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[[File:MiningRight.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Base|The Mining Base]]<br>
[[File:MiningRight.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Base|The Mining Base]]<br>
==What do I do? Where do I go?==
==What do I do? Where do I go?==
You'll arrive on the station already equipped to deal with most minor injuries:
You'll arrive at the station already equipped to deal with most minor injuries:
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==The 10 rules to miner survival==
==The 10 rules to miner survival==
Welcome to Lavaland, Miner! You may have been expecting to be posted to a peaceful asteroid, but Nanotrasen has recently started up a mining operation on a new world rich in both minerals and aggressive wildlife! Now for some reason, the introduction of said aggressive wildlife has caused miner fatality rates to skyrocket and that's expensive! So to save some money we've hired you, and now there won't be any more dead miners. Right? Right! Now there is just a few things they probably didn't tell you in the flyer, so pay attention and listen well if you don't wanna end up as a bad investment!
Welcome to Lavaland, Miner! You may have been expecting to be posted to a peaceful asteroid, but Nanotrasen has recently started up a mining operation on a new world rich in both minerals and aggressive wildlife! Now for some reason, the introduction of said aggressive wildlife has caused miner fatality rates to skyrocket and that's expensive! So to save some money, we've hired you, and now there won't be any more dead miners. Right? Right! Now there is just a few things they probably didn't tell you in the flyer, so pay attention and listen well if you don't want to end up as a bad investment!
===Be robust===
===Be robust===
'''Know medicine and miner mechanics. Know how to beat a goliath silly.'''<br>
'''Know medicine and miner mechanics. Know how to beat a goliath silly.'''<br>
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'''Keep everyone's life at 100% at all times. Don't be stingy with sutures.'''
'''Keep everyone's life at 100% at all times. Don't be stingy with sutures.'''


So the miner accidentally hit himself with a pickaxe in the helmet. Five brute damage? Patch him up. The last thing you'd want is for your buddy to go into crit while fighting a watcher, 3 damage short of killing it with all the weapons on their corpse. Be sure to also have you and your miners maintain a healthy diet of food! The last thing you want is a miner that's over or under eaten! in this world, a slow miner is a dead miner - so watch that weight!
So the miner accidentally hit himself with a pickaxe in the helmet. Five brute damage? Patch him up. The last thing you'd want is for your buddy to go into crit while fighting a watcher, 3 damage short of killing it with all the weapons on their corpse. Be sure to also have you and your miners maintain a healthy diet of food! The last thing you want is a miner that's over or under eaten! In this world, a slow miner is a dead miner - so watch that weight!
===Beware of narrow tunnels===
===Beware of narrow tunnels===
'''Always make sure you can move in any direction.'''
'''Always make sure you can move in any direction.'''


Most of the radio logs we recovered of our first (deceased) applicants of the "buddy system" went somewhere along the lines of:<br>
One of the main advantages miners have over simple mobs is their mobility, and without it, you are severely crippling yourself by making it easier for you to grabbed by goliaths, trapped between two legions, or worse trapped in the path of bubblegum. That's why you should always try to fight and mine in a three tile wide or wider tunnel to avoid an undeserving death and if you notice a miner is dead inside a narrow tunnel then don't follow their example and clear out the area of rock before going in for a rescue.
Joe Morris says, "I see some silver over at the wall there"<br>
Joe Morris says, "There is gibtonite so watch out"<br>
Julie Stone says, "I'll keep watch."<br>
Julie Stone says, "GOLIATH!"<br>
Joe Morris says, "Shit it got me"<br>
''Loud cracking can be heard as the goliath hits the gibtonite in the wall, entangling both miners next to it, followed by a "FUUUUU" and an explosion.''
===Don't neglect your GPS===
===Don't neglect your GPS===
'''Keep your GPS on you with custom initials. Urge your buddies to do the same.'''
'''Keep your GPS on you with custom initials. Urge your buddies to do the same.'''


When times are tough and the miners are stubborn, your GPS is always an easy way to track down someone who doesn't wanna use their cam or sensors; be sure to ALWAYS keep yours active and in your pocket, and to check it often to see if a miner has stopped moving for an extended amount of time - if so, they just may need your help after all.
When times are tough and the miners are stubborn, your GPS is always an easy way to track down someone who doesn't want to use their cam or sensors; be sure to ALWAYS keep yours active and in your pocket, and to check it often to see if a miner has stopped moving for an extended amount of time - if so, they just may need your help after all.
===Travel LIGHT===
===Travel LIGHT===
'''Make sure you're the brightest star around. Nothing is more dangerous than the false sense of security your mesons give you.'''
'''Make sure you're the brightest star around. Nothing is more dangerous than the false sense of security your mesons give you.'''


