Originally by: Maxine Stirner

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All asteroids should have some light debris effect. It should function like a smartbomb mostly, but in some cases also as a turret, and sometimes as a webber. As the asteroid is "attacked" more and more, the smartbomb-like effect should become stronger, or the targetted attacks on those around it should become more aggressive, yet the asteroid should release more and more ore per minute.

Mining drones should be immune or highly resistant to these effects. We'll just attribute it to nimbleness.

The states inflicted by miners on an asteroid should be persistent for a significant period of time even after the mining equipment is disabled. It should affect anyone within proximity to the asteroid, even innocent newbs. Hence, there is a strong danger that one will be responsible for the death or injury to property of others through their own negligent or willful behaviour. Hence there is a tremendous danger in operating very high risk operations in secure space.

Concord should not attack players for damage inflicted on others in this manner, nor should standing change (significantly) but the miners should be liable to fines. Thus "griefers" or innocent civilians should have some continued influence on the very act of belt operations, especially unconsciously.

Very large operations should be able to push the limits of an operation. Such ops would be able to gain as much or more by (long range) armor or shield repairing, or some kind of asteroid quelling module as by having additional lasers. I think most would appreciate industrials having extended cargo scooping ranges up to 15 or 20km.

In addition, to keep npc-suppression operatives during a mining op busy, they should be able to play a role too. Mining should spawn several "roidlets' that look and behave as npcs that orbit a damaged asteroid. These roidlets boost the damage or aggressive aspects of the asteroid. They basically target it with their own effects. When they are destroyed, the effect slackens. Thus PvEers can really contribute to a minerals acquisition op without being quite so completely bored (or unconscious).

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