Asteroid Prospecting and Mining - rule book, supplement, whatever?

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by downer

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Coming up with tables and rules seems somewhat unnecessary, unless you want to make the process itself, rather than the characters' hopes and fortunes the focus of your campaign.

And that's my pet peeve with the way asteroid mining is presented in most listed books.

It feels as if the results of prospecting in such campaigns depend on the whim of the GM, as opposed to the planning/skill of the players/characters.