Imagine this. You and your miners are digging their dwarf system merrily. Then out of nowhere, some legion pops up and assimilates the two of you into the hivemind. How'd it happen? But I had full vision? This was just the mesons tricking you. To maximize your usefulness, turn on your PDAs flashlight, then carry a lantern or seclite in your pocket. You'll illuminate the planet as good as it gets and your situational awareness improves by miles, but be warned many lights may make it easier to see but also make it easier to be seen by hostile wildlife so be cautious.  
Imagine this. You and your miners are digging their dwarf system merrily. Then out of nowhere, some legion pops up and assimilates the two of you into the hivemind. How'd it happen? But I had full vision? This was just the mesons tricking you. To maximize your usefulness, turn on your PDAs flashlight, then carry a lantern or seclite in your pocket. You'll illuminate the planet as good as it gets and your situational awareness improves by miles, but be warned many lights may make it easier to see but also make it easier to be seen by hostile wildlife, so be cautious.  
===Don't be a hero===
===Don't be a hero===
'''Possibly the most important rule of all. Don't risk your own life, you can always clone them.'''
'''Possibly the most important rule of all. Don't risk your own life, you can always clone them.'''


You don't want to take a risk for no reason other than trying to go for the "Robust guy look", simply take a step back and keep yourself safe. Unfortunately you won't make yourself look too impressive if a goliath is currently converting you to feces. However, remember that there are certain circumstances where perhaps this rule should be ignored, so that maybe you save someone who makes it so you don't have to drag him to Medbay or making sure that you will still have a partner to back you up later - as they might be responsible for saving your life later. They could be pissed when you let them die, but you can patch him up if you live. He can't fix you.
You don't want to take a risk for no reason other than trying to go for the "Robust guy look", simply take a step back and keep yourself safe. Unfortunately, you won't make yourself look too impressive if a goliath is currently converting you to feces. However, remember that there are certain circumstances where perhaps this rule should be ignored, so that maybe you save someone who makes it, so you don't have to drag him to Medbay or making sure that you will still have a partner to back you up later - as they might be responsible for saving your life later. They could be pissed when you let them die, but you can patch him up if you live. He can't fix you.
===Have your Camera On===
===Have your Camera On===
'''Turn your body camera on! Strongly encourage your fellow miners to do the same.'''
'''Turn your body camera on! Strongly encourage your fellow miners to do the same.'''


Though seldom used, the body cameras both Miners and Mining Medics start with are extremely valuable to a mining medic. When you go red on a Crew Monitoring Console, simply knowing where you are with your GPS on won't be enough. Coordinates won't tell the rescuer (who can use the outpost camera console on the station side mining dock and mining station medbay) whether you're dead by a tentacle surrounded by dangerous simplemobs or dead in an empty corridor with nothing dangerous nearby.
Though seldom used, the body cameras both Miners and Mining Medics start with are extremely valuable to a mining medic. When you go red on a Crew Monitoring Console, simply knowing where you are with your GPS on won't be enough. Coordinates won't tell the rescuer (who can use the outpost camera console on the station side mining dock and mining station medbay) whether you're dead by a tentacle surrounded by dangerous simple mobs or dead in an empty corridor with nothing dangerous nearby.
===When in doubt, know your way out.===
===When in doubt, know your way out.===
'''Dig your way back to the station if you lost track of tunnels.'''
'''Dig your way back to the station if you lost track of tunnels.'''


Instead of roaming those dangerous age old cultist tunnels trying to find your way out, just dig. No one will mind if you lose your way in there. Those tunnels do look pretty alike after all.
Instead of roaming those dangerous age-old cultist tunnels trying to find your way out, just dig. No one will mind if you lose your way in there. Those tunnels do look pretty alike, after all.
===The buddy system===
===The buddy system===
'''If there are no miners, don't go mining. If a miner doesn't have a medic yet, go after them.'''
'''If there are no miners, don't go mining. If a miner doesn't have a medic yet, go after them.'''
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