155-2510 Gateway News Service- Dustball
There have been acts of terrorism and sabotage on mining crawlers working the desert region, which have been claimed by the Dustball Save the Desert Mineral, Rocks, and Stuff Environmental Defense Studies Group. The group with was formed on Gateway by students from the department of Sociological and Environmental Studies and funded by a network of progressive environmental activists has claimed that the Mining Crawlers are damaging the “natural beauty” and pristine environment of the deep desert.
The deep desert a mineral rich treasure trove of wealth has long had a draw both for on world and off world miners and prospectors as incredible finds of valuable ores in this hot, forbidding region of the planet continues to draw those who would seek out its wealth.
The group claims that by mining the area they are damaging the planet, and potentially altering its ecology. However the deep desert in places sees less than 1 millimeter of rain a decade, and while there is evidence that at one time there was more water on Dustball than it currently has, and while there are flash floods passing into the desert from the settled regions, those are rare, and merely drain into the sands.
Even the local desert tribes do not generally go into the deep desert due to a complete lack of water, and anything to survive off of in the erg. So many on Dustball from the Grand Poobah, to the human mining companies are calling this attack on the crawlers an attack on the economy of the planet. They are calling for arrests and harsh punishment to be made on these terrorists.
The latest attack has left one crawler completely destroyed, and three others damaged to various degrees. One of the crawlers attacked belonged to the Dustball Speculative Mining Company owned by Hammerhead Matoshi and his family. While not as destitute as he was under the Chartered Dustball Company, the loss or damage to a mining crawler is a hard blow to many of the mining companies, some of whom are hand to mouth day to day operations.
As of the date of this report, no arrests have been made, but Gendarmes and Starport Police are working around the clock to find and arrest those terrorists who keep damaging the infrastructure of the planet. There was also an attack on a refinery complex which was processing radioactive metals which damaged the production facility and let loose some contamination into the “B’ranis River outside of the city of B’Ranis. The effect of this is still not known, but the government has asked the New Texas garrison to assist in monitoring the damage.
The Dustball Save the Desert Mineral, Rocks, and Stuff Environmental Defense Studies Group has claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that they are sending a message to the rapacious criminals damaging mother Dustball.
There have been acts of terrorism and sabotage on mining crawlers working the desert region, which have been claimed by the Dustball Save the Desert Mineral, Rocks, and Stuff Environmental Defense Studies Group. The group with was formed on Gateway by students from the department of Sociological and Environmental Studies and funded by a network of progressive environmental activists has claimed that the Mining Crawlers are damaging the “natural beauty” and pristine environment of the deep desert.
The deep desert a mineral rich treasure trove of wealth has long had a draw both for on world and off world miners and prospectors as incredible finds of valuable ores in this hot, forbidding region of the planet continues to draw those who would seek out its wealth.
The group claims that by mining the area they are damaging the planet, and potentially altering its ecology. However the deep desert in places sees less than 1 millimeter of rain a decade, and while there is evidence that at one time there was more water on Dustball than it currently has, and while there are flash floods passing into the desert from the settled regions, those are rare, and merely drain into the sands.
Even the local desert tribes do not generally go into the deep desert due to a complete lack of water, and anything to survive off of in the erg. So many on Dustball from the Grand Poobah, to the human mining companies are calling this attack on the crawlers an attack on the economy of the planet. They are calling for arrests and harsh punishment to be made on these terrorists.
The latest attack has left one crawler completely destroyed, and three others damaged to various degrees. One of the crawlers attacked belonged to the Dustball Speculative Mining Company owned by Hammerhead Matoshi and his family. While not as destitute as he was under the Chartered Dustball Company, the loss or damage to a mining crawler is a hard blow to many of the mining companies, some of whom are hand to mouth day to day operations.
As of the date of this report, no arrests have been made, but Gendarmes and Starport Police are working around the clock to find and arrest those terrorists who keep damaging the infrastructure of the planet. There was also an attack on a refinery complex which was processing radioactive metals which damaged the production facility and let loose some contamination into the “B’ranis River outside of the city of B’Ranis. The effect of this is still not known, but the government has asked the New Texas garrison to assist in monitoring the damage.
The Dustball Save the Desert Mineral, Rocks, and Stuff Environmental Defense Studies Group has claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that they are sending a message to the rapacious criminals damaging mother Dustball.
