get mined, the home planet would have been long ago strip mined.
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09-14-2013, 02:19 AM | #14 |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
I see a lot about Thorium fueled fission reactors that seem to be a possible safer version for power.
As for asteroid/planetary mining. Prospectors/independents go out catalog/claim/mine the claims but the megacorps own the refineries/supply stops. They pay more, especially for water, but it is company credit which can only be used at company stores or exchanged on the grey/black markets. You take your chances. There are independent settlements/stations but the selection of goods/parts is limited. They may sell to you, if you do them a favor first.... The major countries (Brazil, United Africa, Pacific Rim etc) mostly run police/search and rescue services and keep an eye on the corps. |
09-14-2013, 06:47 AM | #15 | |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
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Why don't any miners' cooperatives and/or unions own any refineries/supply stops? Why aren't there any options besides company credit? Why don't some of the companies, in their attempts to get more miners, offer real money as a way to undercut their rivals? You mentioned a grey/black market. Is it illegal to buy fuel/metals/parts/other stuff from a company and resell it? If yes, why - is the galactic economy following the same restrictions as the Soviet Union? Independent stations: Why is the selection of parts/goods so limited? TL9-TL10 fabricators/robofacs/3D printers/other minifacturing inventions allow manufacturing of goods on demand, without reliance on those pesky assembly lines. Sure, corps are more efficient in theory; but in a diffuse economy spanning multiple planets/asteroids/solar systems, it the inefficiencies of transporting the right amount of goods to the right place means that mass-production takes a back seat (because having goods just lying around is not profitable). Why would they ask for favours in exchange for selling stuff, as opposed to simply stuff at a slightly higher price? Why don't they solve the scarcity issues by, e.g., allowing miners to use their minifacturing equipment with the miners' resources in exchange for giving some percentage of the resources used in the production? |
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09-14-2013, 07:47 AM | #16 |
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Re: TL10 Campaign
Strip mining is quite literally barely scratching the surface. The fraction of Earth's mass and minerals that we have ever even seriously considered touching is laughably tiny. It may stay that way for a long, long time...asteroids are probably easier to utilize than the mantle! But big as our activities may look from up close they are tiny compared to any notable solar system body.
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