Make mining its own department.

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Mining was on its own separate z-level, and it sucked.

You suck. I miss the mining Z level. I actually got a lot of mining done. With the magnet I gotta wait for other miners to move out of the way with their power picks so I can use a pod to drill the ore out.

In the old mining Z I was able to fly off with a mining pod with some crates and a few ore collection bags. And just mine for 30 min straight. Come back, and make bank.

That's why old mining was removed. The fact that mining is less freeform than before and less labor-intensive also helps to encourage people to get bored of hitting rocks for 30 minutes straight and go wander the station instead. Plus it's not nearly as annoying for the station to go mess with mining anymore; old mining was a huge pain in the ass to break into without access because it had so many doors.