Mining Charge

These are high power fusion charges used in asteroid mining. They pack the same punch as a remote missile and have a remote control rig so they can be placed and detonated by remote, but are fitted with safety features that stop them damaging ships in their area of effect.

Once the safety features are stripped out and the charge is fitted with a simple command detonation trigger it can be flown like a remote missile - they handle badly, move slowly and explode if they collide with anything, but they're the heaviest weapons most miners can easily get.





Annotation 8391.001: Smith, Lemuel: "All it takes is to remove the sensor pods and wire round the fail-safe. I could do it with my eyes closed."