Mining

This skill is rolled along with Smarts, and on a successful roll, it allows you to:

• Tell which minerals are present in a rock. Electroreception - 2 gives you a +2 bonus to your roll.
• Design, implement and operate processes to extract minerals from raw ore.
• Dig tunnels and lead crews digging a tunnel. This also counts when trying to unblock a blocked or collapsed passage. Your base speed is 2 m per day per person, and the tunnel is big enough for a regular sized adult to crouch inside.
• Keep your sense of direction, location and time inside caves, tunnels and ruins, without any penalty. You need to roll to find your way towards a location you already visited inside a complex, but you don't need to roll to find your way back to the place where you entered the site.

The GM can require tools, intruments, equipment and materials to extract ore, examine rocks and dig tunnels.