You've been around asteroid mining and space extraction operations enough to have picked up some basic knowledge about mining, space operations, and working in dangerous environments. Maybe you grew up in a family involved in mining work, or you spent time around mining stations and operations.
You're not some expert miner who can pilot mining rigs through dangerous asteroid fields, but you know enough about the basics of mining and space operations to understand how it works. Whether through family connections or just being around mining communities, you've absorbed some knowledge about identifying valuable materials and basic space safety.
Choose one of the following skill boons.
The Asteroid Harvester is your trusted companion in the asteroid belt. Initially designed for mining, it can be modified for various purposes. As you gain experience, you'll uncover hidden upgrades and capabilities, turning it into a versatile tool for survival and resource extraction.
A wrist-mounted device that helps you navigate the treacherous asteroid fields of space. It begins with basic navigation assistance, but as you delve deeper into the legacy, it unveils advanced features like micro-meteor detection and emergency escape route calculations.
A handheld scanner designed to detect valuable minerals and ores in asteroid composition. It starts with basic mineral identification, but over time, it can pinpoint rare and precious resources hidden within asteroids.
The Kelvor belt doesn't have lanes. It has probability clouds. You plot through them by dead reckoning and a sense for rotational dynamics that your instructor said was "either intuitive or suicidal." Twelve hundred hours. Still finding out. Still here.
Spectral analysis tells you what's in a rock. Looking at the rock tells you more. You can spot a platinum-group vein from a hundred metres in bad light. Your instruments require power. Your eyes don't.
Prospecting is pattern recognition applied to geology. Every mineral deposit tells a story about pressure, temperature, and time. The mining crews call it intuition. It's ten thousand hours of data compressed into a glance.
Your first EVA was at age eleven, tethered to your mother's mining rig. The tether broke. You drifted for forty-five seconds before she caught you with the manipulator arm. You didn't panic. You oriented yourself, calculated your drift vector, and prepared to push off the next rock. Zero-G isn't an environment for you; it's the default.