Cheap Chills, Level 4

DO NOT USE ICE HARVESTING DRONES

Last edited by Cahastir_Fjakarr:
Fixed spelling mistake in title.
Wed, 21 Jun 2023 01:28 UTC

Mission type: Mining
Space type: Normal Space
Faction: None
Recommended Ships: Hulk, Mackinaw for mining; Miasmos, Porpoise for hauling

Summary

Harvest 20 units of Azure Ice (20,000 m³) and then return to agent.
Mission Briefing
Alright! You ever been out to some of those backwater colonies? You know the ones I mean. Barren wastelands of rocks and dust where some nut got the bright idea to try to build the agricultural community of tomorrow? Kind of place where the main export is despair? That kind of place?

Well, so happens I know of one that's just starting up. Poor bastards need some fuel. They're willing to pay good money, too. Now, I could sell them the good stuff, but seriously, these jokers wouldn't know good ice if it fell out of the sky and crushed their pet furrier.

There's a field of Azure Ice at [MISSION LOCATION]. It's not as good as Blue Ice, but the colonists won't know the difference. Bring me back about, oh, 20 blocks of it. I'll sell it to the colony goobers and cut you in. Sound good?

First Pocket
Harvestable Objects
TNameLoot
I1 x Azure Ice X20 units





Walkthrough

Warp to the mission site. There are two ways to do it:
  1. Standard: Preferably with a Mackinaw, harvest the ice until all of the ice has been harvested and then return to the station.
  1. Jetcan: Preferably with a Hulk, drop a jetcan in space once you have your first cycle of ice. Deposit all of the mission's ice into the can, either with each cycle or when your hold is nearly full. After all of the ice has been harvested, return to station and switch to either a Miasmos (cheaper but slower) or a Porpoise (expensive but faster). Warp back to site, retrieve the ice, and return to station.
Turn in mission once back at station with all ice in hangar or in cargohold.

Takes approximately 11~ minutes to complete with a max skilled Hulk and two Ice Harvester II or approximately 14~ minutes to complete with a max skilled Mackinaw and two Ice Harvester II.

[Hulk, L4 Mining - Ice]
Ice Harvester Upgrade II
Ice Harvester Upgrade II
Ice Harvester Upgrade II

10MN Afterburner II
Burst Jammer II
Sensor Booster II
Sensor Booster II

Ice Harvester II
Ice Harvester II

Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints II
Medium Ice Harvester Accelerator I



Hornet EC-300 x5

ECCM Script x2

[Mackinaw, L4 Mining - Ore]
Ice Harvester Upgrade II
Ice Harvester Upgrade II
Ice Harvester Upgrade II

10MN Afterburner II
Burst Jammer II
Sensor Booster II
Sensor Booster II

Ice Harvester II
Ice Harvester II

Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints II
Medium Ice Harvester Accelerator I



Hornet EC-300 x5

ECCM Script x2






















[Porpoise, Transport Porpoise]
Inertial Stabilizers II
Inertial Stabilizers II

50MN Microwarpdrive II
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

Improved Cloaking Device II
Small Tractor Beam II

Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II



Vespa EC-600 x10

[Miasmos, Hauler]
Reactor Control Unit II
Inertial Stabilizers II
Inertial Stabilizers II
Inertial Stabilizers II

50MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Medium Shield Extender II
Small Shield Extender II

Improved Cloaking Device II
Interdiction Nullifier I

Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II
Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer II

Comments
Comment by IckyThump
2008-07-01 16:12:02
3 NPC rat frigates spawned just as the mission was completed. No drones at warp-in, no other rats, no structures.
Maybe this mission title was swapped with "Ice Installation" for the most recent expansion?
Comment by GouvViki
2009-07-31 21:16:22
No Drones, no Rats no (destructible) Structures, just a single Ice-Roid.
Comment by GhostWish
2014-01-02 01:47:18
Confirmed - no rats, please correct description.
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