re the second topic below:
I'd think a jump capable ship's use as a mining vessel puts it in the prospector's class more than anything else ... if he thought he found a strong enough strike then it'd be time to call in the big ships but such a vessel wouldn't be looking for nickle-iron, although if one came along that was pure enough and large enough it might be worth while...
scattered thoughts
T
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From: Roger Malmstein
Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 2:52:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Mining Vessels
The only problem for this is that you may nt only want
to go for ferrous ores, but also for non-ferrous ores and ice (for
refueling).
And of course magnets got short range. Very short
ranges.
Another topic for the mining vessel is the reason for a
mining vessel to be jump capable. Wouldn't it be more economic to have a mining
vessel without jump drive to give more space for ore. Any given starsystem would
have enough mineable matter locally. And I can't imagine how it would be
possible to run a ship with raw ore from one system to the next.
--
Roger Malmstein
www.travellerfreepo rt.com
From: Jim
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:14 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Mining Vessels
If you were going after asteroids containing ferrous metals, you wouldn't need tractors, magnetic grapples would do.
Jim