Mining Operation Part II

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This image is a new version of the older “rendered image of the week”. The original “Quiet Mining Operations” is from last year. I have used the text from the original image. It is still valid and may be of interest to some of you. I've just adapted the text to the slightly different scene. I can't remember why I added a pick-up truck to the scene last year. But I've also reworded the text a bit to hopefully make it easier to read.:

The “rendered image of the week” shows the end of this year's mining season for the Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company. All the raw materials for which the company had a concession and a contract have been extracted. The mining site has already been renaturalized and the last machines, employees and mineral resources are being loaded.

On the left, next to five Class-1-STCs, you can see a remote-controlled mining machine ALABMM-42. The unmanned ALABMM-42 has three artificial arms that can be extended for maintenance. Each arm has a plasma beam drill and several tentacle fingers (see “Overview for the GMQ-101 Guardian”). The plasma beam emitters fulfill three functions:
When they are used at a wide angle, they glaze the inside of the mine shafts, making them more stable.
When fired in a concentrated manner, they melt small holes in the rock to create blast holes. With the help of the tentacle fingers, the operator can then remotely deploy detonators to blow up the ore veins.
In high-power mode, the plasma beam can be used like jackhammers. This makes it possible to mine in unstable geological areas where blasting is not possible.
Armored tractor beam emitters are attached to the top, which transport the spoil into a transport container at the rear of the ALABMM-42.

To the right of the ALABMM-42 is a MINTV-78 tug vehicle. As soon as the transport container at the rear of the ALABMM-42 is filled, the MINTV-78 uses a powerful, retractable tractor emitter to transport the container out of the mine and return empty containers. Basically, the MINTV-78 is used for all tasks that can be performed with its permanently mounted tractor emitter, so that it can also be used as a crane or excavator.

A MEV-29 “Ant” shuttle can be seen above the five Class-1-STCs on the left. The MEV-29s are versatile all-purpose shuttles that can be adapted to different operational conditions by means of so-called functional segments. These shuttles are widely used in both the military and civilian sectors of the Union. The shuttle shown here is equipped with four functional segments, which corresponds to the maximum standard length used for missions under different environmental conditions (atmosphere/space). The segments shown here are designed for transportation purposes, either for transporting people or materials, whereby no difference between the segments for people and materials can be seen from the outside.

To the right of the MEV-29 “Ant” shuttle, above the MINTV-78 tug vehicle, a PT-cargo shuttle of the WORLDSTAR Shipping Company can be seen. WORLDSTAR is one of the largest spaceship shipping companies of the Planet Tau'ri/Earth and specializes in transporting freight in Standard Transport Containers (STC). Five such STCs, filled with mined ore, are waiting as said on the left of the image to be transported to WORLDSTAR's wide-bodied freighter waiting in orbit. This freighter will take the ore to one of Union Arms' huge Martin-Edwards-Class Orbital Industrial Facilities. The state-owned corporation Union Arms had contracted the Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company to mine the tachrialite deposit located here, as it was too small for the use of one of Union Arms' large Emfa-class mining ships. However, tachrialite is an extremely rare mineral that is urgently needed for the production of high precision sensor systems and cannot be produced synthetically. For this reason, every deposit found must be utilized.

On the far left of the image is the Chaka-class starship of the Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company.

The Chaka-class spaceships are the standard configuration for the demilitarization of Kawalsky-class frigates. This configuration is primarily aimed at customers who are active in trade, freight transportation or mining or who wish to expand into these areas. Essentially, the Chaka class is a modified version of the demilitarized Kawalsky class, combined with a Situation Dependent Usable Space Base Container (SDUSBAC). The SDUS-containers represent a conceptual further development of the SDUS hangars, which were first introduced with the USOC's Pendergast-Class fleet carriers. The term “base container” indicates that this is a variant developed for the IMC, which is used to set up temporary bases. Depending on customer preference, this container can be permanently attached to the ship or detachable, as is also the case with the original Kawalsky-Class.

