Tech-Mining

	Techmining is the motley art of recovering valuable artifacts from Domain ruins. Requires special tools to deal with unique hazards and expert judgement to know where to look for a good haul of baubles. The oldest techminers are a strange lot, clutching luck-charms and refusing to work without their rituals.
–In-game description

Tech-Mining is an industry. It can be built at any Colony that has some degree of Ruins.

Construction

Tech Mining costs 150,000¢ to build and has a build time of 45 days.

It will refund 112,500¢ when shut down.

Upkeep

Tech-Mining has a base upkeep of 1,000¢ * (colony size - 2).

However, the upkeep cost is limited to 1,000¢ for Scattered Ruins, 2,000¢ for Widespread Ruins, 3,000¢ for Extensive Ruins, and 4,000¢ for Vast Ruins.

Effects

Tech-Mining will increase Pather interest by a variable amount depending on the ruin quality:

• 2 for Scattered Ruins
• 4 for Widespread Ruins
• 6 for Extensive Ruins
• 8 for Vast Ruins

Production

Unlike other industries, Tech Mining does not produce commodities for consumption or export. It instead finds items usable by the player. At the 1st day of each month, finds are reported in the Intel tab and delivered to the designated production point for the faction.

• First time rolling for loot in each ruins has dramatically higher chances of finding things.
• Random chance of potentially finding blueprints, any type of AI Cores, any hullmod, any weapon, Metals, Heavy Machinery, Fuel or Supplies, and special colony items.
• Chance to find things is much higher with larger ruins: each size up doubles the chances.
• Chance to find items decays exponentially over time per ruins (95% every subsequent month), changing the description as it does;

Decay Descriptions:

	These ruins are largely untapped.
–Less than 10% decay

	These ruins have been stripped of easy pickings, but the more difficult areas remain, filled with promise.
–Less than 50% decay

	These ruins have been combed through, though the chance for a few new finds still remains.
–Less than 75% decay

	These ruins have been comprehensively combed over multiple times, and there is little chance of a new valuable find.
–More than 75% decay

Demand

Tech-Mining does not demand any commodities.

AI Cores

Tech-Mining receives the following perks from the assignment of an AI Core:

• Gamma: reduces demand by 1 unit, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 1.
• Beta: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep by 25%, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 2.
• Alpha: reduces demand by 1 unit, reduces upkeep by 25%, improves findings, increases Pather interest & Hegemony interest by 4.

Additional Buffs

Story Points can be used to improved the findings from the ruins.

Change History

0.9.1

• No longer supplies economic units of commodities
• Increased monthly drops for smaller ruin sizes

0.9

• Added to the game

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.