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=== Taking Precautions === | === Taking Precautions === | ||
But safety is also a factor. HSC tends to attract war targets, and criminals find it easy to kill well-filled mining ships to steal the ore. | But safety is also a factor. HSC tends to attract [[War_Target#WT|war targets]], and criminals find it easy to kill well-filled mining ships to steal the ore. | ||
When enemies jump into a system, they cannot see where any of the ships in the system are located. One way to find these ships is to scan the system, but this takes some time ... and this close to Amygnon they will probably be spotted as soon as they arrive. Another way is to warp to an asteroid belt and hope to find a mining ship to kill. You can improve your safety quite a bit, then, by mining in systems that have a large number of asteroid belts. This makes it less likely that an enemy will jump in on you. | When enemies jump into a system, they cannot see where any of the ships in the system are located. One way to find these ships is to scan the system, but this takes some time ... and this close to Amygnon they will probably be spotted as soon as they arrive. Another way is to warp to an asteroid belt and hope to find a mining ship to kill. You can improve your safety quite a bit, then, by mining in systems that have a large number of asteroid belts. This makes it less likely that an enemy will jump in on you. | ||
Even this close to Amygnon, be sure to take the standard safety precautions: | Even this close to Amygnon, be sure to take the standard safety precautions: | ||
* join the HSC standing fleet and keep the fleet chat channel open to watch for alerts | * join the [[HSC#Standing_Fleet|HSC standing fleet]] and keep the fleet chat channel open to watch for alerts | ||
* join the HSC Mumble channel and listen for warnings | * join the HSC [[Mumble]] channel and listen for warnings | ||
* watch the local chat channel and be ready to leave if any blinking red or yellow ships arrive | * watch the local chat channel and be ready to leave if any blinking red or yellow ships arrive | ||
* run the directional scanner frequently and watch for ships that put out combat probes. | * run the [[Directional_Scanner_Guide|directional scanner]] frequently and watch for ships that put out combat probes. | ||
=== Asteroid Belts Within 3 Jumps of Amygnon === | === Asteroid Belts Within 3 Jumps of Amygnon === | ||