Mother Lode

Level	4
Type	Mining
Objective	Mine 2800 units of Polygypsum (44800 m3)
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Ship suggestion	Retriever

Mission briefing

Well, we've located some asteroids that contain substantial amounts of Polygypsum. It's a comparatively rare mineral, and almost completely unknown in this system. Our guys want to have a look at the stuff and see if they can figure out some way to make use of it; however, we don't have anyone who wants to deal with the stuff. So guess who I thought of first? You'll need to grab all 2,800 units of the stuff and get it back here. So what do you think? Are you in?

Ungated normal space pocket. Rats listed are Guristas, possibly other factions spawn based on region.

Random bursts of damage from Asteroid (Polygypsum) when mining - approximately 20% chance for 100-150 damage at range below 5km.

First spawn

		WD	EWAR	L
	1-2 x Frigate Guristas Wrecker

Second spawn

		WD	EWAR	L
	2-3 x Frigate Guristas Despoiler/Saboteur

Third spawn

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Guristas Invader/Infiltrator

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	8 x Polygypsum

Mining Polygypsum

Polygypsum is widely considered worthless because of the dangers associated with storing and reprocessing it. As a result, you won't find this ore on the market. In fact, for this reason, most sensor manufacturers don't even bother putting it as a unique entry in the computers when they install standard ship scanners. If you're having trouble finding the correct ore at the mission location, you can right-click the "Polygypsum" icon in your mission's Journal entry and select "Add to Overview."