An SDUS container consists of a single, large space that is only interrupted by a few supporting pillars for static stability. This space can be flexibly divided into smaller units using so-called “shape walls”, foldable walls made of shape memory material. These units can be hermetically separated if required and can therefore be used for specific purposes, such as an operating theater or prison cell. The essential operating equipment such as computers, main power supply and life support systems are permanently integrated into the container. In addition, the SDUS container is equipped with standard connections for power, data and other systems at various points, making it easy to install additional devices at a later date. The outer shape of the SDUS containers has been designed so that they can be easily fitted into the external transport brackets of the Kawalsky-Class frigates so that the frigates can transport them to their deployment location. For its own energy supply, the SDUS container has solar panels on the two wide outer sides that charge several high-energy storage units.

As previously explained, the SDUS container has the option of being permanently anchored to the spacecraft. This results in increased stability of the overall construction, allowing the Chaka-Class to operate in more demanding environments. It also allows a higher load weight. This variant is particularly popular with small companies, which generally only have one ship. Another option is to allow the container to be uncoupled, as is the case with the SDUS container concept. This option is particularly popular with medium-sized and large companies, as it allows them to set up several mining camps with just one Chaka-Class spaceship.

And since I've already touched on the subject of the mining sector: The mining sector of the IUSP can be divided into three groups - as in most interstellar states:

1.Large multistellar mining companies: These include state-owned or semi-state-owned corporations as well as private corporations. Of particular note is the mining division of Union Arms, which operates the Martin Edwards-class orbital industrial facilities and is also one of the largest spaceship construction companies. On the private side, numerous large corporations operate extensive fleets of mining ships and outposts. While the Chaka-Class also plays some role here, most of the deposits are developed by these companies either through permanent mining colonies or with the help of the city ships of the old John Maynard-Class or the newer Emfa-Class.

2.Mid-size and small multistellar, interplanetary or planetary mining companies: For these smaller companies, the Chaka-Class is the preferred workhorse. Medium-sized companies usually maintain a small fleet of ships of this class, while smaller companies often own and operate only a single Chaka-class ship.

3..Prospecting companies: These companies focus on the exploration of raw material deposits without carrying out the extraction themselves. Instead, they sell the coordinates and mining concessions to mining companies. In this group, too, the larger prospecting companies often use Chaka-class ships. While small prospecting companies prefer Maurice-Erag-Class scpaceships.

The Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company illustrates how blurred the boundaries between prospectors and small mining companies can be. This company specializes in the exploration of deposits and the mining of smaller deposits that contain important resources but are not profitable enough for larger companies. Such tasks are often outsourced to smaller companies such as the Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company. This company is a very small mining operation, consisting solely of a single Chaka-Class spaceship and the people and vehicles that can be transported aboard it. Essentially, the scene and the spaceship visible here represents the entire Gonzague-Lebasque Mining Company.

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OMG The story is amazing and better than the render Now, that is a hell of a lot of imagination here Chris, how do you come up with this??? Are you the one who wrote SG but in disguise??

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@Okwa



OMG The story is amazing and better than the render Now, that is a hell of a lot of imagination here Chris, how do you come up with this??? Are you the one who wrote SG but in disguise??

Many thanks. That's just what experience is all about. I've been doing this for 10 years. Or even more. Because I've only been posting for 10 years. But modeling, I think I've been doing it for 15, maybe 17 years. And you have to think up the function etc. beforehand. You have to have something like a little background story so that the design works. At least that's the way I work.

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Many thanks. That's just what experience is all about. I've been doing this for 10 years. Or even more. Because I've only been posting for 10 years. But modeling, I think I've been doing it for 15, maybe 17 years. And you have to think up the function etc. beforehand. You have to have something like a little background story so that the design works. At least that's the way I work.

Experience is key of course. I didn't know you had that much experience. I guess, from my perspective, you've only been with Raylectron a year or two, so naturally, in my view, that's how much experience you have.

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Experience is key of course. I didn't know you had that much experience. I guess, from my perspective, you've only been with Raylectron a year or two, so naturally, in my view, that's how much experience you have.

This is my very first posted image: Asgard-Class Command Cruiser, from August 1, 2016. I had rendered the model with Kerkythea and then copied it into the background with GIMP. Terrible.Because I cut the model from the rendered image and copied it into the background image, there is this white border around the whole ship.

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I was going to write "what the hell did Raylectron do???" and then read the rest