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When the first settlers discovered how rich Atebus was in minerals and metals, they immediately brought as many miners from Riverside as they could find and afford to transport. Because the ore on Atebus is closer to the surface than on Subeta, these miners quickly built mobile refineries which allowed them to process the ore while they moved from deposit to deposit. Eventually these mobile refineries grew into mobile mining and manufacturing platforms the size of small towns. The oldest and largest of these platforms, 3M, is the size of a small city, crawls very slowly, and can mine up to a mile deep, refining every mineral it finds, and churning out a huge variety of finished machine parts. These outposts do not show up on any map of Atebus because, not only are they now all on the far side of the moon (the side facing away from Subeta), but being mobile, they don't stay in one place. Miners are a tough but generally good-natured breed of people, generally indistinguishable from other Subetans, as long as you ignore the dirt, grime, and grease which usually covers them. While they quickly adopt useful technology, they strongly value social stability. They have a generally hierarchical social structure based on talent and merit. While it may appear that Miners make a decent wage, the prices they pay for things in the company stores means they often have no money. But they neither borrow nor beg, only demanding that their wages stay the same as the cost of living. Miners are not only skilled at mining, but are generally also skilled crafts-people able to create any design placed before them no matter how intricate. A small portion of Miners are naturally talented at design and are given the title of engineer (as in, a maker of "engines"). Outsiders often refer to engineers as mad scientists. The engineers take this as a compliment. The most dangerously creative and boldly curious engineers, a group often described as coldly calculating, ruthless, and terrifyingly adventurous are usually referred to by Miners as sparks. Sparks get further classified into three sub-types. Those with their hearts in the right places, full of good intentions, the Miners call trouble. Those who are selfish, greedy, and power-hungry, are often referred to as corporate executives or in Miner lingo da boss. Those who are both, the Miners call Steeve (after Steeve of the Big Jobs). The corporate trouble-shooters dispatched to the village-sized 2B Mobile Mining Platform were given instructions to "Bring her to Corporate HQ alive and with her important parts intact!" Upon seeing the seemingly mythical world of Subeta in the sky for the first time, OctoPocky commented "I need to learn every thing I can about that place! Then I will make it better!" Their arrival in Ziara coincided with the annual Masquerade during which OctoPocky took on a disguise and escaped. |
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