Goonhub
05-27-2015, 04:22 AM
Engineers already have mining access for fuel and construction materials. If you give the QMs access then there would be no practical need for dedicated miners. If you go this far, you might as well ask for QMs to have botany access too.
A large bit of the fun of QM is the communication it requires. You have to ask for things; sometimes even politely! Heaven forbid! Even when this doesn't work, a bit of quid pro quo softens even the rustiest of crewman. Offer a botanist a bee crate for some weed and they'll generally give you enough dank to blot out Sol. The thing to remember here is that these departments don't exist to make exports for the QM. They can do what they want with the fruits of their labor. That being said, there's nothing to stop the QM from putting together some EQ and taking a pod ride. Just be warned of cross miners if you happened to gank their gold deposit for mere credits. They had dreams of making escape a sparkly electric disco, damnit.
A large bit of the fun of QM is the communication it requires. You have to ask for things; sometimes even politely! Heaven forbid! Even when this doesn't work, a bit of quid pro quo softens even the rustiest of crewman. Offer a botanist a bee crate for some weed and they'll generally give you enough dank to blot out Sol. The thing to remember here is that these departments don't exist to make exports for the QM. They can do what they want with the fruits of their labor. That being said, there's nothing to stop the QM from putting together some EQ and taking a pod ride. Just be warned of cross miners if you happened to gank their gold deposit for mere credits. They had dreams of making escape a sparkly electric disco, damnit.