Jack Krey Tries Mining
29 Jun 2022Jack Krey
Logbook 002:I have purchased a cobra MKIII and outfitted it for pretty much any mining I may need to do. I am hoping I enjoy this more than killing, I put almost all of my money into this. I guess the first step is to find a system nearby with a rocky ring planet, but that might be easier said than done. I am currently in the bubble at Eudoxus Orbital in HerniMara.
After talking to some of the locals I have set my course for Bhotho, according to some reports there is a pristine metallic ring in that system. They weren't able to tell me which body they were surrounding, shouldn't take long to find that out once I am there. The first jump took me to Aryanka and it turns out Aryanka 2 also has a ring, I went by there and mined one asteroid for some void opals and then jumped to Bhotho.
Upon arriving in Bhotho I started doing scans to find the body with rings around it. The scans determined that I should start with AB2 if I want more void opals, when I arrived at the ring I was greeted by a pirate! I escaped before he could do too much, but I had to find another spot. I went into supercruise and visited another spot of the ring. After some searching I finally found a roid that didn't just have tritium. After blowing it up and blasting it, I ended up with quite a few low temp diamonds to go with my void opals.
Mining has been pretty relaxing, hopefully the money is good. My cargo hold is full with 10 LT Diamonds and 22 Void Opals. If I can get around 100k per item, I will pay off my ship's cost in only one trip. I think this may be the profession to do for now, it isn't the most entertaining thing to do though. It looks like there is a fleet carrier parked right near this mining spot I found, they are allowing strangers to dock and trade. I will be docking here and seeing if they want to buy these diamonds and opals.
Fleet Carrier (H7H-75X) owned by Demitasse is buying LT Diamonds for 350k a piece and Void Opals for 600k! That is more money than I could have ever hoped for! I am gonna spend some time upgrading my ship and getting ready for another run. I will get back to the logbook when I am heading out.